William Harford, a British Royal Navy gunner with ties to Jamestown, is pictured in his sailor’s uniform with an unknown woman, believed to be his wife at a young age. Harford was present during the ...

Look for the helpers; they're usually the ones running toward trouble. In December 1917, the helpers were the citizens of Boston, Massachusetts. A 2.9 kiloton explosion rocked the harbor of Halifax, ...

As the scope of the August 4 explosion at the port of Beirut becomes clear, the tolls of the loss of life, injuries, homelessness and property damage are staggering. In the immediate chaos of large ...

A campaign starts today to raise a large sum of money from the city of Cambridge for the relief of the Halifax sufferers, and every opportunity will be given to members of the University for voluntary ...

On the morning of December 6, 1917, the citizens of Halifax, Nova Scotia, witnessed the largest and most destructive man-made explosion the world had seen to that day. The S.S. Imo, a Norwegian vessel ...

In addition to the special performance of "Iolanthe" Saturday evening for the relief of the Halifax sufferers, a fifth presentation of the play will be given Saturday afternoon for the same cause. An ...

There are many instances of tragedy in the history of the fire service. One that stands alone is the tragedy that befell the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), and its fire department in 1917. In ...

On a warm July night a year ago, crews dredging as part of an expansion at Irving's shipyard started pulling out a treasure trove of artifacts believed to be connected to the Halifax Explosion. In the ...