Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Halifax Explosion | Ian Michael Coulson

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The Halifax Explosion was a maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship laden with high explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin. A fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo, causing a large explosion that devastated the Richmond district of Halifax. Approximately 2,000 people were killed by blast, debris, fires and collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured.
Directed by Chris Triffo
Starring Ian Michael Coulson, Bruce Edwards, Jason Malloy
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Ian Michael Coulson as Interviewee
Bruce Edwards as Narrator
Jason Malloy as Pilot
Amanda Cutting as Debroah

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@GIguy 4 года назад

My mother is from Halifax, although she was born in 1933, after the explosion, her mother was the only survivor in a family of 14 children, and the only reason her mother survived was because she was trapped under the house after it was blowing over by the blast, but luckily, there was a small Divet in the ground, so she wasn’t crushed, and the heat from the fires all around them kept her warm enough until she was found. She had several broken bones, but that was about it for her injuries, but sadly, her 13 siblings and both her parents were killed instantly in the blast. In other words, my entire family was almost completely destroyed, and I wouldn’t even be here, if it wasn’t for one lucky dent in the ground, my grandmother would have died, and none of us would have been born. It’s funny, but I get so emotional about this, even though I obviously never met any of these people, because they were blood relatives, when you walk into the cemetery and see almost half the graves with your name on them, it gets to you, I’ve only been there once, and I can’t go back to it, it’s just too upsetting.

@barrydysert2974 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing. 🖖

@Laura-Lee 2 года назад

Amazing! It reminds me of the Frank Slide where who lived or died depended on so many strange, one-time events. Then that one baby was discovered sitting on a rock when her whole family died while buried in their house below her. Truly a miracle! Obviously, you have seen great heartache but I believe God spared you FOR A REASON. I sincerely hope you discover it, can leave your huge pain behind, and find happiness in discovering your purposes. Love LL 🙋🏻‍♀️✝🇨🇦❤

@barrygaragan6478 2 года назад

Your reluctance to return is understandable, confronting that history once is enough.

@GIguy 2 года назад

@@barrygaragan6478 too true my friend.

@mrlaw711 2 года назад

Quite a story, and tragic loss for your family. How fortunate for your mother to survive, and am sure you made the most of your life having benefited from the sure "luck" of the situation. Can fully understand why you never wanted to return to the cemetery. Thank you for sharing how this terrible accident impacted your life.

@laverneresler7692 5 лет назад

When I was a director of nursing in a small nursing home, I had a resident who had scars over a large portion of her upper body. ZShe explained that she had been in the Hal Lifax explosion. At the time I had never heard about the disaster. She told quite a story about surviving and what happened. I always wished that I had recorded her tales for posterity.

@johnthom2910 7 лет назад

Part of the Mont Blanc's anchor weighing 1100 lbs sits on a pedestal where it landed, 2 3/4 miles from the blast site.

@guerrillapress77 7 лет назад

The size of the explosion necessary to make that kind of weight travel that distance is just amazing. That really puts the fact that this was the largest man made detonation until the atomic bomb into perspective.

@guerrillapress77 7 лет назад

@Crashed131963 7 лет назад

The WWI Lochnagar trench mine was 66'000ibs of Ammonal. It was set off in France and heard in Ireland. On 15 October 1907, approximately 40,000 kegs of powder exploded in Fontanet, Indiana, killing between 50 and 80 people, and destroying the town. The sound of the explosion was heard over 200 miles (320 km) away, with damage occurring to buildings 25 miles (40 km) away.

@finnmurtons8727 5 лет назад

Right near the firehouse up at Fairview.

@curbmassa 4 года назад

The explosion also practically emptied the harbor causing a tsunami that also caused much destruction. There was a diver in a diving suit working off a dock in 14' of water. When the water was displaced he was standing in waist-deep water. Once the fire got below deck the hull got so hot it sizzled at the water line. There was a book published called (I think) "The Town That Died". Worth a read because it was written in '67 when many survivors were still alive.

@brt-jn7kg 5 лет назад

I'm a retired Texas peace officer. I live in the county where the West fertilizer explosion took place. It was estimated to be approximately 15 to 20 tons of ammonia nitrate fertilizer that exploded and the leveled the town of West Texas. I cannot grasp or imagine what that explosion would have been like 100 times that. I live 35 miles from West my house shooked and rattled and heaved from the explosion. God bless the people of Halifax that went through this.

@1978garfield 5 лет назад

Are you familiar with the Texas City fertilizer explosion after WWII?

@brt-jn7kg 5 лет назад

@@1978garfield yes sir. Tons of twine & ammonia nitrate

@mrlaw711 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing your story of the chemical blast there in Texas. I hope you are enjoying your retirement from law enforcement, and getting to do the things that make you content and happy. Your career - your job - would have even more challenges today because smany more people can be such jerks.

@saragrant9749 Год назад

That one is similar to the explosion at the Oppau factory in (I believe) the 1940’s. It’s unimaginable the amount of force released from that much explosive material.

