On December 6, 1917 the Norwegian vessel SS Imo, carrying Belgian relief supplies, and the French freighter SS Mont Blanc, carrying munitions, collided in Halifax Harbor. The ships' captains had made very wrong assumptions of where they were supposed to go. The two ships were heading almost straight for one another when they both decided to turn westward. By the time they realized that they had made the same move it was too late. The people of …showed first 75 words of 853 total…

…showed last 75 words of 853 total…in donations. The economy had gone from bad to worse and then to good. Although I can say the economy had gone from bad to worse and then to good I'm sure that the people who were part of the explosion wouldn't agree with me since it probably took away at least one of their "loved one's" and ruined their lives, but that's what I have come to figure from the research I have done.