The most recent estimate, compiled by the Halifax Foundation in September 2002, indicate that 1,951 identified people died in the Halifax Explosion. These names are listed in the Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book displayed at the Museum. There were about 250 unidentified bodies buried after the explosion. Many of these bodies are believed to have belonged to 1,951 known victims from the Halifax Foundation List but the bodies were not recognizable.

The Museum does not have the resources to do Halifax Explosion research for the public. Our Museum does not have the coroner's records from the Explosion. There is a new and comprehensive online list of Halifax Explosion vicitms was compiled by the Halifax Foundation and is now online at the Nova Scotia Archives and Record Management which has the largest collection of documents relating to Explosion victims. See similar questions...

About 60,000. The 1911 census showed 46,619 people and the next census in 1921 showed 58,372 people. The addition of large number of troops and war workers would put the wartime population at about 60,000. This makes the casualties,almost 2000 dead and over 4000 injured, a very significant poportion of the city's population. Yes. See similar questions...

There is no evidence of Germans spies or saboteurs in Halifax in World War One during or before the explosion. Military records from both Allied and German records show no spy network operated in Halifax. There were lots of public rumours about German spies in World War One and Two but these were based on ethnic stereotypes and wartime paranoia. See similar questions...

There were twelve bodies pulled from the rubble in the few days after the rockslide. In 1922, a construction crew uncovered a home, believed to belong to the Alfred Clark family. See similar questions...

Chantix is an oral medication prescribed to individuals who are trying to quit smoking. However, recent reports from patient's taking the drug have associated it with depressive side effects including suicidal thoughts, behaviors and psychotic episodes. These can be made worse by poor posture, and many jobs create special problems- for instance, computer operators often get eyestrain and stiff, aching shoulders or neck muscles, and consequently headaches. See similar questions...

The uncontrolled release of energy from a flame front propagating through flammable medium and characterized by the generation of heat, light and pressure. See similar questions...

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center lists the Tri-state Tornado of March 18, 1925, as the deadliest in U.S. history. "It" killed 689 people. We say "it" because there is an on-going debate about whether this event was indeed "one" tornado or a family of tornadoes spawned in cycles by a single supercell thunderstorm. For a Top 25 list of the deadliest twisters in history go to our tornado index. See similar questions...

This question is the result of one of the most enduring and inaccurate myths about Manson. There were a series of two events in which senseless, tragic murders occurred. They have become known as the so-called "Tate-LaBianca" murders. The perpetrators of these horrible crimes were caught and have been in prison ever since. But Manson never killed any of the "Tate-LaBianca" victims. He was never accused of killing them, and he never did kill them. See similar questions...

In 2002, more than one million people are killed worldwide as a result of road traffic crashes or 3,242 cases daily. During the same year, road traffic injuries caused 1.18 million deaths worldwide, accounting for 2.1 % of the global mortality. top See similar questions...

Debbie is acting as PIO on Ken's Team. The LA Times will be doing a story on the run. She also got the Edwards Air Force Base to allow the runners to pass and has invited their firefighters ito participate. Thanks Debbie. For anyone that is going to come down to the run, it does start on Friday. The team will be meeting at Fox ATB at 1000, and then caravaning out to the start together. After a briefing we will start running at 1300. See similar questions...

In California, 1,574 people were killed and another 30,810 injured in alcohol-related crashes in 2005. This represents an almost eight percent increase in fatalities from 2004 in which 1,462 people were killed. See similar questions...

It is estimated that injury or death are the outcome in nearly 80 percent of all motorcycle accidents in the United States. Included in this startling statistic are the nearly 2,000 motorcyclists who die each year as a result of an accident and the staggering 50,000 who are injured in collisions and the like. See similar questions...

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Halifax Secure is a new service provided by Halifax and certified by Visa International and by MasterCard International, offering secure Internet shopping, using your preferred form of Internet payment - the credit card. Halifax Secure lets you add a personal password to your existing Halifax credit card, getting added security and the reassurance that only you can use your Halifax credit card online. See similar questions...

Halifax is a very old port city on Canada's eastern seaboard. It's the second largest natural harbour in the world, behind Sydney Australia, with an area population over 300,000. Halifax has had it's share of tribulations over the years, including the largest manmade non-nuclear explosion in 1917 that leveled a significant portion of the city when two ships (one of them a munitions ship) collided in the harbour. See similar questions...

A notebook computer with certain specifications is recommended for design work in the studio. If your computer meets these specifications or can be upgraded, you should bring it with you. If it doesn't, you should consider purchasing a notebook computer during the first term of the BEDS program. Educational discounts are available through Dalhousie University's Personal Computer Purchasing Centre, so any hardware upgrades or software purchases can wait until after you arrive. See similar questions...

The opossum is an introduced marsupial that arrived in California in the early 1900's. Equipped with short legs, opposable thumb on the hind foot, and a prehensile tail allows the opossum to navigate almost all types of habitat within our county. This well adapted omnivore is commonly found as road kill mostly due to its movement pattern at night and its slow rate of speed. See similar questions...