@equarg 7 лет назад

I read about this disaster in a book of random facts....and have been fascinated by it since. Most Americans have no clue about this disaster! It is the worst disaster fatality wise in North America until 9/11. Heck a morse code man Coleman (he knew what was on the ship) is credited to saving a train from Boston by telling them on his morse code device to STOP ASAP due to the burning ship in the harbor. When the train confirmed it had stopped his last communication in morse was "Goodbye and God Bless"...... Then the Ship blew up, killing him, but the train was just out of the blast radius, if it kept on going they would of been killed. This also allowed the train to send an SOS to Boston about the blast, which allowed aid to come in despite the weather saving many lives! He is considered a hero to many. I think the last survivor died in 2004ish. May they all, the killed and survivors, RIP

@2326038 7 лет назад

+equarg What yo wrote about the morse code man Coleman is exactly in line with what was shown in the movie "Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion.

@equarg 7 лет назад

2326038 EXACTLY!

@dougrobbins5367 5 лет назад

Compelling

@arohk1579 5 лет назад

Both of my grandparents lived through the explosion, I got to hear the stories of what it was like. Growing up there I seen lot's of piece's of the ship where they landed, one can only guess how bad it was that day. Vince Coleman is like a local hero even after he found out what was on the ship and got the one train to stop, he knew more were inbound and went back to warn them. The U.S. was quick to respond and sent aid right away. Our Countries may have major difference's but when the chips are down none of that matter's. On 9/11 we were there when America needed it. If you ever visit Halifax and are fascinated by this event, as you go around the city you will still find part's of the ship and some eerie thing's from it.

@arohk1579 5 лет назад

The no.10 Train was on time the message did reach it as they held it up at Rockingham Station, the Conductor of the train did state it was the message that they sent that caused them to stop all inbound trains. They didn't talk to the train's directly they would contact the next station up the line which was Rockingham Station. Growing up in Halifax you have the advantage of hearing the stories from those who were there or from their family. Even to this day they are finding part's from the ship,

@maldenom 6 лет назад

Great channel but they forgot the only "good" things to come out of this tragedy. There were so many eye injuries that physicians had never seen before that it caused many breakthroughs in the treatment of eye trauma. Also, a great many children were injured. At that time, there were no medical instruments or equipment specially sized for children -- adult instruments were too large for the tiny veins and organs. Wm Ladd (a Boston surgeon who went to the site) was inspired by this to introduce a whole new level of pediatric surgery in North America, pioneering it as a specialty. The advances in medical care from this accident were extraordinary.

@jamesalfredstrong8106 5 лет назад

maldenom still largely saddddddddddd 😞☹️

@indy_go_blue6048 5 лет назад

It's always good that there's even a tiny silver lining in such a dark cloud... hell, an F6 hurricane.

@webleypug 4 года назад

maldenom - Thanks for that tidbit of info. Things like that are always of interest.

@mooseymcflurffycat3018 4 года назад

This is always some good in tragedy, it just might take a long time to find it.

@catherine2362 4 года назад

@Anonymous Anonymous I agree, I can not believe they left what he did out, He could have run, but he stayed to stop the trains and saved so many lives.

@1978garfield 3 года назад

A relief train was on the way within 24 hours. Today it would take months of wrangling, getting the proper permits & arguments about who would be in charge. I can't help but think of the absolute horror of the trapped survivors. "Well the explosion didn't kill me I should be OK once the dig me out...hey what is that smell...FIRE!" "OK I survived the fire, hey what is that?...SNOW!" To be trapped there and go from burning to death to freezing to death must have been awful.

@Hjernespreng 3 года назад

What? Relief today would be on the scene even quicker. We're not talking about hurricane Katrina here.

@williampeaslee9857 3 года назад

I feel bad for the accident and especially for Jane Crowd is. But I admire how they were able to be strong through it, putting Halifax back together as well as making a new church.

@LUCKO2022 7 лет назад

My grandfather got caught in this explosion. Had to get a steel plate put in his head as a child.

@GoodDayHQ 7 лет назад

Wow first hand experience. Thanks for sharing.

@ileolai 5 лет назад

in 1917? When they barely had anesthetic?

@vict4451 4 года назад

I remember seeing a documentary on this back when the History Channel was about history that the explosion caused a tsunami that decimated an indigenous tribe on a nearby island. Totally wrecked their population.

@jenniferryersejones9876 3 года назад

Really. I know about the explosion, of course, but I don't remember hearing anything about the First Nations disaster. Not that that's too surprising, sadly. Thanks, I'm going to look it up.

@equarg 6 лет назад

100 year ago today.... The last known survivor died a few years ago. May they all RIP.

@Kieop 6 лет назад

That's not true. The oldest survivor is currently 106. As of the summer there were 16 known survivors. Not sure how many made it to the anniversary, but there are quite a few centenarians who were babies at the time, who are still around.

@equarg 6 лет назад

Kieop Oh. I thought I read the last known survivor passed away a few years ago. My bad. I read incorrect information. Thank you for correcting me...politely. I appreciate that!

@mazdaman2315 3 года назад

@@Kieop Halifax must be a really healthy city

@tommylawton6253 3 года назад

Your a loser mate your comments in each video is a lie

@mrlaw711 2 года назад

@@mazdaman2315 Was thinking the same thing as the average life expectancy here in "crazed" America is decreasing.

@FloozieOne 7 лет назад

I already made a comment, but this disaster is personal to me. Our family had been seafarers for generations but by then ran knitting mills in Fall River, MA although the family home was in Bristol RI. As the call from Boston came for supplies for the survivors my great-grandfather collected all the finished clothing and household items and put them on a train to Boston. I have no idea what this cost him, it must have been a lot, but he felt it his duty to help others that made a living from the sea. There was a huge bell on the property mounted on a great rock near the dock that was almost never used. It was extremely scary to us kids, it was big enough to almost stand up in for us kids and we used to dare each other to do so. My grandfather rang that bell on the first anniversary of that disaster and the family continued to ring it every year until 1986 when the property was finally sold. We would be told the story, the bell would ring and then there was a huge outdoor feast to celebrate the aftermath and the re-building of Halifax.

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for sharing your story Holly.

@poppablue59kent75 7 лет назад

What a great story, thank you for sharing it with us.

@angelachouinard4581 7 лет назад

Thank you for sharing that story Holly. Your great grandfather was an ancestor to be proud of.

@NorthernThinker 6 лет назад

Thanks, it was probably exactly 100 years ago, today, he heard that call and responded. Because of people like your great-grandfather a debt of thanks is owed to the people of Massachusetts by the people of Halifax. Please enjoy the christmas tree in Boston Common.

@LunchBXcrue 6 лет назад

wow that is really cool to hear, thanks for sharing!

@boataxe4605 5 лет назад

7:35 One short blast means ‘I intend to leave you on my port ( left) side’, Two shorts means ‘I intend to leave you on my starboard ( right) side, nothing more and nothing less. It doesn’t mean ‘ I’m staying in the channel ‘or ‘ I am maintaining my current course ‘ as the narrative says,

@georgesoros6415 4 года назад

Who do you think writes this stuff? Lord Nelson?

@joecombs7468 3 года назад

All very true. But Also rules of the road a ship that is over taking another ship yields right of way. That means the Mont Blanc had the right of way. So not only was the other ship moving too fast for restricted waters, but it violated the Mont Blanc's right of way too.

@moxiemaxie3543 3 года назад

@@joecombs7468 I love context

@joecombs7468 3 года назад

@@moxiemaxie3543 I spent too many years at sea LOL

@moxiemaxie3543 3 года назад

@@joecombs7468 well I hope you enjoy it. I was thinking how painful it must be , to be a captain on a cruise ship away from your family for months

@krisppynugget 4 года назад

I was absolutely shocked and heartbroken when I first heard about the Halifax disaster as a kid. My heart goes out to the people of Halifax. May we always remember and honour the strength and resilience of their forefathers in the face of this disaster. Courage! Much love and respect from Montreal.

@Laura-Lee 7 лет назад

short but informative and dignified documentary about this horrible disaster that took place in North America during World War 1. Thank you.

@jolenegilbert9830 2 года назад

@lindajohnson6231 2 года назад

Lp00

@WebReels 3 месяца назад

An incredible and totally preventable disaster that should have never happened!

@turdsmagee2413 7 лет назад

my grand father lived on the dartmouth shore , what is now tufts cove power plant was a native mic mac village , when the blast hit he was in his crib , the house collapsed around him but for one large piece of plaster and lathe that fell from the ceiling covered his crib keeping the rest of the debris off of him , most of his family and extended family was killed that day as far as we know only 17 micmac survived , mostly women and children . they walked thru the snow for 4 days to truro , no food and no help but for a few farmers along the way . they never returned to turtle grove , the government stole the land from his tribe and built a bridge and then a army base and housing and then a huge power plant . making it legal to this day for us to go back and even walk on that land again . when his family got work in halifax when he was a child they moved to the city again built apon the remains . he was 9 when he was at the shore and found a old bomb and it went off in his hands , taking all but 3 fingers and a thumb . he became a ship welder at the dockyards in Dartmouth , he got married to an english war orphan and his first home was built at 250 windmill rd Dartmouth and lived overlooking his old village and his fathers unmarked grave untill he died in 1985 . never being allowed back on his ancestral lands not even to lay some flowers . every word is true . how would you feel ? if this was your homeland . if you ever wonder why natives are mad all the time remember this story . what would you do ? how would you feel ?

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

We're so sorry to hear about your loss. But thank you so much for sharing your personal story, that's incredible.

@nicholealderfer191 5 лет назад

Sorry for your loss turds magee but thanks for sharing your story. Was anyone ever held accountable???? So many innocent people lost their life for what???Including innocent children, I sometimes just don't get this world.

@Cassxowary 5 лет назад

@@nicholealderfer191 Of course not, and they still do it... But indeed

@zachjollimore4339 4 года назад

@@nicholealderfer191 This is the dark disgusting history of Canada that most Canadians don't want to confront. Look up the residential schools, it's disgusting what happened here.

