BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

41st year  -  N° 138                 Monday, 18 May 2026         Antwerpen		
Die Kleinen und die Bösen
BirthFactDeath (x)
Thursday 6th of December 1917
109 years, 5 months and 12 days ago




2000 Die in SS Mont-Blanc explosion in The Narrow, Richmond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives that collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the SS Mont-Blanc ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District.


More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion