New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-13
Return of Refugees ..1
Relatives Reunion Red,x.
Reported Casualtie,
Relief Vessel Arrive,
General Funeral of V;e,;..
Friday; Official Inquiry
Begun

80 49, 10 "f loil OF cfzS
resulting from the explosion a, !,
munitions ship Mont Blanc in H.St..
harbOr vas officially fixed to-nigs, :,
1885. including identified and usIS,,
titled bodies and the missing.
The figures, which were is,u.a 1
4. S. Barnstead. chairman OF the ~.
tuary committee. were:
Identified Ia various mo-yre, 4,
dead who can be identified from :,
fees. 2J5; unacceptable bodies =,
missing. 100.
From 300 10 80 persons are to,,,.
or partly blind. and 200 ehi!drsa H.,
each lost both parents.
It is estimated that five hv,s,.,
touses are wrecked beyond repair, a.,
Eve hundred others we're ,o,sny 4
stroyed, and that another thousand.
be restored TO use.
Relief Ship Arrives
The srriva! to-day Of the relief sta,
er Calvin Austin, from Boston. ~.
made the occasion Of a demonstr,.,
at the pier The vessel, bringing eIss
ing, food. and, more importan, 81
glass and other materials greatly ~.
ed. was welcomed b. grea, eh.sr,,
crowds.
Conditions in the town Of DARKNESS,
were particularly distressing ,o-t,,
Some OF the inhabitants who wen !
jured by explosion, fire or tidal v.,,
had not received medical attent;o, "a
TO this morning.
The relief system is being reor,,
lied, so they may receive neeessar A.
at once. In one shelter in Dar,no,,
Investigators found three hundred AZ,
women and children.
General Funeral for Dead
A general funeral service for all "A,
dead Ia TO be held on Friday. Som.
the bodies will rest beside victim, I,
the Titanic and Burgoyne Disaster :
Fairyiew Cemetery. Others will o.,u,,
so many graves in Camp Hill Cens,tr
tnat this burial ground will be ser.
plete!y filled and win thereafter !,
closed
The official inquiry into The dis,,,,
began late to-day 70 vas 70 have b.s
put under way this morning. bu, b,
train bringing investigators from b.
taws was delayed.
lt was definitely established tod,
tnst seven raen were killed on board "a,
Canadian cruiser Niobe. used A,
training snip. and that six Others of,i,
crew were killed in a small boa, ., !,
pier.
The relief work IS being dey.lovi
along better organized lines d.il-
Committees OF Halifax men are \
immediate direction Of the work, ,k.s
from New England serving in an ADS
DRY capacity, with the exeeptioa. 4
course, OF the physicians and nury
who are still occupied TO the Limit q
physical endurance.
The nerves OF the public are stl
rnstrung and intense alarm was CAUSE
ever a rumor that the authorities YER
10 blow UP a munitions ship in N
farbor. What had been announced W.
that the sunken hulk Of the Mont Baz
would be destroyed as menace 70 nsF
igatlon: The official statement fils
TO reach the public generally and gr.r
crowds gathered in the parks, nej
persons being seemingly panic. strieh,
Soldiers went among them aIIsrg
their fears, and big posters we're psss
IN conspicuous places, pointing ~
there was not the least danger.
Relief Work SystematiIed
With the appointment tonight q
permanent committees the work Of ~
tematizing relief work for the sgfsnr
from the explosion and FIRE was cor
pleted. The executive committee .
headed by George II: Murray. Prssr
Of Nova Scotia. Included in the ats
bership of the organization an ~
most prominent citizens OF Hslifs1.
While a great crowd OF Nova 81
tians sang "The Star-Spangled br'
ner," an American flag was holstsd q
the fiagpole over ST. Mary's Colless y
mark the transfer of the building y
the New England Rescue WORKERS. W.
will conduct it as a hospital BelIssr
Hospital has been turned over fe VI
Rhode Island Red Cross unit.
An inquiry Office, 70 which al N
quests for information about ressfses
should be addressed, has been optne
Absolute accuracy in the repll" ,
guaranteed.
Major Fitzgerald, OF the Ansrn
army, presented to the relief conrs
tee $4,000, which had been subsenn
By men under his command.
Attorneys have begun considsnhs
of filing claims for FIRE lnsu1rc
There is a division OF opinion o. y
whether companies can be conpslE
legally TO pay for any damage eisE
that caused directly by the FIRE. - -.
lawyers maintain that inssmueh - y
disaster was the result OF nn
hoard Tho Mon. Rlanc all damaff %