Mount Olivet Cemetery-Halifax
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Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery
located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
at which 19 bodies recovered from the RMS Titanic are buried. Many of the dead from the Halifax Explosion
are also buried here, including Vincent Coleman
, the heroric railway dispatcher who sent warning of the explosion.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
at which 19 bodies recovered from the RMS Titanic are buried. Many of the dead from the Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the Norwegian SS Imo in "The Narrows"...
are also buried here, including Vincent Coleman
Vince Coleman (train dispatcher)
P. Vincent Coleman was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways who was killed in the Halifax Explosion...
, the heroric railway dispatcher who sent warning of the explosion.