EPISODE · Apr 12, 2026 · 18 MIN
The Halifax Explosion
from HistMuse · host HistMuse
The Halifax Explosion: The Largest Blast Before HiroshimaDecember 6, 1917. Halifax Harbour. French munitions ship Mont-Blanc collides with SS Imo. Crew abandons burning ship loaded with 2,900 tons of explosives.9:04 AM. The detonation registers 5.0 on the Richter scale 160 miles away. 2.9 kilotons of TNT vaporize 2 square miles. Nearly 2,000 dead instantly. 9,000 injured. 12,000 homeless. Glass shatters 50 miles distant.Tidal wave sweeps Dartmouth shore. White-hot shrapnel ignites fires. A blizzard buries survivors the next day.HistMuse reveals the deadliest non-nuclear explosion in history.
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The Halifax Explosion: The Largest Blast Before HiroshimaDecember 6, 1917. Halifax Harbour. French munitions ship Mont-Blanc collides with SS Imo. Crew abandons burning ship loaded with 2,900 tons of explosives.9:04 AM. The detonation registers 5.0 on the Richter scale 160 miles away. 2.9 kilotons of TNT vaporize 2 square miles. Nearly 2,000 dead instantly. 9,000 injured. 12,000 homeless. Glass shatters 50 miles distant.Tidal wave sweeps Dartmouth shore. White-hot shrapnel ignites fires. A blizzard buries survivors the next day.HistMuse reveals the deadliest non-nuclear explosion in history.
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