File:Bedford Magazine Explosion, Nova Scotia, Canada, July 18, 1945.jpg
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On 18 July 1945, an ammunition barge blew up at the Naval Magazine jetty on Bedford Basin. Fire spread quickly to piles of ammunition. A chain reaction of fire, explosion and concussion rocked Halifax that day and into the next. Much of North End Halifax was smoothly evacuated the first day, while the remainder of the city went on high alert. However, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia#Bedford_Magazine_Explosion" class="extiw" title="en:History of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Bedford Magazine Explosion</a> did not approach the force of the 1917 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion" class="extiw" title="en:Halifax Explosion">Halifax Harbour Explosion</a> – although windows shattered, plaster cracked and minor injuries and one death were reported.
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current | 19:59, 5 January 2017 | 2,625 × 1,923 (706 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | On 18 July 1945, an ammunition barge blew up at the Naval Magazine jetty on Bedford Basin. Fire spread quickly to piles of ammunition. A chain reaction of fire, explosion and concussion rocked Halifax that day and into the next. Much of North End Halifax was smoothly evacuated the first day, while the remainder of the city went on high alert. However, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia#Bedford_Magazine_Explosion" class="extiw" title="en:History of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Bedford Magazine Explosion</a> did not approach the force of the 1917 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion" class="extiw" title="en:Halifax Explosion">Halifax Harbour Explosion</a> – although windows shattered, plaster cracked and minor injuries and one death were reported. |
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