He's a genuine hero': Railway dispatcher Vince Coleman's grandson marks Halifax Explosion anniversary
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Vincent Coleman and the Halifax Explosion
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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
Vince Coleman (1847 – December 6, 1917). Hero!
Vince Coleman,a train dispatcher for Canada Railways, sacrificed his life to warn an incoming train of an imminent explosion.His telegraph said, 'Hold up the train.Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for train
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
Halifax Explosion
Fifteen stories: Heroic dispatcher keyed warning, perished in cataclysmic Halifax explosion
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion hero, whose sacrifice saved 100s, honoured by grandson who never knew him
The 'ordinary man' who died for strangers when Mont-Blanc exploded
