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  1. Patrick Vincent Coleman (13 March 1872 – 6 December 1917) was a train dispatcher for the Canadian Government Railways (formerly the ICR, Intercolonial Railway of Canada) who was killed in the Halifax Explosion, but not before he sent a message to an incoming passenger train to stop outside the range of the explosion. Today he is remembered as ...

  2. Learn about Vincent Coleman, the railway dispatcher who sent a famous message to stop a train from the Mont-Blanc explosion in 1917. See his telegraph key, watch and other artifacts at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

  3. Vincent Maurice Coleman (born September 22, 1961) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player, best known for his years with the St. Louis Cardinals. Primarily a left fielder, Coleman played from 1985 to 1997 and set a number of stolen base records. He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed.

  4. Mar 2, 2016 · Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion. For more information about the Halifax Explosion, visit: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedi...

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  5. Dec 3, 2017 · Vincent Coleman was a train dispatcher who stayed at his post and sent urgent messages to stop a train from entering Halifax when Mont-Blanc exploded in 1917. He died in the blast, but his widow raised four children and his telegraph key and watch are preserved in a museum.

  6. Jan 13, 2011 · Vincent Coleman, a railway dispatcher, controlled the busy freight- and passenger-rail traffic coming and going from the Halifax peninsula. He was about to flee his office when he realized that trains were due to arrive — including the 8:55 a.m. train from Saint John, New Brunswick, with hundreds of passengers on board.

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  8. Dec 6, 2017 · Vincent Coleman, whose actions were captured in a Heritage Minute video, is being honoured at a ceremony in Halifax on Wednesday. His grandson is set to speak at the event, which marks the 100th...