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 S.S. Curaca Memorial - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Posted by:  neoc1
N 44° 39.509 W 063° 37.364
20T E 450628 N 4945201
A monument erected to the memory men of the cargo ship S.S. Curaca who died in the Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917 is located in Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Waymark Code: WM10KKC
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/23/2019
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In Halifax Harbor on the morning of December 6, 1917 the Norwegian ship S.S. Imo collided with the French ship S.S. Mont-Blanc, which was carrying a cargo of high explosives. The resulting explosion devastated Halifax, Dartmouth, and surrounding communities. Every structure in a 1.6 mile radius of the explosion was demolished and many more were damaged. About 1900 people were killed and 9000 were injured.
A black granite obelisk in Fairview Lawn Cemetery was erected
in memory of the officers, engineers, and crew of the S.S. Curaca who died in the Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917. The S.S. Curaca was carrying a cargo of horses.
The base of the obelisk is inscribed S.S. CURACA. The front of the obelisk has the image of an anchor and the following inscription:
ERECTED BY
THE NEW YORK
AND PACIFIC
STEAMSHIP Co.
OWNERS OF THE
S.S. CURACA
OF LONDON
IN MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS
ENGINEERS,
AND CREW.
WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES ON BOARD
THAT VESSEL
DURING
THE EXPLOSION
AT HALIFAX,
DEC. 6. 1917.
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The left side of the obelisk has the following inscription:
SIMAN ANTIA
FINLAND
CARPENTER
RAY AUBURN
NEW YORK, U.S.A.
CHIED STEWARD
JOSART BOISSEAU
MONTREAL
HORSEMAN
T. BONNICA
TORONTO (B. MALTA)
HORSEMAN
J. BOYLE
BELFAST, IRELAND
D. CAMPBELL
BARRA, SCOTLAND
JOSEPH CHARTRAND
MONTREAL, HORSEMAN
EDMUND CRANE
LONDON, ENGLAND
GEORGE EADLERMAN
LONDON, ENGLAND
YEN FAING
CHINA COOK
W.H. FAIRBROTHER
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
LANG FO
CHINA ASST. COOK
PAOLO GALEA
BRANTFORD, ONT.
(B. MALTA) HORSEMAN
T. GRAY
LERWICK, SHETLAND
CHIEF ENGINEER
F. HERBERT
LIVERPOOL, ENHLAND
The back of the obelisk has the following inscription:
MAURICE HURLEY
LIVERPOOL,
ENGLAND
ANDERS JENSEN
DENMARK
G. JOHNSTON
PHILLIPINES
JOHN JOYCE
LIVERPOOL,
ENGLAND
S. LEBEL
HULL, ONTARIO
HORSEMAN
TAM LING
CHINA ASST. COOK
P. McCANN
GLASGOW, sCOTLAND
JOHN McGAVOCK
GLENMORE, SCOTLAND
J. MacGIBBON
LUSS, SCOTLAND
SAILOR (AGE 25)
D.M. McKINNON
BARRA, SCOTLAND
A.B. (AGE 23)
D. McLACHLAN
DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
M. McLEAN
BARRA, SCOTLAND
J. McNAMARA
BARRA, SCOTLAND
The right side of the obelisk has the following inscription:
W. MAGEE
LONDON, ENGLAND
AEC MANN
GLOUCESTER,
ENGLAND
DOMENICO MIFSUD
TORONTO (B. MALTA)
HORSEMAN
A.G. MITCHELL
BRADFORD,
ENGLAND
J.R. MORGAN
BOOTLE, ENGLAND
T. MOORE
LIVERPOOL,
ENGLAND
R.L. PICKERING
SYDNEY, N.S.
R. PRESTON
BELFAST, IRELAND
W. RICH
CARDIFF, WALES
F. ROONEY
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
GUISEPPE SAMMUT
TORONTO (B. MALTA)
HORSEMAN
A.J. SHELL
LONDON, ENGLAND
AUGUSTINO TANTE
TORONTO (B. MALTA)
HORSEMAN
WALTER TUCKER
MONTREAL. HORSEMAN
R. WILLERTON
ROCHDALE, ENGLAND
Disaster Date: 12/06/1917
Memorial Sponsors: The New York and Pacific Steamship Co.
Disaster Type: Technological
Relevant Website: [Web Link]
Date of dedication: Not listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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