Great Halifax Explosion Case Study

These are the survivors thoughts on the Triangle Factory Fire. There was over 100 survivors but I choose two of the most important people who lived from the fire and I am sharing their thoughts.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 was one of the most lethal workplace tragedies in American history. 141 young women died that day, because of their unsafe work conditions. If they had fire extinguishers and a sprinkler system, or even just a better fire escape, no one would’ve had to die. The girls did not have access to these things however, because they were not required by law.

While sailing on the Havana Harbor in Cuba, an unexpected explosion erupts sinking the 6,000 ton boat killing 260 men.

At 9:40 pm on February 15 1898 a massive explosion rocked the Maine, soon after there was a second one. The Maine sunk almost immediately. Unfortunately the explosions happened in the front of the ship close to the living quarters of the men. Out of the 354 men on board 266 died from the blasts. Many others were injured terribly.

on December 6th 1917, 2 ships; Monte Blanc and The Imo collided in front of Halifax harbor, Canada's largest harbor for shipment of goods for relief commissions. the Imo was transporting supplies for Belgian relief commision and Monte blanc was shipping ammunitions for allies. the boat was stocked with more than 250 tonnes of explosives. it set the record for “biggest man made explosion in history”. this was big event for Canada because it brought reality of war to canadians. After this event many canadians were against the war. The explosion spreaded across 324 acres of land, it destroyed 12000 building and killed 2000 canadians, injured 9000 and left 1000 without a home. Immediately USA sent a full train filled with doctors, construction workers, firemen, policemen, soldiers to help injured and homeless. The rest of canada decided to create HRC (Halifax Relief Commision) they raised 30 million to restore halifax’s land, canada's government also gave 18 million but

On January 15, 1919, one of the most tragic and strange disasters occurred in Boston, Massachusetts. It was around forty degrees that day, when two days previously it had been only two degrees. At 12:30 PM 2,300,000 gallons of molasses spilled into the streets near Keany Square after the tank holding it exploded, most think due to a combination of poor design and the drastic temperature flux. The aftermath was tragic, with twenty one deaths and one hundred and fifty injured. The company who owned the tank was quick to blame others, but soon it was found that the tank was poorly constructed, and if more time had been taken, the Boston Molasses Disaster would never have happened.

The city of Halifax provokes the tragic memories of the 1977 Halifax Explosion (Halifax History Facts and Timeline, 2016). However, Halifax is the provincial capital of Nova Scotia and it is famous for its magnificent Atlantic coast. Also, Halifax has undergone huge urban development and economic growth and is now recognized as one of the largest coastal cities in Canada regarding its historical, physical, economic and cultural diversities.(62)

February 15th, 1898, the USS Maine was hit with a mine as it sat in the Havana Harbor. There is large speculation to whether that is the truth or not. Over the years it is still a topic of debate as of what caused the explosion. Some believe that the Spaniards did it, others believe it was a clumsy mistake of misplaced ammo, others believe it was a spontaneous coal fire that caught a box of ammunition on fire. No matter the cause, the loss of the ship and 260 of her crew was devastating to America at the time and led to strong feelings of dislike towards the Spaniards, leading to the Spanish-American war of 1898. The theories behind the explosion of the USS Maine is mainly focused around two ideas, there are many angles that can be viewed for the cause of this disaster and its fueling of the war that will be examined in this paper.

Prospects of preventing the Manchester bomber attack were quite considerable, as the British counter-terror agencies had calls and reports more than once that justify the arrest of Salman Abedi, but they never did.

On the morning of December 6, 1917, a tragic disaster prevailed itself in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. During WW1, the cause of this tragedy was the collision of two ships; the Norwegian vessel SS Imo and the Belgian steamer, the Mont Blanc which occurred in front of the Halifax port. Halifax played a crucial role during the war because it was deemed the docking station where soldiers and supplies were sent overseas. Essentially, The Halifax Explosion was the largest blast in Canadian history, which in turn caused rigorous turmoil throughout the nation; despite such devastation, alleviation teams came to help seatone Halifax.

The year is 1898 on the 15th of February a date that will forever be associated with beginning the change of the structure of the world’s balance of power, the USS Maine, the first battleship primarily made of steel in America, is inexplicably blown up sinking into the Havana harbor killing 266 sailors, at this point in time this was the largest single loss of American sailors lives in American history. The battle ship was posted there under the guise of a friendly visit but, in actuality was there to protect American citizens, interest, and quell any possible trouble to emerge in the area due to the anti-Spanish rioting in Havana. The sinking of the Maine outraged Americans; their rage was further intensified by sensational newspaper

Not until the Gulf of Tonkin Incident would a trigger to war be so scrutinized and clouded in mystery as the destruction of the USS Maine. Over one hundred years later there is still a debate over what caused the explosion on the Maine and ultimately led the United States to war with Spain. The debate of the USS Maine’s destruction is over whether the explosion came from inside the ship, the internal explosion theory, or came from an outside the ship, the external explosion theory. Most of these arguments are focused on the cause of the explosion, whether a fire broke out on board or if a perpetrator, either the Spanish or Cuban rebels caused the explosion. This paper will mainly focus on warning but also talk about the origin of the explosion,

No words can describe the cloud of sorrow that hangs over Halifax and surrounding areas. December 6th, 1917 will forever mark a tragedy in our history. I am very blessed that my business and I survived the explosion, but I too am still grieving the loved ones I lost. As I walk down to what once was known as the Richmond District of Halifax, it hard to imagine that a street was once here, a home there, because all that is visible now is debris. Debris that is covered with a light blanket of snow on this cold January day.

People always hear about the various wars that happened, but not seeing the action. In the essay “The War Photo No One Would Publish”, Torie Rose DeGhett elaborate on how the Gulf War pictures were considered to be too graphic for people to see in America. Though the war happened in 1991, DeGhett wanted to focus on why the press in America did not want to publish those pictures. In the essay, DeGhett pointed out

Photographs are used to document history, however selected images are chosen to do so. Often times these images graphically show the cruelty of mankind. In her book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag asks, "What does it mean to protest suffering, as distinct from acknowledging it?" To acknowledge suffering is just to capture it, to point it out and show somebody else that it exists. In order to protest suffering, there has to be some sort of moral decision that what is shown in the photograph is wrong, and a want from the viewer to change that.