@equarg 3 года назад

turds magee It like how Francis Pegamagabow was treated after WW1. He has a sniper count of 378, with a Ross rifle less (considered a crap gun back then). He braved enemy trenches, saved his own men braving machine gun fire, helped capture 400 POW’s, and his own trench mates voted to promote him twice! As a scout he would steal the metals off of sleeping enemies while they slept. Did this frequently too. “Counting Coup” I believe is the Native term. It was used to demobilize and steal the enemies “power”. Or as we may call it today, “Trolling”. But because he was not considered “Canadian” he had to fight for the benefits he earned. Look up the song “Spirit of the Wind” by a Rock Band called Sabaton. They do WW1 and WW2 Metal songs about those wars and the many men who fought them. The song is a tribute to that Francis...and where I first heard of him. An amazing man. Had to fight before, after, and during the war. Heck, he was found as a new born in the woods in the late 19th century besides his mother who died giving birth to him. No one knew who she was so a local tribe took him in as one of their own. In the early 2000’s his adapted tribe erected a full size statue of him besides the lake where he grew up. It shows him in his WW1 uniform, with an eagle on his right arm, and a caribou standing next to him. Apparently Canada heard of this unveiling and sent a military band and representatives to be present for the unveiling. Native Americans (Or First Nations) were basically screwed ever since the “New World” was discovered. But I think everyone agrees the Aztecs stopping the human sacrifice thing was a good thing.😖 I respect Native People. I love listening to your stories legends, and histories. I am glad Native people have survived and fought to preserve their traditions and legends. It’s basically giving the finger to the bastards who tried to “cleanse” you. The past is.....complicated. Not to mention bloody and not exactly black and white. I can’t control what happened in the past. But I can give respect to you all today.

@brianfuller7691 5 лет назад

My mom passed in 1997..and never forgot the disaster. The family survived but lost their home and business. They however lost friends as did many. Vincent Coleman was a truly hero

@colleenross8752 Год назад

I hope those on that train know of the one who gave his life to save them

@saragrant9749 Год назад

He was heaven sent for sure.

@rogerrendzak8055 3 года назад

My first disaster that I learned of, as a small child (about 7-8), and it stuck with me, ever since! For most 'disaster' enthusiasts, it's usually the 'Titanic', but mine was this. I live by a maritime area, fueling my earliest interest.

@lillysnape72 7 лет назад

I am Halifax born and bred. I lived in the hydrostone area for 45 years. My area from the old bridge to north of the city was completly razed- it just didn,t exist any more

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

That's crazy to hear. Thanks so much for sharing your personal story.

@LunchBXcrue 6 лет назад

I had learned about this in school (I live in southern ontario) and I've only been to halifax once many many years ago but holy crap the amount of devastation from that explosion is almost unbelievable. To think of that happening today is just unimaginable. These poor people surviving the initial explosion just to be burned to death, good god... I don't think this is taught enough or in depth enough in school cause the true scale of it I never really understood.

@annepeters5190 4 года назад

This documentary leaves out many very interesting facts that are covered in other documentaries and literature about this event. For example, the telegraph operator who ignored his own safety, stayed at his post warning the coming trains to stop. Hé died in the explosion. He is considered a Canadian hero. All in all I think this is a redo. The sound also needs work.

@colleenross8752 3 года назад

Vince Coleman died a hero

@westzed23 2 года назад

This show had only so many minutes to tell of this disaster. It's hard to fit in all the information. But this video does tell the stories of some of the survivors, and some additional info that I had not known. In another video of the explosion I was sent here. Someone also mentioned a movie that was made of the explosion. I'll have to search for that as well. ❤🇨🇦

@imasiontist653 7 лет назад

as someone who lives in Nova Scotia, this is a huge part of our history. it's really neat driving by the old buildings and sections of the city that survived. I was really excited seeing this episode because not many people know about it.

@bendover9411 4 года назад

I absolutely love these kinds of historical incidents told so interestingly! Its sad that there are so few who take the time to watch these! 🇺🇸

@suej9329 3 года назад

A wealth of information for history buffs like me.

@JKno1 4 года назад

So if you survived the explosion, you were either half or fully blind, scarred for life, died later of injuries, or you burned to death lying crippled under rubble. And if you didnt burn, you froze to death overnight.

@AntiCoruptionCentral 3 года назад

... and that's if you didn't die of fright.

@EM.1 3 года назад

Freezing to death during the night is a less terrible way to go than burning alive under the rubble.

@maxwellbarnhart1375 3 года назад

@@EM.1 I would have to say I think burning to death is a much much worse way to die.

@EM.1 3 года назад

@@maxwellbarnhart1375 that’s my same thought.

@joeylamuel5828 7 месяцев назад

A lot of them did freeze.

@MrSpinelessYuckaTree 6 лет назад

100th Anniversary today. Peace to all of those impacted.

@FloozieOne 7 лет назад

This is a much better version than the longer History Channel one. The voice-over on that one is horrible, half alarming and half syrupy. It is much longer and does have a bit more detail on the ship but this is better since it leaves out all the drama and irrelevant info and tells you just the important stuff. Thanks for the upload and from your intro this looks like the channel for me so count me as a new subscriber.

@moxiemaxie3543 3 года назад

I listen to audibles.Theres books I cant buy because the voice is not great. Like, can you imagine the guy from Chills YT channel narrating?

@1978garfield 5 лет назад

Reminds me of the Texas City explosion. After WWII fertilizer was desperately needed in war torn Europe. A ship called the Granchamp was lading up with ammonium nitrate fertilizer. It caught fire and the ships capitan not wanting to ruin the rest of the cargo tried to put the fire out with steam not water. The whole city stood around and watched the brightly burning ship. Then it vaporized, leveled the town and killed 580 or so people. I wonder how many people died during and after the World Wars trying to supply materials for the war effort or the recovery effort. ?

