James Mahar > Quotes

“It had taken less than ten seconds to destroy a city and the lives of thousands. For the survivors it had been a hundred lifetimes.”
― James Mahar, Too Many to Mourn

“Fewer than eight seconds after the blast more than a thousand were dead. In the next days a thousand more would die. By far the largest percentage of those who died were children.”
― James Mahar, Too Many to Mourn

“Of the sixty-six members of the Jackson family who were in the Richmond area the morning of December 6th, 1917, forty-six were killed. Of the surviving twenty, the majority were seriously injured. This was the largest loss of life suffered by one family group in the Halifax Explosion.

The family of Joseph and Mary Hinch sustained the largest loss of life for a single family unit. Mary (Jackson) Hinch was severely injured and buried under debris for twenty-four hours. Her husband and all ten of their children were killed.”
― James Mahar, Too Many to Mourn