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Facebook Group: Nova Scotia - Memories of Days Gone By https://facebook/groups/NovaScotiaMemoriesOfDaysGoneBy/ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada A Vision of Regeneration December 6, 1917 is a day indelibly etched in the hearts and minds of the citizens of Halifax and Dartmouth. 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 worlds history. Temporary housing under construction at Exhibition Grounds, corner of Almon and Robie streets, Halifax Original photograph copied through the courtesy of Mrs. Shirley Vaughan. Date: 26 January 1918 Photographer: Gauvin & Gentzel Thanks NSARM novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/nsis/archives.asp?ID=1609&Language=English JohnTWallace
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 08:01:25 +0000

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