Survivors of the Halifax bombing were heard on tapes lost decades ago

The voices of survivors of the 1917 Halifax explosion, which killed more than 20,000 people, have been heard again after being lost for decades. The tapes, discovered by a team of researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, contain interviews with more than 100 survivors of the blast.

The Halifax explosion occurred on December 16, 1917, when a ship carrying a cargo of TNT flakes collided with an oil ship. The explosion created a blast wave that quickly reached the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, destroying thousands of homes and buildings. Recently discovered audio tapes contain shocking stories from survivors of the blast. Some of the survivors in these tapes describe the horrific scenes of the explosion and its aftermath. Others talk about the wounds and injuries they suffered as a result of the explosion.

The tapes were discovered by a team of researchers led by Dr. Nicholas Berry, professor of history at McGill University. Dr Barry says the tapes are a valuable resource for studying the Halifax explosion. He said: "These tapes allow us to hear the stories of the survivors of the explosion directly from their own words. These stories are very powerful and moving." The audio tapes of the survivors of the Halifax bombing are now housed in the National Archives of Canada.

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