Friday 22nd September
Berthed in Halifax, busy spot, three other Cruise Ships in
port with us.
Local Boy Makes Good
Let the early crowd clear and then went ashore to walk along
the waterfront boardwalk. Stopped for
coffee and doughnuts and then continued to the Maritime Museum. All sorts of sea and boat exhibits plus two
main features.
One regarding the Halifax explosion. On 6th December 1917 two ships the Imo and
the Mont-Blanc collided. The collision
caused enough sparks to set the Mont-Blanc alight, she was carrying fuel and
munitions, the crew abandoned the ship and it drifted ashore. It then exploded, killing 1650, injuring 9000
and totally destroyed one square mile of the surrounding area as well as seven
ships. The injured and survivors were
left without adequate shelter as 12000 buildings were destroyed and nothing for
miles left undamaged. That nights
blizzard didn't help matters, but as soon as possible a huge relief operation
was started, Recovery started slowly but
soon most of the damaged area was reinstated.
The Coroner for the town who was the son of the Coroner who dealt with
the Titanic disaster used the same method of collection of personal items in
numbered bags.
Personal Items and Book of Commemoration
Another regarding the sinking of the Titanic. All sorts of information plus original relics
on display. Local vessels which were
used to search for any survivors and the dead, this meant that most of the dead
brought ashore arrived in Halifax and of these those not claimed by their
families were buried in the local cemetery which we visited on our previous
stop here.
A Pirates Fate, a Napoleonic Prisoners Bone Ship and a Titanic Relic
And so back to the ship.
Tonight's production show "Magic to Do". We saw this show last cruise but it was very
good again, even if the magic tricks would be better if seen from much
closer.
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