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The Great Halifax Explosion and the Halifax School for the Blind

Summary by hhhistory.com
By Terrie Todd Born on January 4, 1850, in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, Charles Frederick Fraser was whittling a stick with a pocketknife at the age of seven when a splinter flew into one of his eyes, permanently blinding it. By age thirteen, he was losing vision in his other eye. At the time, it was believed to be over-use. A failed surgical procedure led to his enrollment at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind in Bo…
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hhhistory.com broke the news on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
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