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= THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION! =

= Questions. = =** 1.What world war was taking place when the ** Halifax Explosion happened? =

The world war was World War 1.
=** 2.What is the names/types of the Vessel and the Carrier that collided in the Halifax Harbour? **= = It was a Belgian relief vessel and a French munitions carrier. = =** 3.What was the date the Halifax took place? **= = The date was December 6,1917. = =** 4.How many people were killed in the explosion? **= = 1900 were killed in the explosion. = =** 5.What was the cause of the explosion? **= = The cause was Human error. = =** 6.How many people where injured? **= = 9000 were injured. = = **7.How many buildings were** **destroyed?** = = 1600 buildings were destroyed. = =** 8.What was the on the boat the made it explode? **= = The boatwas carrying Picric acid,Gun cotton,and TNT. = =** 9.True or false:the two ships/boats collided at 8:45? **= = There is not really true or false because no one knows the exact time it the explosion took place. = =** 10.What happened that night that left homeless families to freeze? **= = What left homeless people to freeze was a snow storm. = =** 11.What was three of the items that the committees purchased for the families in need? **= = Three of the items were Beds,Food,and Pillow Cases. = =** 12.What does the community remembers the disaster with? **= = A monument in Halifax and the community gathers around it every December 6th to remember the event. = =** 13.True or False was the Halifax explosion the second largest man made explosion? **= =The aweser is False,the Halifax Explosion was the second largest man made explosion the first was the Japan Bombing.= =** 14.What is the tradition that Halifax does for Boston every year to thank them once again for going down to Halifax to help repair/clean up after the explosion? **= =** the tradition is they always get a great big christmas tree and bring it down to Boston and gives it to them. **= =** 15. **=

= Key search words. = =1.the halifax explosion= =2.important facts about the Halifax explosion=


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=** www.hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/shanson/hfx%20explosion/facts.htm **=

=** www.canada.online.about.com/cs/canadaww1/phalifaxexp.htm **=

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