The 227 tonnes TNT on board may have had something to do with that too :-)

Guess they learnt the hard way about the need for dangerous goods cabinets. 
Shame their OHS rep wasn't on board ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jackie M
O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2006 3:57 a.m.
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Kemlo Rogerson
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: Bouins alternative/substitute question

The explosion described here was the largest man made explosion on record 
until the nuclear age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

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