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Halifax Disaster After Mont Blanc Explosion
Halifax suffered a catastrophic blast when the Belgian relief ship Lomé collided with the French steamer Mont Blanc loaded with explosives. About 2,000 died and many thousands injured as fires, collapsing buildings, and widespread ruin struck the city and nearby Dartmouth. Boston sent a relief train with 40 physicians and nurses to aid Halifax.
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Loma
Mont Blanc
Harbor Plain
Halifax
Bedford Basin
Lomu
Plecea
Dartmouth
North Street
Afrieville
Richmond
Arena Rink
Rockingham
United States
Atlantic
France
Ptenum
Holda
Precen
Citadel Hill
Government Dockyard
Wellington Barracks
Admiralty House
Military Hospital
Queen's Hotel
Hollis Street
Sackville Street
Boston
State Committee On Public Service
State Guard
A.C. Ratshesky
State Committee On Public Safety