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A boat carrying
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* 223,188 kilograms benzol
* 56,301 kilograms of nitrocellulose (guncotton)
* 1,602,519 kilograms of wet picric acid
* 544,311 kilograms of dry picric acid (highly explosive, and extremely sensitive to shock, heat and friction)
* 226,797 kilograms of TNT
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Runs into another and catches fire. The resulting explosion
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cubic mile of air was consumed by the terrific explosion, whose force was sufficient to annihilate the Mont-Blanc and push the sea away, exposing the harbor floor for an instant.
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From 13 miles away:
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Two and a half square kilometers of Halifax was completely flattened by the blast.
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Ho-leeee [censored]!
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.....and to this day, each year the city of Halifax sends a very large balsam fir to the city of Boston to be used as Boston's official Christmas tree in thanks for the aid sent by Boston to Halifax after the disaster.