The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-07

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ruins and the ordinary frame houses
are a mere heap OF shattered, fistten- 4
ed ruins.
Automobiles scurried here and
there in this section OF the citS, each
bearing a blanket-clad burden, when
told only too plainly Of serious tnju-
ries or In many cases death. Inc
hospitals. all with admirable order,
were rendering aid. and IN the mn
tary hospitals soldiers who were ca
guard duty were being hurried In
odd-twtsted heaps and biackened,
powder-stained faces 20 the wards
for relief.
Five minutes after the explosion &C
ourrea the streets were alied with (
terror stricken iaob of people, All Try
ing 10 make their way as best they
rnight TO the outskirts in order 10
get out OF the range of what they
thought TO be q German raid.
Terror Stricken hohs.
Women rushed In terror stricken
nnobs through the streets, many OF
them with children clasped TO their
eraxstx In their eyes WAS a look
af terror and they struggled through
+he streets with blood stained faces
ard ardeavored TO get anywhere from
the IA ling masonry and crnm eting
walls Py the wire and lath uttered
roadSides SIS they we're passed, there
couIa be seen the remains of what
had once been human beings, now
sadly torn and wrecked Here and
shrre nv a cracked and shattered
tale~raph poie was the cloth wrapped
nodv OF tins tot SCARED and twisted
IN the force Of the horrible explosion
which had wfthered ali IN It's pain.
n. the side Of many ~ tho burn
ny ruins were women who watched
With horror the flames as they con- i
suu,ed the houses. which IN many in
stances held the bodies OF loved ones
with dry ewes they watched their /
homes destroyed and as others pass
"a with Inquiries as to whether they
,o,lS render any aid they shook their
heads dGzedly.
Find faEnny An Dead,
Among the hundreds who were
KILLED BY the explosion was ore part
rular}y sad case nf Canadian gov /
arnrnent e1nploye named Macdonald
aho On rushing 10 his homo aitef
he explosion, found that al! hls
f@rilv, consisting Of his wife ana fouF
rAilsren. had persisted. Before him
~ -,a 5,rav vas the tnangied BODY
~ his fittletwo-yra r-old child. VINO
rad net death while playing on the
IRE Offices Of the railway station,
arena rink. military gymnasiufn'
sursr r~nnerv. and elevator collapsed
xvd injured scores of persons
Many Of ships Crews fNrrfsn-
M.nv Of those composing the Cre"s
Of shjns In the Ia rbor were killed ana
-, {pre4 The damage on the wafer
front - very serious TN onP H'psH'ef'
he Y>irton. u is reported that thirty
,4,rea IF the crew Of Yorty-two hso
fner x!ler. MANI bodies OF sesfneh
have been picked UP in the hArpo
and rescue parties are working ahlohs
re ruins OF buildings removing pooieS
81 the dead
The niunition ship, after the Gre"
Iast her. vecred in towards the Hah-
fax side Of the haroor. ana there sl.0
fan force Of the explosion was ie-
ceived.
scboolhouses Wrecked
-~t Yaxrlars who were early on
thn scene. say that the sights In me
y4b!3c schools at the north emo 81
me city were pitiable They IouhQ
the bodies of dozens Of little chHofeh
)i.abs .
{etion was thrown into a state or eT-
.r--4rt.,.,44 e, tha- report that second
Yrurttion ship or the magazine at
the dock yards might blow MP. An-
4nrno9sg}ea rushed through the streets
warning the people TO hurry to the
open spaces in the south end OF the
city. ooo
pAoDle lightly clad. had gathered on
The common and hundreds of others
sought refuge tn the fields The
magazine was flooded and by noon all
The danger was passed
Scores Of persons are reported rnlsH-