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==Mining Accidents== | ==Mining Accidents== | ||
*[http://mininghistory.ns.ca/memorial/memorial.htm Miners Memorial Database (Nova Scotia, Canada)] | *[http://mininghistory.ns.ca/memorial/memorial.htm Miners Memorial Database (Nova Scotia, Canada)] | ||
{{Block indent|The Miners Memorial Database contains the names of coal miners who were killed in or about the coal mines of Nova Scotia. At present it contains a total of 2,275 names. The database covers the period of time between November 28th, 1866 to November 17th, 1967 (archived website, may be incomplete, unavailable or slow to respond).|2}} | |||
==Halifax Explosion== | ==Halifax Explosion== | ||
6 December 1917 is a day indelibly etched in the hearts and minds of the citizens of Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. On that Thursday the Norwegian vessel SS Imo, carrying Belgian relief supplies, and the French freighter SS Mont Blanc, carrying munitions, collided in Halifax Harbour, thereby creating what was then considered to be the worst man-made disaster in the world's history. | 6 December 1917 is a day indelibly etched in the hearts and minds of the citizens of Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. On that Thursday the Norwegian vessel SS Imo, carrying Belgian relief supplies, and the French freighter SS Mont Blanc, carrying munitions, collided in Halifax Harbour, thereby creating what was then considered to be the worst man-made disaster in the world's history. | ||
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