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Personal Narratives and other material
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'Personal Narrative' given by Andrew Cobb, 20 June [1918?], to Archibald MacMechan, Director, Halifax Disaster Record Office. Cobb was in a train travelling towards Halifax on 6 December 1917; the train was stopped at Africville and Cobb later made his way into the city along Campbell Road.
Fonds / collection: Archibald MacMechan Papers
Reference no.: MG 1, volume 2124, #131
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Campbell Road (later Barrington Street) looking north from Rector Street after the explosion
Fonds / collection: Gauvin & Gentzel
Reference no.: N-201
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“I.C.R. Station and King Edward Hotel, Halifax, N.S.”
Fonds / collection: Annabel Siteman Ells Collection, no. 55
Reference no.: N-9125
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“9. Halifax Railway Station, in which 60 persons were killed by falling roof.”
Fonds / collection: Photo Drawer - Places - Halifax - Explosion, 1917 - Postcards
Reference no.: N-822
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'Personal Narrative' given by Dr. M.J. Burris, Dartmouth, to Archibald MacMechan, Director, Halifax Disaster Record Office; ca. 1918. Burris attended the injured in Dartmouth on 6 December 1917 and the days following.
Fonds / collection: Archibald MacMechan Papers
Reference no.: MG 1, volume 2124, #122
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“North End grocery store occupied by Robt. Dares, corner of Windmill Road and Jamison street.”
Reference no.: NSARM call no.: F 107/ H13/ EX7/ no. 9
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“Showing the devastation and havoc wrought in north end of Dartmouth”
Reference no.: NSARM call no.: F 107/ H13/ EX7/ no. 9
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'Personal Narrative' given by Rev. H.W. Cunningham, Rector of St. George's Anglican Church, Halifax, to Archibald MacMechan, Director, Halifax Disaster Record Office; ca. 1918. Recollection of the Explosion and a subsequent visit to the devasted area in Richmond.
Fonds / collection: Archibald MacMechan Papers
Reference no.: MG 1, volume 2124, #138
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“Rev. Canon Henry Ward Cunningham, D.D., Rector [in] St. George’s Rectory . . .”
Fonds / collection: Photo Drawer - Interior Decoration - St. George’s Rectory
Reference no.: Nova Scotia Museum accession no. 8905
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Hattie Young, Halifax, to her mother-in-law [?], Mrs. Young; 10 December 1917, 22 pp. Personal experiences in the Explosion.
Fonds / collection: Halifax Explosion Collection
Reference no.: MG 27, volume 9, #9
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"Halifax from Elevator, Looking Northwest"
Reference no.: Halifax, Nova Scotia, and its attractions. [Halifax, N.S.] : Howard & Kutsche, [1902] NSARM call no.: F 107 H13 H83
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'Halifax Explosion' reminiscence of Jean Holder; 6 December 1985, 8 pp. At the time of the Explosion, Jean Holder was aged 6 and in Grade 1 at Chebucto School.
Fonds / collection: Halifax Explosion Collection
Reference no.: MG 27, volume 9, #4
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