Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 Audiobook (Free)

Dec 6, 1917, started like any other day in Halifax. But everything ended shortly before nine o’clock that morning hours, when two boats collided in Halifax Harbour. Among the boats was packed with munitions for the soldiers fighting in European countries; the additional was preparing to collect medical products for the war’s victims.

The resulting devastation was the largest man-made explosion before detonation from the atomic bomb in 1945. The blast flattened huge regions of Halifax and the city across the harbor, Dartmouth. It killed almost two thousand people. As if that wasn’t damaging more than enough, a blizzard strike the next day, dumping more than a feet of snow on the area and

slowing much-needed relief efforts.

This harrowing story of tragedy and recovery reveals the extraordinary strength and determination of the community in one of its darkest hours.