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Gr 5–8—This intriguing title tells the story of a little-known event. In late 1917, the French freighter Mont-Blanc was sent to North America to be refitted and loaded with much-needed war material. With its hull packed with TNT, picric acid, and gun cotton, and its deck stacked with barrels of benzene, it made its way along the coast of Nova Scotia to Halifax Harbour before setting sail for Europe. It was there, as it entered Bedford Basin, that the Mont-Blanc encountered the empty Belgian relief ship Imo riding high ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"Halifax, the largest city of Nova Scotia, Canada, has a story to tell." Prior to the atomic bomb, the largest man-made explosion in the world occurred in Halifax on December 6, 1917, when two ships collided in the harbor, one of them unfortunately carrying an extraordinary amount of explosives. Walker sets the stage with a brief history of Halifax, a summary of World War I, an introductio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In Halifax, on December 6, 1917, two ships collided in the harbor, one of them carrying an extraordinary amount of explosives. Walker sets ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More