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Originally Posted by portapetey
I knew the Poor House had burned, but I read that the Royal Exhibition Building was lost in the Explosion. I didn't check sources though  |
Different building. This one was lost in the explosion:
https://novascotia.ca/archives/Irvin...ives.asp?ID=40
There were some posts about the exhibition buildings in another thread in the SSP Halifax forum, but I haven't had the time to look for them.
And to add credence to someone123's post about the relative lack of destruction in other areas, there's this photo from downtown (Five Fisherman building) shortly after the explosion:
https://novascotia.ca/archives/explo...ives.asp?ID=22