Fire and Flame by the Longest Johns is the tale of the Halifax Explosion, one of the most devastating non-nuclear explosions in a civilian populace in history, when a French ammo ship was struck by another ship and caught fire, the resulting explosion effectively levelled the city and surrounding countryside
The song references Vince Coleman, a telegraph operator whom many a Canadian would probably be familiar with thanks to Heritage Moments
Fire and Flame by the Longest Johns is the tale of the Halifax Explosion, one of the most devastating non-nuclear explosions in a civilian populace in history, when a French ammo ship was struck by another ship and caught fire, the resulting explosion effectively levelled the city and surrounding countryside
The song references Vince Coleman, a telegraph operator whom many a Canadian would probably be familiar with thanks to Heritage Moments
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