The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-07

noon today there had been no
change In the police estimate Of
2,0oo dead from yesterdays Gle
Astsr. About the same numhsS are
injured, two-thirds Of whom ar(
suffering from cuts from flying
glasa VI,
HALIFAX, N. s., Dec. 7.--stunno
by the magnitude OF the disaster who
has overwhelmed the garrison city.
the sea-" the people oil Halifax lu4
bent all their energies to relieving ID
injured, feeding the hungry shsltsss
the homeless and gathering their 49,
A heavy snowstorm set N early tod
and while this In . measure impede
the work Of relief end rescue. X ssrvd
to aid the firemen' In fighting the flampA
which stiil burned flerceiy In many
places among the ruins in the dsvsS1
tated district ~
Wreck and Ruin Evsryvhsrs.
There 10 wreck and ruin on evesT
side. Every building In the city II
damassd--slass broken, plaster down
windows and doom shattered. BusI
ness 10 suspended and will be for dayp
All schools and colleges have bee9
closed until after New Yssr. III,
Sailors from IN American wArship iel
port are on patrol duty In all the strsstslI
All the power plants sSe Idle. n
Smouldering ruinp and piles Of dsbrl9,
OF demolished houses continued today
TO rive up thsir dead victims Of ysstsrsf !
days explosiSd. ftlta (.
N AAy Nsves xasv Nsnlsf.
p.s,ss sS s:sssia INV s.,ss ! &
known on account II ths many ~.
soup---sntire families In some inslaMcss
---cf whom no trace will ever be found
other than chsrred bones In the ruins
of the homes. $50 ,iG. e.g
Dawn found the city stili starktr-
ing under the frishtfuiness OF the
losses In human life and hundreds who
had stood all night In lines formed &
lmprovised morgues continued their
vigil with alierpate expressions Of fears
and hopes oil their faces. Others w.
sieacd the hospitals for news Of ths
missing and meanwhile relief pasties
continued their work OF succor among
the injured whom they found In th1
Richmond apA Dartmortb 4
sections OF the city al "a
At Least 1000 Die. G
Reports from tho iinprovised moreuso
and from hospitals. ehurchces. schools
and private residences seemed to besf.
out last nights estimate that al least
1000 were lost when the Belgian reliel
limo collided with the Frenrh
steamer Mont Blanc, cAus-
ing the detonstion OF 1000 tons OF
one Of the most powers
ful explosives Manufactured.
Relief from outside began to reach
the stricken city today. Doctora
nurses and medical and food supplies
arrived an special trains from Truro
and Windsor. N. S.. and from Mouc-
ton, N. b. Other trains we're reportSd
on the way and were expected to resch
here during the day The special tran
sent from Boston by direction Of Cow
ernor Mccall OF Massachusetts, wiit
|a
Business Halts; Schools Close.
Virtually all business is suspended
and the schools are closed, while the
inhabitants generally are turning their
attention to relief work. Soldiers And
sailors, including sramen from an
American warship which rushed 10 The
port when il received word OF the dis
sster. are patrollins the stricken dis.
irict and aiding in the rescue work
William Barton, former telegraph
editor OF the Montreal Garxette. and
now travelling for the Canadian Inn
perial Munitions Bord. at Ottawa re.
ated today his experience during the
explosion.
He was at breakfast in the HaIifaa
1otel
Over In 10 Sscohdu.
"In ten seconds II was ali over, Mr..
Barton said, "A low rumhlins, a quaks
'hock, with everything vibrating, then
IN indescribable noise, followed BY the
iall Of plaster and the smashing Of
ylaw In such moments tho human
mind does not hesitate; a cry went up
A German bomb !" rush for the
ioor headlons down The hallway amid
alling pictures, glass and plaster to
he swinging doors Of a few seconds
,efore, row. ripped from their hinges;
through gfht projecting triangular
,ieces Of glasS TO the street Here
iound myself with burden, How
he had come into my arms ! do not
snoT, yet here she was. hystsricsllye
hsekine "Oh my poor Sstsri my
,ocs sister 7" y
Then Gave Aid,
Outside overhead a giant smoke WA
moving notthward Danger seansc4
,ver. / crossed the road hid -
eminine burden on . doorsteP And ~
ururd 10 the hotel. Ny sd, ,fos
vas un's,tbsd was possibly aet)E