@lemonsky5378 4 года назад

My mother knew a boy who was orphaned in this disaster. His parents had gone down to watch the fire and left him at home. They never came back. He ended up living with relatives in Houston.

@MalenkyGoblin 4 года назад

Nova Scotia donated a large Christmas tree to the city of Boston in thanks and remembrance for the help Boston Red Cross and the Massachusetts Public Safety Committee provided immediately after the Halifax Explosion of. Another tree was sent in 1971, and every year since then.

@raywhittington1368 6 лет назад

Great channel. How tragic that the people on shore thought they were only watching a ship burn. Strong lesson here. What seems like someone elses problem can affect our lives too.

@daleslover2771 5 лет назад

Ray Whittington Excellent Point.!

@Cassxowary 4 года назад

Exactly. Like how 9/11 was caused partly by Canadians and US waging war in the Middle East, and how all the horrific things done to non-human animals for animal products affects humans worse than you’d think and causes things like the strand of SARS virus in 2003 and this strand SARS that is known as the coronavirus. Yet many still haven’t learnt. More and more do though! So which are y’all gonna be?

@alyssamcintosh5868 7 лет назад

Vincent Coleman was the one who knew about the explosives and warned all the trains to be stopped and not to head towards Halifax.

@Giratina575 4 года назад

Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."

@Free_Krazy 5 лет назад

Wow the story of two different faiths coming together into one church for the title of "united" was quite awe inspiring!

@saragrant9749 10 месяцев назад

I went to college with a girl who’s great aunt and great grandmother both lost an eye from this explosion. She showed me a picture of them from somewhere around the 1950’s and both had a patch over the same eye. They considered themselves lucky to survive as apparently a significant number of their neighbors were killed. I couldn’t imagine my entire neighborhood being destroyed like that.

@Straswa 3 года назад

RIP to all the victims of that horrible day. Never forget. Thanks for the upload.

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

Your welcome.

@nenblom 4 года назад

This is a great channel. How about an episode on the Challenger explosion?

@booblast500 7 лет назад

Love your channel! Love documentary's! New suber! 👍👍👍✌✌

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Thank you so much!

@sandyjohnson4182 3 года назад

Citadel Hill in the center of the Halifax peninsula was fortified to defend the city in warfare, but was never attacked at any time in history. However, in December 1917 it did defend part of the city. The force of the explosion which flattened the north end was deflected upward by Citadel Hill so that the south end was largely spared, with mainly just windows and doors blown in. My maternal Grandparents lived in the south end and were not seriously injured. My grandfather was involved in digging people out of the rubble of the north end. He did not talk about it to us and I have since realized that it was for the same reason that those who returned from the world wars did not talk about what they had experienced: It was too painful for them to remember.

@Nacho-Mamma 5 лет назад

I had virtually forgotten about this disaster. I had family that owned a small bakery in the area, they lost everything. They relocated to Chicago and operated a family ran bakery on Ellis St. for nearly 30 years.

@BadDayHQ 5 лет назад

Thanks for the personal contact story.

@LuvvlyVixen 7 лет назад

looking forward to getting the DVD. I am newly immigrated to Canada and never really knew about this until my husband told me about it..I am speechless!

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

It's pretty incredible isn't it? We've got a lot more crazy stories coming up so be sure to subscribe and we'll have new episodes weekly.

@teenieneenie630 7 лет назад

Great channel! Glad I found it.

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Thanks Ayni! We have new episodes every single week!

@brt-jn7kg 5 лет назад

To this day this is still one of the largest non nuclear explosion in history.

@luckypunfire6263 4 года назад

It is, in fact, *the* largest non-atomic man-made explosion in human history.

@oreopudding3133 3 года назад

I wonder if Beirut topped it?

@kidpagronprimsank05 Год назад

This was, in fact, measurements of explosive level before Hiroshima

@thomasmitcham5196 2 года назад

Many aren’t aware that the annual BOSTON CHRISTMAS TREE is ceremoniously cut and trucked to Boston, Massachusetts each year as a gift of ‘thanks’ from a grateful Halifax and Provence of Nova Scotia for the trains of dedicated doctors and nurses arriving as quickly as possible in Halifax having departed from Boston’s North Station to partner in rescue and relief efforts. Local Boston newspapers annually document the selection, cutting, shipment and special lighting ceremony on historic Boston Common, with the Park Street subway station, Park Street Church and the Massachusetts State House all close by - as well as Kings Chapel, Granary Burial Grounds and Tremont Temple nearby also. Quite a celebrated tribute of human kindness resulting from catastrophic disaster and the beginning of its healing process!

@emilyc.4000 7 лет назад

Can I kiss you? I LOVED this show when it was on TV and have spent nearly a decade trying to find it online

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Aw awesome Emily that's great news! We've got the whole series uploading every single week and much more on the way.

@moxiemaxie3543 3 года назад

A decade? It makes me sad when media like this isn't properly available to buy when we have streaming.

@pandaphil 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for sharing this series. I've always had an interest in disasters, and I'm surprised at how many pf these I've not heard of before. I guess because they generally don't Americans or American companies.

