[PAR] [TLE] Vince Coleman (train dispatcher) [SEP] Patrick Vincent Coleman (13March 18726December 1917) was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways (formerly the ICR, Intercolonial Railway of Canada) who was killed in the Halifax Explosion, but not before he sent a message to an incoming passenger train to stop out of range of the explosion.  Today he is remembered as one of the heroic figures from the disaster. [PAR] [TLE] Halifax Explosion [SEP] The Halifax Explosion was a maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917.   , a French cargo ship laden with high explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel  in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin.  A fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo, causing a large explosion that devastated the Richmond district of Halifax.  Approximately 2,000 people were killed by blast, debris, fires and collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured.  The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, releasing the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT.
[PAR] [TLE] Vince Coleman ( train dispatcher ) [ SEP ] Patrick Vincent Coleman ( 13March 18726December 1917 ) was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways ( formerly the ICR , Intercolonial Railway of Canada ) who was killed in the Halifax Explosion , but not before he sent a message to an incoming passenger train to stop out of range of the explosion . Today he is remembered as one of the heroic figures from the disaster . [PAR] [TLE] Halifax Explosion [ SEP ] The Halifax Explosion was a maritime disaster in Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada , on the morning of 6 December 1917 . , a French cargo ship laden with high explosives , collided with the Norwegian vessel in the Narrows , a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin . A fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo , causing a large explosion that devastated the Richmond district of Halifax . Approximately 2,000 people were killed by blast , debris , fires and collapsed buildings , and an estimated 9,000 others were injured . The blast was the largest man - made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons , releasing the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT .
Who was the train dispatcher who sent a warning message to another passenger train in the December 6, 1917 Halifax maritime disaster?
Who was the train dispatcher who sent a warning message to another passenger train in the December 6 , 1917 Halifax maritime disaster ?
Vincent Coleman
Vincent Coleman