Catastrophe : stories and lessons from the Halifax Explosion /

Catastrophe : stories and lessons from the Halifax Explosion /

"On December 6, 1917, the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was shattered when volatile cargo on the SS Mont-Blanc freighter exploded in the bustling wartime harbour. More than nineteen hundred people were killed and nine thousand injured. Across more than two square kilometres some 1200 h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scanlon, Joseph (Author)
Other Authors: Sarty, Roger, 1952- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917.
Disaster relief > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Halifax (N.S.) > History > 20th century.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Samuel Henry Prince
  • The Collision
  • Response to the Collision
  • The Explosion
  • Helping the Victims
  • The Panic that Wasn't
  • Treating the Injured
  • Organizing the Response
  • THE MAGNIFICENT RAILWAYS
  • The Deluge
  • The American Invasion
  • Emergency Hospitals
  • Social Assistance
  • The American Legend
  • Dealing with the Dead
  • Media Distortions
  • Why it Happened
  • Return to Normalcy
  • Lessons from the Explosion
  • Detailed Notes About Sources
  • The Railway Telegraph
  • Death Toll
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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