@BadDayHQ 6 лет назад

Glad you are enjoying them

@Cassxowary 4 года назад

This is american too, it’s in Canada which is in America

@Cassxowary 4 года назад

Phil Bolton though it’s international too

@progressivefilmsUK 3 года назад

such a sad story... brings me to tears..

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

Thanks for your comment.

@shannondawn44 2 года назад

My great Aunt was a wee girl standing on a chair , looking out a window when the explosion struck . It knocked her right over backwards off the chair but she was alright . It was a terrible disaster for sure

@MISTER2726 6 лет назад

This year would be it's 100th anniversary

@BadDayHQ 6 лет назад

Thats correct....this December

@ceaflacca5986 7 лет назад

I learn history on as many ship's I come up on that I may not have known about

@Salicat99 27 дней назад

Is there a way to lower the music's volume as it often makes it impossible to hear the people talking.

@jaygreen7415 5 лет назад

Super Troopers 2 taught me about this.

@scotthayes4135 2 года назад

If I had been in Halifax when that happened when I would have first seen the ship on fire I'd get out as quickly as possible. I wouldn't stand there watching the fire.

@TheCarnivalguy 2 года назад

I am halfway through "The Great Halifax Explosion" by John U, Bacon. It is an excellent and absorbing account of this incredible tragedy.

@sodoffbaldrick3038 4 года назад

My grandfather was a young Harvard medical student at the time of the explosion. I know he went there to help,whether through the school or on his own, I don't know, but I remember my grandmother telling me how deeply affected he was, especially by the children.

@scottfoot5245 7 лет назад

dude thank you for these

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Our pleasure mate, we're happy to finally be putting our catalogue online. Please subscribe and share them, it helps us grow and produce more content.

@paradisemace1 4 года назад

The shock was felt 200 miles away !!!

@haileyshannon7548 7 лет назад

Funny thing I was just watching an old A&E show about the explosion, I don't know when it was made, but it featured also Janet Kitz, the historian, plus several old people who were toddlers during the disaster including Ashpan Annie.

@alipannell9345 4 года назад

Lol by the time he got back they was in the street "not very happy i suppose" ..gives me an idea for a new cartoon 😆

@mlee6050 3 года назад

Just hearing how much tnt they had on it like oh no

@MarcusGearHero 3 года назад

I was in Halifax over 5 years ago and its amazing what's left of the ship that exploded.

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

I didn't know the ship was still there. Are there pictures of it.

@MarcusGearHero 3 года назад

@@BadDayHQ no just pieces of it in spots

@frimatt5355 5 лет назад

Forgot to mention that the explosion created a massive tsunami that the harbor and railway

@moxiemaxie3543 3 года назад

That's like saying a Mulan forgot to put the dragon in the movie.I wouldnt say they forgot, they obviously did their research. These docs are meant to be personable.I like these mini docs because they make you walk in the person's shoes. The opposite of how the news would portray. Its not dramatic

@celticdragon4966 4 года назад

It really makes you wonder how the human race has survived as long as it has.

@indy_go_blue6048 3 года назад

It's pretty ironic that the ~50-60 million humans who died in WWI and the great Spanish flu epidemic hardly caused a blip in total world population. Today the death of a billion wouldn't be that great of a tragedy, relatively (very relatively) speaking.

@mousetreehouse6833 3 года назад

I'm surprised at the lack of info about the utter and complete deviation in both Halifax and Dartmouth. The wires were down, but somehow word reached Boston and NYC, who put out relief trains the next day for Nova Scotia. These trains had car after car full of doctors, nurses, supplies and clothing. Fun fact: In gratitude for the help, Nova Scotia to to this day cuts and transports huge Christmas trees to each city, something that is celebrated (in Boston anyway!).

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

Thanks for your comments. We had a lot to pack into this short program. interesting side note, appreciate the added info.

@Chief2Moon 4 года назад

For many religion is a source of needed strength, a raft when adrift on the ocean of life.

@JBOutboards 7 лет назад

"i gotta stop the train".

@colleenross8752 5 лет назад

And he did. God bless you, Vincent

@catherinemonroe6442 3 года назад

@Anonymous Anonymous 700

@dfuher968 5 лет назад

@Bad Day HQ I have recently discovered ur channel, and I commend u for some very interesting and well made documentaries. It is a real treat to get sober and plain spoken docs without all the constant repetition and sensationalizing, that seems to be the norm these days. I have just 1 request - in some of ur episodes, including this 1, the background music is at times much too loud and can make it difficult to hear, what is being said, especially when ppl are as softspoken as the lady speaking around 7:30, I had to really focus to hear her through the music. Other than that, tyvm and keep up the good work!

@jimmyfortrue3741 5 лет назад

When I was a little kid the phrase "it was blown to Halifax" was a common way to describe any kind of large explosion, for example, when a house in my town exploded from a gas leak.

@jamessouza7065 4 года назад

Man..Stop Lying!!!

