Halifax Explosion Memorial [memorial] d. 1917 On December 6, 1917, the world's largest man-made explosion occurred when the ships SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo accidentally collided in the narrows of Halifax Harbor Nova Scotia, Canada. The French cargo ship Mont-Blanc which was loaded with TNT for the Allied war effort exploded with such a force when it hit the Norwegian Imo more then 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, or collapsed buildings and it is estimated that over 9,000 people were injured. The blast also leveled half the city...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
RMS Titanic Victims Mass Burial Site d. April 15, 1912 The following is a list of people buried in the mass grave: Joseph F. Ackerman, Baptiste Allaria, H. Allen, Albert K. Anderson, Henry W. Ashe, George F. Bailley, Thomas F. Baxter, Stephen W. Blackwell, Leslie N. Bogie, Robert C. Bristow, J. Brown, Reginald F. Butler, Robert Butt, William Carney, James E. Cartwright, Herbert Cave, John H. Chapman, Frank Couch, William Denton Cox, William G. Dashwood, Robert J. Davies, George H. Dean, Alfred Debble, Percival Deslands, Italo Donati, Everett Elliot...[Read More] Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Stairs, John Fitzwilliam b. January 19, 1848 d. September 26, 1904 Politician. Stairs served as a Member of the Nova Scotia Legislature Assembly from 1879 to 1882, and as a Member of the Conservative Party in the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario. Also a noted businessman, Stairs was a prominent member of the Stairs family from Nova Scotia, who made there money in shipping, and later was Director of several companies including the Eastern Trust, Nova Scotia Steel, Halifax Steamboat Company, Trinidad Electric and Royal Securities, and Consumer...[Read More] Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
d. 1917