Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-14


Dor, which cost over S35,OO0,O00 and
were the finest of their kind in the
world, into smithereens.
It laid waste to acre after acre Of
resident and commercial districts.
1t brought elevators tumbling to the
ground with roars that sounded like
the incessant rolling of thunder, and
above all rose the cries and Shrieks of
the dying and the injured.
Stricken in Moment.
In a moment the entire city was
stricken as if by q gigantic blast of
consuming earthquake.
Indeed, it is doubtful if an earth
quake could have done more damage.
Every telegraph wire, every cable
connection was put out of commission
by the shock The entire lighting and
telephone system was disorganized.
For q while Halifax was cut off COM
pletely from the outside world.
The area of destruction includes
numerous institutions, banks and gov
ernment buildings.
includes Citadel Hill.
Citadel Hill, the eminence which
dominates the entire city, is located
within the stricken territory and the
most important part of the water front
was in this zone.
In addition to many churches ant
cchnnl- ho e[o+
ment dockyard, Wellington barracks
Admiralty House (the official residence
| Of the admiral in command of tht
! North American British squadron), tht
military hospital, post office, provision
al parliament building, city hail, tn
ordance department, most Of the de
partment stores, all Of the telegraph
and cable offices and few hotels wer
located there.
Station coIIapses.
The conclusion resulting from tn
explosion caused the roof of the Cana
| dian Pacific railway station at Mort
street to collapse, while all the ware
houses on the water front for a mil
and a half were damaged.
The devastated district was the OLE
er part of Halifax and thickly pOpl
lated.
Rockingham, where the eXplOsic
occurred, is q suburban village aboI
three miles north of Halifax. It is 81
uated on the west shore of Bedfo1
basin, a continuation of Halifax ha
, Dor. Since the war it has been use
, as an examining station for ocea
= steamers.
) 1t was at this portion Of the harb,
: that eX-Ambassador Bernstorff az
party were held and examined on the
way from the United States to &c
, many.
Richmond Wiped Out.
. Amherst, n. S.. Dec IA late d
patch from Halifax said the fire W
under control. Richmond, a suburb
!, Halifax, has been wiped out, not
building in the city escaping damas
o Pieces of shrapnel blown from t
scene of the explosion were fou
three miles away.
Several hundred are reported kill
and thousands injured.
l. The Queens hotel on Hollis sire
. near Sackville street, marks appro
, mately the southern limit of the dev;
tated area, it is reported.
The berth of the Canadian cruis
i NiObe was near the area affected, /
: no reports have reached here as
L whether the ship or her crew were
Il jured.
Many Killed Outright by Shock.
: Many people were killed outright
- the shock; hundreds were crushed
falling buildings and debris and t
wounded were running about I
streets shrieking, with nobody to
y tend them. Even at a late hour in
H. afternoon dead and dying were ly
u about in scores.
IS The hospitals of the city were to-
OF Iy inadequate to cope with such q
le aster, and long after they had b.
III filled to overf1Owing dead and dy
st and wounded were being gathered
by the ambulance corps and by h
a. dreds of willing helpers, both Hall
on people and volunteers from the co
III try around.
re Fortunately there were no Canad
soldiers in the city or on transpC
awaiting orders to sail. The o
at military forces there were the per-
10 nent garrison, and these did yeon
of service in helping to restore order
as in succoring the dying and woundt
ha