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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
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. |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:10:33 -0800 (PST), 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. similar thing happened in california in ww 1. |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
On Dec 6, 5:32*pm, bpuharic wrote:
On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:10:33 -0800 (PST), 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. similar thing happened in california in ww 1. I remember "Life" had an expose on that several years ago. . Wasn't it a huge oil tank farm that exploded? |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
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. |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:43:56 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: On Dec 6, 5:32*pm, bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:10:33 -0800 (PST), 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. similar thing happened in california in ww 1. I remember "Life" had an expose on that several years ago. . Wasn't it a huge oil tank farm that exploded? i'm too lazy to look it up but think it was when a bunch of black sailors were ordered to load a bunch of navy ships with gunpowder or some such situation...didnt turn out very well |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
In article 0b21c28f-5867-4968-9eed-60d0011c73f4
@j10g2000vbe.googlegroups.com, says... On Dec 6, 5:32*pm, bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:10:33 -0800 (PST), 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. similar thing happened in california in ww 1. I remember "Life" had an expose on that several years ago. . Wasn't it a huge oil tank farm that exploded? Port Chicago, WWII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
bpuharic wrote:
i'm too lazy to look it up but think it was when a bunch of black sailors were ordered to load a bunch of navy ships with gunpowder or some such situation...didnt turn out very well You're too lazy to do a lot of things, Bob. -HB |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:13:51 -0500, Honey Badger
wrote: bpuharic wrote: i'm too lazy to look it up but think it was when a bunch of black sailors were ordered to load a bunch of navy ships with gunpowder or some such situation...didnt turn out very well You're too lazy to do a lot of things, Bob. -HB yeah. babysitting the right wing is at the top of the list |
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Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion
"bpuharic" wrote in message
... On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:43:56 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: On Dec 6, 5:32 pm, bpuharic wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:10:33 -0800 (PST), 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. similar thing happened in california in ww 1. I remember "Life" had an expose on that several years ago. . Wasn't it a huge oil tank farm that exploded? i'm too lazy to look it up but think it was when a bunch of black sailors were ordered to load a bunch of navy ships with gunpowder or some such situation...didnt turn out very well ---------------------------------------------------------------- Intellectually lazy describes you. Was Port Chicago and was WW2. Was munitions for the war in the Pacific. Was mostly black sailors killed as they were used as stevedores. They were not supplied gloves and the consensus is someone dropped an unstable munitions' and triggered the explosion. Port Chicago was in active use as a Navy explosives storage area up until a few years ago. The pier where the explosion took place is still there and is a memorial now. During the 70's was lots of demonstrations against the military held at the entrance. Cost my partner in business a good amount of money as our delivery drivers could not get past the entrance to the station to get to our storage yard. We actually backed up to the entrance with our back fence. Township of Clyde which is now part of Concord. Neat houses there. Was a company town and the houses were all Frank Lloyd Wright designed. |
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