Название: Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
Автор: Sally M Walker
Издательство: Henry Holt & Company
ISBN: 0805089454
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 160
Размер: 2,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and the other held relief supplies, both intended for war-torn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area and paralyzing much-needed relief efforts.