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, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 6, 1917, more than 1,700 people were killed when an explosives-laden French cargo ship, the Mont Blanc, collided ...

On Wednesday night, Dec. 5, 1917, with Canadians entering their fourth year of the Great War, schoolkids across Halifax went to bed dreaming of what they would find under the Christmas tree, just 20 ...

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 ...

When anyone goes on a North Atlantic cruise that stops in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the main excursion is a bus tour that informs visitors of a devastating event most of us know nothing about. Picturesque ...