Imigqomo ye-benzol yaba nayiphi indima ekuqhumeni kweMont-Blanc?
Context:Ekuseni ngo-December 6, 1917, umkhumbi wezimpahla waseFrance i-SS Mont-Blanc washayisana nomkhumbi waseNorway i-SS Imo emanzini aseHalifax, eNova Scotia, eCanada. IMont-Blanc, eyayigcwele iziqhumane ezinamandla, yathatha umlilo yaqhuma, yabhubhisa isifunda saseRichmond eHalifax. Okungenani abantu abangu - 1 782 babulawa, ikakhulukazi eHalifax naseDartmouth, ngenxa yokuqhuma, imfucumfucu, imililo, noma izakhiwo eziwile, futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi abanye abangu - 9 000 balimala. Loluqhuma lwalulukhulu kunawo wonke olwake lwenziwa umuntu ngaleso sikhathi. Yakhipha amandla alingana cishe nama - 2,9 kilotons e - TNT (12 TJ).  IMont-Blanc yayithole umyalo kuhulumeni waseFrance wokuba ithwale imithwalo yayo isuke eNew York City idlule eHalifax iye eBordeaux, eFrance. Cishe ngo-8: 45 ekuseni, washayisana ngesivinini esiphansi, cishe i-knot (1.2 mph noma i-1.9 km / h), ne-Imo engenalutho, eyayikhokhiswa yiKhomishini Yezinsiza eBelgium ukuqoqa umthwalo wezinsiza eNew York. EMont-Blanc, umthelela walimaza imiphongolo ye-benzol eyayigcinwe emgodini, kwavuza umusi owavutha ngenxa yezinhlansi zokushayisana, kwaqala umlilo ebhodini owaphuma ngokushesha ekulawuleni. Cishe ngemva kwemizuzu engu-20 ngo-9:04:35 ekuseni, iMont-Blanc yaqhuma.
Umthelela we-SS Mont-Blanc ne-SS Imo walimaza imiphongolo ye-benzol eyayigcinwe emphemeni we-Mont-Blanc. Imigqomo eyonakele yavuza umusi owawukhanyiswa izinhlansi ezaqala umlilo.