The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
Money Loss Estimated
At $780, 900, 900 In
Official Report
ALL HOMELESS
FIND SHELTER
Heavy Snow Fall Aids
Firemen Fighting
Flames

HALIFAX. n. s., Dec. S--A lash.
Ing northeaster. hurdened with
sleet, that howled In from the At
lantic last night, and was still rag
Ing early today, failed TO halt relief
work In this stricken city.
Twenty thousand destitute men.
women and children were sheltered
In buildings which stll remain
standing BARRIERS OF tar paper
were built in the shattered windows
TO shut out the bitter gale
The loss in Halifax falls heaviest
upon the children Whole schools.
filled with pupils. were demolished,
leaving but one or two survivors.
in other schools every child was
injured by flying glass.
Two thousand dead. and 5000 in
5ured was tho toll I'm Halifax
when the French munitions ship
Mont Blanc blew up In the habor
Thursday. according TO citizens com
mittee estimates today
The monetary damage is $780,
600 900.
The checking up work OF the cit-
gens' committee resulted In every
| destitute person in Halifax being
| taken care OF last night. when IL Nas
/ certain death TO wander the streets
without proper clothing.
Many of the refugees are going
about wrapped In blankets Their
own clothes are torn 20 shreds
The widest weather the Atlantic
coast can produce has practically
ended tho hunt for bodies. A thick
| pail OF snow covers tho blackcned
ruins OF the north end. The sleet
helped the dremen 20 subdue the
I fires I'm the wrcckage
Justice Harris. Of Halifax. chair
man OF the citizens finance commit.
tee, issued the following statemen.
today:
The committee ~ tho citizens Of
Halifax was appointed ~ make "a
public statement on the damage 20
+ the city of Halifax and tho town ~
Dartmouth and after as careful
survey ns possible or tho damaged
area the committee reported that
whiie every building iu ilHlifaN and
Ia rtmouth was more or less damaged
the devastated area Is found near The
scene 81 tho explosion AMI embraces
chiefly districts occupied by workers
and the poorer classes
Between thrrc and four thousand
~ such dwcilinga have been COM
pletcly destroyed by the explosion
or by fre
rstimated az 25.o00 and whilo Of
course, the circumstance 10 an or
even most ~ them cannot be asCer-
tanned until each case is Vesttratcd
vet 10 is feared that tho destitute
poor IN the area VIII number. upwards
~ 90 300 and their actual loss aud
lHs .aN NHfHt tod Of N..f.
arv maintenance VIII reach between
s2a. 600 GOO and $40 00o 600
II is to be clearly understood that
In this estimate the numher ~ per-
sons rendered destitute ARE consid-
ered and thls Is ih' portion ~ the
population ~ IiaHfaN aud dartmouth
least able ~ bear the lUss and which
must be Immediately relieved hv gem
rrous assistance ~ their fellow citi-
Ems thruout canada
TO-DAY. H,aifax is place Of hos.
pitfalls ard mOrgucs. Of bitter cold
driving sleet and blackened wreck
age.
Telegrams arc pouring In frouTall
parts OF North America asking for
Information concerning persons be
lie, cd 20 have been in the city when
the French munitions ship Mont
Blanc blew up Every train brings
crowds OF relatives seeking some
loved one Tie hotels are throngod
with sadfdCod seekers Every
where Is dcsolation. everywhere
mourning
The exact cyicn tof thc Toll in
4 human lives NobabN hcycr viii De
i known The Gre which swept The
blasted area wiped ont the wrecks
OF hundreds OF bindings
The storm has greatly delayed
tH-.+H--AHd prevented -f--il.-f f--.'-l-.4--
from outside cities from getting lo
work early a they expected
when The Official government iw