“I Survived the Halifax Explosion” HALIFAX- The collision of two ships in Halifax Harbor caused a big explosion. The ship (Mont-Blanc) was filled with explosives‚ on deck and below. It was filled with highly explosive picric acid; gun cotton in the center; and in the aft hold‚ trinitrotoluene (TNT). The explosion occurred when the Imo vessel was leaving Halifax Harbor and on its way to New York. Suddenly‚ the French munitions ship Mont Blanc was on its way to wait for a convoy when the two
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men went throughout their normal work day at No. 5 Coal Mine‚ they looked forward to quitting time and reuniting with their loved ones. Woefully‚ this would never come to past. Catastrophe struck at 3:27. 111 lives were slayed out by a colossal explosion. Paramedics‚ firemen and policemen gathered at the scene in efforts to rescue wounded coalminers. There were 142 men at the site. 65 were killed by burns and other injuries and 45 were killed by afterdamp. Eight men were rescued‚ but one died from
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Three major disasters struck Texas in the 20th century. They left both wonderful and unhelpful social‚ political‚ and economic effects. The Texas City Explosion had the most lasting effects on the US. Many people died in the explosion‚ and many more were injured. There were so many people that were injured‚ that the hospitals were overcrowded and the Red Cross had to put up field stations to help the injured. As Wanda Lou Baker wrote in Past Stories‚ many of the injured were put on the lawn. The
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The Mont Blanc was carrying explosives and caught on fire igniting the Halifax Explosion. The Halifax Explosion is a defining moment in Canadian History because it’s the biggest explosion in Canadian History‚ it brought a lot of help from other places and it brought the war home to Canada. Halifax Explosion was a defining moment in Canadian History because it brought the war home to Canada. The Halifax Explosion was the only occasion when the horrors of modern warfare were visited in an important
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West Fertilizer Company Explosion The West Fertilizer Company‚ which was known with an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred on April 17‚ 2013. A massive explosion at a fertilizer storage and distribution facility. The first reports were given out as it was sustained severe losses in the blast. The explosion killed 15 people and injured more than 300‚ and others in buildings and homes were destroyed and damaged. It was certified by Texas Department of Insurance and State Fire Marshall’s Office
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099. The people building the rocket were not sure what would happen to the rocket if something had occurred because the computer technology at that time was not as great as ours technology is right now. To test the vehicle to see if it was ready they put blow torches all around and put it in high pressured spaces to test it. The vehicle had passed the test. Now it was time to make the final copy of the Challenger. The o rings were being made on a different Station other than the Kennedy Space Station
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INTRODUCTION: Is population explosion a boon or a curse? For the European developed countries like Spain and Italy‚ where the population is decreasing‚ this might be considered as a boon. However‚ for the developing countries like India‚ population explosion is a curse and is damaging to the development of the country and it’s society. The developing countries already facing a lack in their resources‚ and with the rapidly increasing population‚ the resources available per person are reduced
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The Halifax Explosion was a defining moment in Canadian history‚ due to the immense amounts of tragedy that it created. On 6 December 1917‚ two vessel collided in the Halifax Harbour destroying many parts of the city‚ killing nearly 2‚000 people and injuring more than 9‚000. In the text I will notify you of the collision. Following this will be information on the disaster that the collision induced. Lastly‚ I will speak of what was done to prevent the explosion from being even more fatal‚ for many
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Explosion of Field – Dr. Phil and Oprah – O. J. Simpson and Prosecutor Marcia Clark • Predict what a jury will do from the demographic characteristics of jurors. • Predict what a jury will do from the individual characteristics--personalities--of the jurors. Does SJS Work? • Can consultants predict what a certain type of juror is likely to do? • Demographic Characteristics – Race? – Gender? – Politics? – Religion? – Education? – Age? Can consultants predict what a certain juror demographic
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population explosion in India India with a current population of 105 crores is nearly bursting at the seams. In August 1947‚ when our country threw off the shackles of colonialism‚ we were a country of 34.5 crore people. The census taken a few years earlier had put it at just 33 crores‚ mindboggling‚ even then by international standards. The only country which has had the unenviable distinction of having a population more than India was China. It still remains slightly ahead. In August 1999‚ the
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