Shattered city: the Halifax explosion and the road to recovery 0921054300, 9781551096704, 9781551098203, 9780921054115, 0921054114, 9780921054306

Map : Plan of the City of Halifax, c.1910 -- Shattered city, shattered lives. Prelude -- A new day -- The nightmare begi

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English Pages xvii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Year 1989;2010

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Shattered city: the Halifax explosion and the road to recovery
 0921054300, 9781551096704, 9781551098203, 9780921054115, 0921054114, 9780921054306

Table of contents :
Map : Plan of the City of Halifax, c.1910 --
Shattered city, shattered lives. Prelude --
A new day --
The nightmare begins --
They're all gone --
The road to recovery. Initial rescue, initial relief --
No rest for the battered city --
Relief from near and far --
What about the children? --
Identifying the dead --
Christmas --
Medical-social service --
The Relief Commission arrives --
One apartment every hour --
Appraisals and claims --
It must have been the Germans. Fixing responsibility --
Sabotage? --
The return to normal. Relief, not compensation --
Breaking new ground --
Guardians of the pension --
Epilogue.

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