The radio reminds me that today is the 90th anniversary of the Halifax Disaster. On December 6, 1917, two munitions ships collided in Halifax harbor, resulting in the largest manmade explosion prior to the introduction of nuclear weapons. Two thousand people are believed to have died.

Several years ago, the late columnist John Gould told the story of the disaster from the viewpoint of his father, a Railway Post Office clerk who worked on the Boston to Halifax Maritime Express:

The Halifax disaster, seen from a railway post office
Christian Science Monitor

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