i live in Halifax and drive over the explosion site several times a day on the mackay bridge , not named after the pilot. Nova Scotia sends a christmas tree every year to the city of Boston to thank our american friends for their help in our hour of need. We have not forgotten what you did for us as a matter of fact I can access the Mackay bridge from Massachusetts avenue.
My family lost many family members in this explosion. We lost William Arthur Lovett and his son William Arthur Lovett and son's spouse Bertha Josephine Lovett and son's daughter Edna Frances Lovett only 3 years old, Alfred Lovett and his son Charles Lovett, and Ada E Lovett... The Lovett family lost many wonderful people... If you know anyone who is related to my family please comment or message me. We are looking for relatives. Thank you. Rest in peace my family.
My grandfather lived in Halifax in 1917 and helped to dig people out of the wreckage, but I do not know much more than that. He did not speak of it. I believe that was for the same reason that veterans returning from WWI and WWII and other conflicts did not very willingly talk of what they had experienced and seen. Many of the events and the injuries to people were so horrendous that they tried to put it out of their minds.
I really appreciate how Canadians have had so much respect for us here in the U.S., because you all know how important history is. I remember the amazing article that one of your journalists narrated after 911 about how we always answered the call for help whenever tragedy struck. We only did what was natural and human to do. We could do a better job of checking our facts. It's really that simple. Two words come to mind when I think of all the Canadians I know: humility and kindness. I'm afraid we're not doing as good a job of showing this, because we've become so self-obsessed and self-centered. We may not always agree regarding our political views, but we can do much better to remember history. We can do better to extend our gratitude. We've got some relearning to do.
I would have loved to watch all of this documentary because it's part of our Canadian history. However, I could not abide the narrator's irritating habit of punctuating so many phrases with "okay" as a period.
He also got many facts wrong and was quite cavalier about a tragedy that killed 2,000, maimed and injured 9,000 and left 25,000 homeless. This pompous fool is a poor presenter and he is really irritating.
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@@LivoniaTV As a Haligonian who has lived here all of my life and very interested in any part of our history especially the explosion in 1917 as I lost an uncle and my windows were broken in my mothers house in Sambro which is about 12.5 miles away. As was mentioned above this presenter was wrong about a few things and I couldn't finish watching because of his constant use of the word OK, ...
Guncotton is produced by treating cellulose with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid. This converts it to nitrocellulose and it's explosive in its own right. Guncotton or nitrocellulose is used to propel shells and it is considered a low explosive relative to TNT or RDX.
1:09:59 You guys must have TINY city blocks if you can fit 7 1/2 in an acre! An acre is about 210 feet on a side. Also the cannon landed in Albro Lake Rd, about 1.3 miles from the explosion, not 3 miles.
This was a great video..although some parts i found to be "inaccurate" for example the pilot's name ( from my research) was Francis Mackey not John Mackey.. also, did he not say the pilot went right back to work after? Francis Mackey never got h is license back and never received any compensation to help his family (again this is from what i have researched).
It was actually the Cable Ship Mackay-Bennett or CS MacKay-Bennett. It is because of the spelling that the speaker mispronounced it. "MacKay" is often pronounced "MacKee" in some parts of Nova Scotia.
Bravo!! Very well explained and entertaining.
i live in Halifax and drive over the explosion site several times a day on the mackay bridge , not named after the pilot. Nova Scotia sends a christmas tree every year to the city of Boston to thank our american friends for their help in our hour of need. We have not forgotten what you did for us as a matter of fact I can access the Mackay bridge from Massachusetts avenue.
Enough is enough already, they hate halifax and always talk bad about the people in NS
My family lost many family members in this explosion. We lost William Arthur Lovett and his son William Arthur Lovett and son's spouse Bertha Josephine Lovett and son's daughter Edna Frances Lovett only 3 years old, Alfred Lovett and his son Charles Lovett, and Ada E Lovett... The Lovett family lost many wonderful people... If you know anyone who is related to my family please comment or message me. We are looking for relatives. Thank you. Rest in peace my family.
A block away from where I live in Dartmouth is where the cannon is from the Mont blanc. That’s a long distance for it to travel from pier 6
My grandfather lived in Halifax in 1917 and helped to dig people out of the wreckage, but I do not know much more than that. He did not speak of it. I believe that was for the same reason that veterans returning from WWI and WWII and other conflicts did not very willingly talk of what they had experienced and seen. Many of the events and the injuries to people were so horrendous that they tried to put it out of their minds.
I really appreciate how Canadians have had so much respect for us here in the U.S., because you all know how important history is. I remember the amazing article that one of your journalists narrated after 911 about how we always answered the call for help whenever tragedy struck. We only did what was natural and human to do. We could do a better job of checking our facts. It's really that simple. Two words come to mind when I think of all the Canadians I know: humility and kindness. I'm afraid we're not doing as good a job of showing this, because we've become so self-obsessed and self-centered. We may not always agree regarding our political views, but we can do much better to remember history. We can do better to extend our gratitude. We've got some relearning to do.
One more minor point, but people from Halifax don't refer to themselves as 'Halifaxians' but as 'Haligonians'.
I am from Halifax! :) --- It's no big deal. :) **** Dan Asuncion
lol so true
1.05 that is Sydney, a City on Cape Breton Island. Cape Breton is not a City, it's part of Nova Scotia.
I would have loved to watch all of this documentary because it's part of our Canadian history. However, I could not abide the narrator's irritating habit of punctuating so many phrases with "okay" as a period.
He also got many facts wrong and was quite cavalier about a tragedy that killed 2,000, maimed and injured 9,000 and left 25,000 homeless. This pompous fool is a poor presenter and he is really irritating.
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@@LivoniaTV As a Haligonian who has lived here all of my life and very interested in any part of our history especially the explosion in 1917 as I lost an uncle and my windows were broken in my mothers house in Sambro which is about 12.5 miles away. As was mentioned above this presenter was wrong about a few things and I couldn't finish watching because of his constant use of the word OK, ...
@@LivoniaTV Well, slander is not a civil offense when it's true.
Guncotton is produced by treating cellulose with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid. This converts it to nitrocellulose and it's explosive in its own right. Guncotton or nitrocellulose is used to propel shells and it is considered a low explosive relative to TNT or RDX.
You were trying to give people an idea of the area of devastation after the explosion. You said it was 325 acres which is about half a square mile.
1:09:59 You guys must have TINY city blocks if you can fit 7 1/2 in an acre! An acre is about 210 feet on a side. Also the cannon landed in Albro Lake Rd, about 1.3 miles from the explosion, not 3 miles.
This was a great video..although some parts i found to be "inaccurate" for example the pilot's name ( from my research) was Francis Mackey not John Mackey.. also, did he not say the pilot went right back to work after? Francis Mackey never got h
is license back and never received any compensation to help his family (again this is from what i have researched).
SS Mackiebennett not MaykeBennett Mackiebennett
It was actually the Cable Ship Mackay-Bennett or CS MacKay-Bennett. It is because of the spelling that the speaker mispronounced it. "MacKay" is often pronounced "MacKee" in some parts of Nova Scotia.
Haligonians
Can this guy STOP saying OK. OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK,