On Dec 6, 7:10*pm, Tim wrote:
On Dec 6, 3:19*pm, North Star wrote:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/3...ion-vessels-re...

"About 20 minutes later, on Dec. 6, 1917, the explosion of the other
ship’s volatile cargo laid waste to two square kilometres of the city,
killed almost 2,000 and injured 9,000."

WOW!!!!

I just googled up some pictures of the wreckage left after the
explosion. Devastating doesn't describe it.

Thanks Don.

.... and in those years the entire city was concentrated near the
harbour with a total population around 40 thousand.