St. John's Cemetery and Columbarium
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St. John's Cemetery and Columbarium

Also known as St. Johns Anglican Cemetery

Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The cemetery is the final resting place for many of the 2,000 victims, civilian and military, of the Halifax Explosion which occurred on the morning of December 6, 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship fully laden with wartime explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the French ship ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District of Halifax. Approximately 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, and collapsed buildings, and it is estimated that nearly 9,000 others were injured.The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons.
The cemetery is the final resting place for many of the 2,000 victims, civilian and military, of the Halifax Explosion which occurred on the morning of December 6, 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship fully laden with wartime explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the French ship ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District of Halifax. Approximately 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, and collapsed buildings, and it is estimated that nearly 9,000 others were injured.The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons.

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  • Added: 22 Jul 2001
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