Reply #12: I'm increasingly skeptical myself, though the reports do remind me [View All]

[Minstrel Boy]

of the Halifax explosion of 1917: two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, one carrying aviation fuel and TNT, and it produced what was, until Hiroshima, the largest man-made explosion in history. One thousand people were killed, and nine thousand injured. http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/

So, I suppose, it is conceivable that it could have happened as reported. But as I said, the more I hear, the more dubious I am.