The Halifax Explosion of 1917 happened when a French cargo ship collided with another ship on Dec. 6 in Halifax Harbour, killing more than 2,000 people. (Video: Nova Scotia Archives) By Steve Hendrix ...

MONTREAL, Quebec -- An unconfirmed report was received here today from Halifax stating that a fully loaded munitions ship blew up in the harbor of Rockingham, a suburb of that city completely ...

On Dec. 6, 1917, more than 1,700 people were killed when an explosives-laden French cargo ship, the Mont Blanc, collided with the Norwegian vessel Imo at the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia ...

The Great Halifax Explosion: The Military Ship Wreck That Changed Canada Forever. By ... Two ships, the SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo, collided and the eruption resulted in the death of 1,963 people. ...