Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-11
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,.,rh sil were in excellent shape.
me blizzard forced a postponement Of
.,, funerals in the afternoon. 1t drove
nom the devastated area hundreds
-,s, and women who have gone there
arer day TO seek their dead
,fet trains bringing workers and sup
reached the city in the midst OF the
aal The men and women eager to
,.aI ~: know where to turn.
a. real Halifax weather, for the
- we're out tonight.
CITY Vastly Different
~,. Halifax If today is not the same
80 ma. is remembered by people who
.o,r, here from the United States
..,..r .ear one big railway termi-
ans torn down by the explosion.
,...s hive been operated on a system
-,.t rauv railroad men could not COM
,,.ts,d Hollis street. where the princl-
. hotels are located. is dark and its
.,rs stripped clean Of every window
sa4 -o'r
tlta windows were shattered
\. tuari"d up now, the stranger can
"A, nrf hts way. Even the throng
t.oru 'U, provinces. familiar with the
.., Nh itc town. was lost on it's army
.1as' Street car service has not
..r G.'t restored. Not a laundry has
.,.r,,,d acre since Thursday and tel
,srapA wires which had begun TO show
SHARK ~ life Crumpled under the
.tl..rCi" If snow this afternoon
For days the hilly streets have of
brio do
one could bee found with a heart for
that. Il was almost impossible to make
LeaaWay Up or down these hills,
horses could not move in safety, nor
,.lld mon There was danger. too,
rom bits Of broken window panes that
lell under the rush of repairs.
Must Provide Permanent Quarters
Taxing stock tonight, the general
committee in charge OF relief found
that while the storm had upset plans
ana greatly delayed reconstruction,
conditions were by no means hopeless
provided relief was offered in a sub
,tantial way. he call already has gone
forth for the men and materials most
Urgently needed here. Permanent
quarters soon must be provided for
500 Of the destitute and few thou
sand more" ready presently, to leave
me hospitals.
The committee was confronted by
y,ill another problem today, with the
arrival Of Il multitude of people drawn
tere blndly through a desire to rem
der aid. They are more of a hindrance
han help, a fact recognized by re
lIef leaders who discussed the advis-
ability u rounding them up. With the
hest purposes on earth, they have add
ID 70 the trouble Of finding accommo-
datlOns for those actually needed for
IN army or workmen whom must be
gin n" erection OF homes once the de-
hris and the dead are removed.
Assurance has been given that there
ie food enough for the present, but If
viii not be sufficient if the unexpected
throng is 10 be fed as it must. The
health authorities have been disturbed
~ the thought of an abnormal death
rate duc 80 long exposure and cold
The fear 81 an epidemic Of pneumonia
specially among non-residents also is
tppermost In the minds OF physicians
Relief Steamer Halted
me cargo Of window glass, hospltal
supplies and warm clothing which the
relief committee had looked forward &c
with eagerness did not arrive tonight
on the steamer Calvin Austin as eX-
iectcd The ship left Boston yesterday
Tut tonight was driven into Yarmouth
y the storm. Her commander wireC
mat she would arrive tomorrow nigh
md begin discharging her supplies
Wednesday,
oIs relief agencies. those put into Cd
ration by the citizens of the city di-
Tectly after the explosion and those
leachlhE here In large numbers since
were Organized tonight under one head
with a iandfield Whitman, a prom
Iheht business man as chairman. The
ran was adopted at the suggestion OF
y =, katshesky, vice chairman of the
Massachusetts, committee of public
eale"tN and an experienced relief work
r. All the work. both on the ground
mere ana IN securing supplies from the
"utsld" viii henceforth be systemized
WIN Halifax people themselves in con
iol or the situation. Mr.. Ratshesky
announced that 10 motor trucks mann,
III with experienced drivers, wOul@
ave Boston tomorrow on the steam
- Northland. This unit will be of rea
'dlue IN view of the demOralized trans
"rtaton Problems here. 1t was also
announced that the Northland would
'''hg 10000 pairs of shoes, 2OO0 more
'"SeS of glass and three cars of roofing
paper
Ammunition Steamer Sunk
k''"t nervous strain was lifted
""hl thr city today when the ammu-
t"L0h steamer PIcton was towed to sea
-" sunk. Almost hourly rumorS have
e" nNlng about the city that NUM-
~" S7IpS were afire in the harbor and
me u" Mont Blanc blew up Thurs
"' "'''r heeinE rammed by the Bel
a." f'u't steamer limo the steamer
"'ou has been regarded with much
Iir'h'nSion. Ii was known that she
"' hoIn in her holds enough explos-
Z" cause much damage.
we" Yesterday fire started on her
Last night when the flames
" discovered for a second time Hal
'"N rii'"mcn boarded her regardless
personal danger and tossed the burn
'I'"" overheard They remained
""a'' until morning in the moment
'NP'c'ion that some smoulderins
P''N would touch off the explosives
NV ~ was brave and coura geous
~ keeping with the best traditions