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The Halifax Explosion occurred on December 6, 1917 after two ships, one carrying munitions, collided offshore of the city.

The resulting blast killed almost 2,000 people, wounded 9,000 more and destroyed or damaged 13,500 buildings, with the survivors’ ordeal worsened by a blizzard that rolled in the next day. It was the largest man-made explosion prior to the Atomic Age.