Evening journal., 1917-12-07
By The United Press.

BuueringS OF tle WOuuutu anu H4uitul
less in this blasted city today
Fires. which were believed extin-
euished have broken out again There
IS no reliable count OF dead. Two
thousand is a low estimate in the be
lief Of those working among the
corpses now frozen stif in grotesque
and horrible attitudes Of death agony.
Many Of the injured are dying. Po-
lice are attempting to round up lost
children who are wandering through
the appalling wilderness OF wreckage
weeping bitterly or calling for their
mothers.
Even worse conditions than exist In
Halifax have turned North Dartmouth,
across the bay, into a place Of death
and suffering.
The most badly damaged section OF
Halifax is shut off by guards.
The dockyard magazines have been
flooded to prey ent more explosions.
u. 5. Soldiers to the Rescue.
Canadian soldiers and American sol
diers worked side by side searching Tor
wounded, gathering the dead and pre-
serving order in Halifax. Immediately
after the explosion, while dense clouds
OF white smoRe were rolling over the
scene OF devastation, the Canadian
troops were assembled, each man ready
for business. Some Of those VINO
formed the ranks were bleeding from
wounds The detachment OF Ameri-
can bluejackets which arrived some
time after the blast, were Of immense
help
American relief workers from New
70 *, Boston and other points, are un-
derstood to be enroute here. Ihey
have not arrived.
When surgical help from nearby
towns reached here last night the IN
iured were thronged around dressing
stations, awaiting their turn. Ihou-
sands who have not other hurts, are
suffering from cuts sustained when the
air was filled with flying glass.
More bodies were found TO-DAY IN the
debris. Snow is rapidly cloaking some /
Of the more CHASTITY mounds OF shat-
tered wood and stone where the /
corpses can be seen under the rub |
bish.
A formal inquiry into the cause OF
the collision between the French mu-
milton steamer and the Belgian rellel
shin will be made Witnesses believe
The Belgian's steering gear broke.
The most damaged area Of Halifax
Is from Gottinsen street to the docA
yards.
Like Work OF Tornado.
The drydock is wrecked. 81. Joseph
Church is in ruins. Many big buildings
were unroofed as if tornado had
swept over them
The explosion gave warning OF us
coming. II was preceded by noise
like thunder Then came the terrific /
smash that shook the earth, caved In /
strong buildings, nled the air WIN |
death dealing fragments and knocked
thousands OF people Of their teet'
Many families are believed to have
been annihilated.
Tie blast played strange freaks. Many
doors were blown open, the locks
being ripped from their places In the
woodwork. 1.-Two electric wires lay in
the streets. Nobody seemed to know
what had happened. Then the fires
began spreading.
Freight sheds in Richmond were
pushed over like houses Of cards. Many
OF the injured were removed by tram
TO Windsor today The city was in
all night.
Some wounded people were found to
day lying where they had been hurled /
by the explosion. Volunteer stretcher /
bearers gathered them up.
Some Of those found dead had evil
IDENTIFY died Of wounds. BY their pos
lures it was apparent they made des-
perate attempts to crawl into the open
hnforu loefur consciousness
AIMED in school.
Every hour brings additional rescue /
Workers-nurses and doctors with
and surgical supplies. Long
lines OF sobbing men and women be-
gan early today to nle past the rows
Of blanket-coyered dead.
Women shrieked as they drew aside /
q blanket and recognized a loved one.
Men sobbed over The bodies Of children /
while others, whlte-faced and haggard, |
stunned by the catastrophe, fingered /
lrinkets or bits Of clothing on mangled /
and burned bodies. hoping to establish /
their Identity.
The most pitful OF all was the row
Of little figures that represented the |
children who were yesterday struck I
dead in their schools on the streets, |
even while playing on their own door
steps.
There was one tiny. golden haired
girl Of about four years She showed
no surface wounds. and she lay among
the others, q dilspldaied ragdOu by
her side. II was found in her hand
and kept for help In identification. /
Early this morning this little body was /
claimed by a sobbing girl mother. She /
was wrapped In an old overcoat.
In the common are other still forms /
covered with blankets. Many are
burned beyond recognition and oilers I
haneleo. some probably never viii /
ne Identified. Today a slowly rising I
pan OF smoke hung over the devas-
tated subu4b Of Richmond. and while
soloieis and sailors patrol the wreck ]
ed 81 eels, the work OF digging ont
the mangled and burned victims il
going on.
Hund eds Of wounded are in hos
pitals 10 and near the citv manv
lowering near death. Others covered
with white mandages, limplng or be-
ing carried IN automobiles, are going
to nearby towns and villages.
or the thousands Of homeless, many
st.ll are too dazed to know what TO do
The suddenness OF lhe death that over
whelmed the city has left them dumb
in their grief and suffering
Carry Bod es by Wagon Load.
Every available vehicle has beer
pressed into service, and LITERAL.
wagon loads OF bodies are carried
away.