The Town That Died: the story of the world's greatest man-made explosion before Hiroshima

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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE : "We Are All Explosives"; CHAPTER TWO : Collision In The Narrows; CHAPTER THREE : The Days Before; CHAPTER FOUR : "Abandon Ship"; CHAPTER FIVE : Up from the Water's Edge; CHAPTER SIX : The White Ensign; CHAPTER SEVEN : "The End of the Whole Bloody World"; CHAPTER EIGHT : Days of Rescue and Relief; CHAPTER NINE : "I Have a Warrant for your Arrest"; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Plates; Also by Michael J. Bird; Copyright.;On Thursday, December 6th 1917, a French freighter loaded with over 2,500 tons of high explosives collided with another vessel in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and caught fire. At exactly 9.06am she blew up. The explosions, which was seen and heard fifty-two miles away, unleashed a man-made destructive force unequalled in power until the first atomic bomb. It levelled the Halifax waterfront, wiped out a square mile of the city from the face of the earth and sent an enormous wave crashing over the piers to tear ocean-going ships from their moorings. The Town That Died tells in full the. Cover Title Page Dedication Table of Contents Illustrations Prologue CHAPTER ONE : "We Are All Explosives" CHAPTER TWO : Collision In The Narrows CHAPTER THREE : The Days Before CHAPTER FOUR : "Abandon Ship" CHAPTER FIVE : Up from the Water's Edge CHAPTER SIX : The White Ensign CHAPTER SEVEN : "The End of the Whole Bloody World" CHAPTER EIGHT : Days of Rescue and Relief CHAPTER NINE : "I Have a Warrant for your Arrest" Epilogue Acknowledgements Plates Also by Michael J. Bird Copyright.