Ninety-four years ago today the largest man-made explosion prior to World War II occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Two ships collided in the harbor, one carrying 2,300 tons of wet and dry picric acid, 200 tons of TNT, 10 tons of gun cotton and 35 tons of benzol. The subsequent blast killed 1,900 people, and 10% of the city's population was injured. Read more about a tragedy that is largely forgotten in the United States.
(Photos courtesy of CBC.)
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