@Washadamoak 4 года назад

I have a book about the explosion. There were many almost miraculous storys of survival. One baby in a crib survived because a closet door fell on the crib and protected the child when the house collapsed around it. Another 2 year old girl was found 26 hours later in the wreckage of a house, she had been knocked across the kitchen floor and under the woodstove. When they found her she was bruised but otherwise ok. She had survived the freezing temperature beceuse the ash pan of the stove was still warm and kept her from freezing. She was misidentified because people could not tell which house was which because of the mass destruction. She was finally reconized a few days later by her Aunt who recognized her in one of the shelters. A boy was picked up and blown back 1/4 of a mile but was not seriously injured. The train from Boston bring doctors and supplies got stuck in snowdrifts at Folly Lake outside of Halifax and had to be shoveled out by teams of men . Every year since 1971 Nova Scotia sends a 40 to 50 foot spruce tree to Boston that is erected on the Boston Common, the Boston Christmas tree. This is to thank the people of Boston for their assistance after the explosion.

@colleenross8752 3 года назад

Those kids were lucky

@westzed23 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing this info about the disaster.

@robertbruce1887 11 месяцев назад

Excellent documentary, narrator is to understand but softer voices of the older survivors need to be applified more, l could barely understand them , drowned out by back ground music

@jackwinemiller8358 6 лет назад

halifax.....home of the Foundation Franklin a legendary deep sea salvage tug throughout the 30's and 40's

@nenblom 4 года назад

I’m wondering why the Imo didn’t change course.

@jorgem.m.goncalves6221 7 лет назад

You just got a new fan and subscriber. Fantastic channel... i'll reccomend it to all my friends. 5 stars PLUS

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Awesome mate thank you so much!

@Canadian_Yoshi 5 лет назад

I lived in Halifax when I was little

@loriburnside8870 6 лет назад

Love this channel. I've been looking for the episode on the Pine Lake Tornado. Can anyone help?

@BadDayHQ 6 лет назад

I am not sure that one has been released yet

@loriburnside8870 6 лет назад

thx for the reply.

@indy_go_blue6048 3 года назад

@@BadDayHQ It has now.

@MrJack9one 7 лет назад

Hi, I was wondering if you could please upload the Hinton Train Crash and the Dryden air crash.

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Hey Matt, we've got them coming up! We're uploading them in the order they originally aired. We'll also have other series and some big announcements coming this week.

@BadDayHQ 7 лет назад

Yes our parent company produced the entire series.

@spacecadet35 7 лет назад

I am not sure how this is in any way the Mont Blanc's fault. They were in the correct channel at the correct speed and they signalled clearly their intentions. When the Imo refused to obey the right of way rules the Mont Blanc cut its engines and then manouvered to avoid any possible collision. On the other hand the Imo was speeding, was in the wrong channel, refused to yield to the other ship who was in the correct channel and when it looked like a collision would be avoided, suddenly turned into the Mont Blanc. Could someone please explain to me how this was the Mont Blanc's fault?

@Amethystchain 7 лет назад

spacecadet35 hi! It was the Mont Blanc's fault because she was carrying far more explosives than regulation. Also, I'm sure that at least some of the crew escaped the Mont Blanc and made it to shore because they knew how explosive the ship was. Either the harbour master or the captain was charged with manslaughter.

@spacecadet35 7 лет назад

***** Thank you for that reply. Certainly the amount of explosives was an issue in the size of the explosion. But It does not answer why the collision was blamed solely upon the Mont Blanc.

@kevet1968 7 лет назад

+spacecadet35 I agree it doesn't add up. And during wartime no ship was expected to follow any restrictions on cargo.

@guerrillapress77 7 лет назад

+spacecadet35 the collision was not the Mont Blanc's fault, the magnitude of the explosion however was squarely on the Mont Blanc

@spacecadet35 7 лет назад

However the sole blame of the accident, including the navigation that caused it was placed upon the Mont Blanc.

@lynncrosby9175 4 года назад

these used to be my favorites for history. Now there are just too many commercials/ads. Very sad.

@benlaskowski357 4 года назад

I first learned about this in a book I read in school, 17 Minutes To Live. I couldn't put the book down. The Imo broke all speed rules in the harbor and Mont Blanc should have had the red flag out. Witnesses told the Mont Blanc went up with 'a greenish pink flash'. . .and 2.9 kilotons of force. It remains Canada's worst disaster ever.

@rebelfighter5249 2 года назад

Given there were German spies everywhere, declaring explosives was very dangerous.

@nenblom 4 года назад

Do you have an episode of the Tenerife disaster dubbed “Crash of the Century?” That was the horrific crash involving a Pan Am 747 and a KLM 747.

@colleenross8752 3 года назад

583 died that day, 61 people amazingly survived. ✈😢

@Azumari20 6 лет назад

Just a suggestion but can u do one on the Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903?

@indy_go_blue6048 3 года назад

It's available here now.

@EDDIELANE 4 года назад

I love a good graphic in my documentaries for reference.

@marymartin5847 5 лет назад

Holy hell. I feel inept not knowing about this. I feel like I may have read something in passing a friend who went to college in Halifax may have posted, but that's about it. The loss of life is akin to 9/11, and no one talks about it? What the hell?

@Poetessa2 5 лет назад

I know, many more died here than Pearl Harbour too, yet it's not really discussed. :-(

@Ishanzari 6 лет назад

A couple years ago I was in Halifax and went to the church that had a piece of wood that was stuck through the wall from the explosion. My family is from Springhill, Nova Scotia really enjoy the history from the east coast!

