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Catastrophe
Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion
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T. Joseph Scanlon
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Edited by:
Roger Sarty
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English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
On December 6, 1917, the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was shattered when a volatile cargo exploded in the bustling wartime harbour. Over 1,600 people were killed and 9,000 injured. At the time, it was the worst man-made disaster in history. This book weaves together the compelling stories and potent lessons learned from this catastrophe.
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Scanlon T. Joseph :
T. Joseph Scanlon was an accomplished Canadian journalist who became renowned internationally as a disaster researcher and scholar. He served as president of the International Research Committee and was awarded the Charles Fritz award for a lifetime contribution to the sociology of disaster. He died in May 2015.
Sarty Roger :Roger Sarty, history professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, was in previous careers senior historian at the Department of National Defence and deputy director at the Canadian War Museum. His other books on the Canadian Army in the Maritimes include Saint John Fortifications (2003, with Doug Knight) and Guardian of the Gulf: Sydney Cape Breton and the Atlantic Wars (2012, with Brian Tennyson).
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Samuel Henry Prince
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The Collision
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Response to the Collision
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The Explosion
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Helping the Victims
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The Panic that Wasn’t
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Treating the Injured
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Organizing the Response
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THE MAGNIFICENT RAILWAYS
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The Deluge
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The American Invasion
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Emergency Hospitals
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Social Assistance
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The American Legend
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Dealing with the Dead
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Media Distortions
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Why it Happened
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Return to Normalcy
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Lessons from the Explosion
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Detailed Notes About Sources
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The Railway Telegraph
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Death Toll
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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November 27, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9781771123723
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400
eBook ISBN:
9781771123723
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