#125 The Halifax Explosion Part 1

This week, we're back with a story from our home area, and this one is nasty. In December 1917, two ships barely ran into each other in the Halifax Harbour (which is next to the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada), and within 30 minutes of the collision, half of Halifax was no more. In this episode, we cover the how this even happened (it was war time), what exactly happened (ammo ship went boom), and what happened to the cities Halifax and [email protected]://www.facebook.com/groups/952876465260434/?ref=sharehttps://www.patreon.com/Mentalillnesstheaterhttps://www.instagram.com/mentalillnesstheatre_theworst?igsh=OW5hdnM2OGR5anRzhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mentalillnessthea?_t=8jn7VhD1bS1&_r=1PSCats@redbubble------------------------------------------© Stabby Goose ProductionsResearched and presented by Mark and Gina BoutilierWritten and edited by Mark BoutilierSOURCES https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newly-discovered-diary-tells-harrowing-story-deadly-halifax-explosion-180964066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1955605/ https://fairviewhistoricalsociety.ca/the-nova-scotia-cotton-factory-and-the-factory-girls-who-worked-there/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(train_dispatcher) https://en-ca.topographic-map.com/map-9rc5k/Halifax/?center=44.66826%2C-63.59948&zoom=16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-eyewitness-and-firsthand-ac/65414163/ https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3479 https://archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/personal/narratives/?ID=5&Page=201760010 https://archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/personal/narratives/?ID=2&Page=201760018 https://archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/personal/narratives/?ID=1&Page=200201384 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/halifax-relief-commission Mac Donald, Laura (2005). Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion of 1917. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-200787-0. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mental-illness-theatre--5055057/support.