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Seven 3x5 inch silver gelatin photographs and three professional postcards, all with images showing the aftermath of the devastating Halifax Harbour Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917. Details captured by the seven photographs not only show the effects of the blast on the surrounding communities, but also paint a clear picture of the extreme urgencies which precipitated the immediate rebuilding of the critical port - all while on a wartime footing in maritime Canada. It is also interesting to note that "Belgian Relief" can be seen painted on the beached hull of the SS "IMO" while other images show carpenters working on a roof to restore part of the CPR's transportation infrastructure, the remains of Dartmouth, the Rink, Rome Street School, and the Residential District. Five photographs are loosely mounted onto album leaves with white pencil captions and two are loose ; two postcards are loose and one RPPC is pasted onto album leaf with a white pencil caption. An evocative collection of mostly one of-a-kind vernacular images. "At 9:04:35 am the out-of-control fire on board Mont-Blanc set off her cargo of high explosives. The ship was completely blown apart and a powerful blast wave radiated away from the explosion initially at more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) per second. Temperatures of 5,000 °C (9,000 °F) and pressures of thousands of atmospheres accompanied the moment of detonation at the centre of the explosion. White-hot shards of iron fell down upon Halifax and Dartmouth. . A cloud of white smoke rose to at least 3,600 metres (11,800 ft). The blast was felt as far away as Cape Breton (207 kilometres or 129 miles) and Prince Edward Island (180 kilometres or 110 miles). An area of over 1.6 square kilometres (400 acres) was completely destroyed by the explosion, and the harbour floor was momentarily exposed by the volume of water that was displaced. A tsunami was formed by water surging in to fill the void; it rose as high as 18 metres (60 ft) above the high-water mark on the Halifax side of the harbour. Imo was carried onto the shore at Dartmouth by the tsunami. The blast instantly killed more than 1,600 people and injured an additional 9,000, more than 300 of whom later died. It destroyed or badly damaged every building within a 2.6-kilometre (1.6 mi) radius, over 12,000 in total. Hundreds of people who had been watching the fire from their homes were blinded when the blast wave shattered the windows in front of them. Overturned stoves and lamps started fires throughout Halifax, particularly in the North End, where entire city blocks burned, trapping residents inside their houses. Firefighter Billy Wells, who was thrown away from the explosion and had his clothes torn from his body, described the devastation survivors faced: "The sight was awful, with people hanging out of windows dead. Some with their heads missing, and some thrown onto the overhead telegraph wires." He was the only member of the eight-man crew of the fire engine Patricia to survive." wiki.
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