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Saint Andrews School, Halifax, Nova Scotia - Vincent Coleman was a train dispatcher who gave his life the morning of the 1917 Halifax Explosion to warn incoming trains to stop because a
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The biggest explosion before atom bombs hit a town with a 52-foot-tall tidal wave
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Halifax Explosion
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The 'ordinary man' who died for strangers when Mont-Blanc exploded
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Halifax Explosion hero, whose sacrifice saved 100s, honoured by grandson who never knew him
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Vincent P. Coleman
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Vincent Coleman was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways who was killed in the #HalifaxExplosion1917. But, not before sending a, By Tree for Boston
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Vincent Coleman
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Vincent Coleman and the Halifax Explosion
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Reply to @lmaoignoremycomments Patrick Vincent Coleman #respondingtoco
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Halifax: Top Sights to See in Nova Scotia's Capital - Travel with Lolly
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Halifax Explosion commemoration to recognize hero of tragedy: Vince Coleman
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