@jasonkile8291 5 лет назад

Can you do more hurricane video like Issac Strom 1900 and sandy and many more

@thomasgronek6469 6 лет назад

nice video, thank you. It appeared that the bow of one ship 9:00 struck the stern of the other ship. I am trying to figure this out, as I am not too good at boat stuff. any comments would help, thank you. (don't post that I am an asshat, I know that)

@indy_go_blue6048 3 года назад

Bow= front, stern= rear. Port= left, starboard= right. Forward/fore= in front of, abaft/aft= behind.

@danialmurphy7803 5 лет назад

Richmond district is now the Hydrostone

@songbirdrebel5895 2 года назад

It’s a shame that the Mont Blanc was initially blamed when (in my opinion) it was the Imo since she was going down the wrong side and the former of the ship has the right of way. But now… I think both are equal to blame, and then some with those other two ships.

@emerybonner7973 2 года назад

I am not sure that both ships are equal to blame. Yes, the Mont Blanc should have been flying a red flag indicating that she was an ammunition ship, but the ship was exactly where she was supposed to be. The Imo entered the Mont Blanc's path and refused to give way. I think some blame lies with the New York port authorities. They decided to load the Mont Blanc full of explosives despite the captain trying to warn them that it was a bad idea to do so. The ship should not have been fully loaded with explosives.

@songbirdrebel5895 2 года назад

@@emerybonner7973 Even though I'm familiar with the idea of flying a warning flag, I've never really thought about blaming the port authority...

@emerybonner7973 2 года назад

@@songbirdrebel5895 they definitely played a role in the disaster. They said that the ship would not be allowed to leave port if the captain attempted to stop the loading of the cargo. (I think there was also a warning that he would be replaced as captain of the ship) Had the port authorities listened to the captain, the explosion might not have been as big as it was.

@CearyAuryn 3 года назад

My family lost many family members in this explosion. We lost William Arthur Lovett and his son William Arthur Lovett and son's spouse Bertha Josephine Lovett and son's daughter Edna Frances Lovett only 3 years old, Alfred Lovett and his son Charles Lovett, and Ada E Lovett... The Lovett family lost many wonderful people... If you know anyone who is related to my family please comment or message me. We are looking for relatives. Thank you. Rest in peace my family.

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

Thanks Carrie for watching. I hope your post will get some more information for you on your family history. You never know who is watching and reading comments. Good luck to you.

@colleenross8752 3 года назад

They'll always be with you

@CearyAuryn 3 года назад

@@colleenross8752 so very true

@CearyAuryn 3 года назад

@@BadDayHQ thank you. You're so right

@nenblom 4 года назад

I’m wondering if it would have been better to split up the explosive cargo. It sure seems very dangerous to have one ship carry so much explosives. I’m no expert but that’s my gut feeling.

@emerybonner7973 4 года назад

That is exactly what the captain of the Mont-Blanc thought. He did not want the ship to be fully loaded with ammunition but he was ordered to do so without question. His fears about having so much ammunition on the ship were ignored.

@nenblom 4 года назад

Emery Bonner And, as a result, his crew and the rest of Halifax suffered an unspeakable disaster. RIP

@judynagle6742 5 лет назад

Missed a lot because of the loud, irritating music that will never replace the facts. Too many videos on this channel have other audio probs too. Well, at least you have many videos about mishaps that I never heard about and I can find out more whether or not they're inaudible. Other than that your videos are very well done.

@oceanhome2023 6 лет назад

Never watch an explosion behind a glass window !

@zarabee2880 3 года назад

I find it so confusing when USA/Canadian places all have British names 🤔 I couldn’t understand how this happened in fricking Yorkshire 😅

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

North America was settled by the British and the French. So the names of their villages and towns came with them.

@jenniferryersejones9876 3 года назад

lol!

@ygts 5 лет назад

1600?! Holy fuck. Hope they all rest in peace :(

@janetduncan87 3 года назад

I always feel especially sad for the children.

@BadDayHQ 3 года назад

Yes, this disaster spared no one.

@myklstorm1908 5 лет назад

good documentary but the sound effects are to loud. drowns out the voices.

@mrrebel5150 5 лет назад

people would be surprised at how modern ships of today still play Russian roulette with one another still.

@didarden 4 года назад

A ship with this many explosives onboard should have been given priority. All ships and others shpuld have been escorted and supervised out the area allowing safe passage out. Waterways should have been closed to all others.

@poppablue59kent75 7 лет назад

Scientists at Los Alamos studied this event when they were trying to determine what height to detonate the Hiroshima bomb, Little Boy.

@poppablue59kent75 7 лет назад

Thanks! I am familiar with both of those incidents, but didn't realize they had been studied for that reason. Cheers from Texas.

@DaleDix 6 лет назад

Well they got it right lol.

@zorilaz 5 лет назад

I visited Halifax. Empty city. Weird and empty, just a few people on the streets

@georgesoros6415 4 года назад

You shoulda been there in 1795! Same shit.

@keridane9381 5 лет назад

Much of the commentary was impossible to hear because the background music was too loud. Only could really hear the narrator. Maybe my hearing is going....