Halifax Explosion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:disaster_response
explosive
gptkbp:aftermath massive reconstruction of Halifax
gptkbp:casualties approximately 2,000 deaths
gptkbp:cause collision of SS Mont-Blanc and SS Imo
gptkbp:commemorates annual remembrance on December 6
gptkbp:date 1917-12-06
gptkbp:destroyed_area gptkb:Richmond_district,_Halifax
gptkbp:fireModes caused widespread fires
gptkbp:governmentResponse Canadian federal and provincial aid
gptkbp:homeless over 25,000 people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Halifax Explosion
gptkbp:impact_radius over 2 kilometers
gptkbp:injuries approximately 9,000 injured
gptkbp:internationalAid United States, United Kingdom
gptkbp:largest_man-made_explosion_before_nuclear_weapons true
gptkbp:location Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
gptkbp:material TNT, picric acid, benzol, guncotton
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Fort_Needham_Memorial_Park
gptkb:Halifax_Explosion_Memorial_Bell_Tower
gptkbp:notableEvent telegraph warning sent by Vince Coleman
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Camp_Hill_Hospital
gptkb:Dartmouth_Hospital
gptkb:Halifax_Eye,_Ear_and_Throat_Hospital
gptkb:Halifax_Protestant_Orphanage
gptkb:Halifax_School_for_the_Blind
gptkb:Halifax_School_for_the_Deaf
gptkb:Nova_Scotia_Hospital
gptkb:military
gptkb:Victoria_General_Hospital
gptkb:Children's_Hospital
gptkb:St._Mary's_Hospital
gptkb:Halifax_Infirmary
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:SS_Imo
gptkb:SS_Mont-Blanc
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Vince_Coleman
gptkbp:orphans over 1,600 children
gptkbp:period 9:04 AM
gptkbp:railway_station_destroyed gptkb:Richmond_Railway_Yards
gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:tsunami caused
gptkbp:window_shattered_distance over 100 kilometers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African-Canadian
gptkb:Halifax,_Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5