(Nova Scotia Archives)This disaster, which claimed a comparable number of lives as the 9/11 attacks, changed my family's future. I've also spent days at the Nova Scotia Archives, trying to find my family's case files to try to piece it all together. Garry Shutlak helped Carolyn Ray track her family's journey at the Nova Scotia Archives. 'Absolutely destitute'Four months after the explosion, Nellie's husband was to go to Halifax to see a specialist from the United States about his headaches. Marking the Halifax Explosion at 100: CBC Nova Scotia's complete coverage

Source: CBC News December 03, 2017 12:56 UTC