Evening journal., 1917-12-08
halifax death
LIST IS placed
At 1000 TODAY
r,rspt the hlasted arel. wIped Out ihe

ryept the blasted area, wiped out me
wrecks of hundreds OF buildings
The storm has greatly delayed trains
and prevented relief parties from OUT
side cities from getting 10 WORK as
early as they expected.
when the offlcial government invest-
ration fthe munition ship explosion
begins here Il will be testified that the
Mont Blanc carried 1000 tons OF T.. n.
m and deckload of henzine. As TINS
floating bomb came through the Mar
rows there was a light mist The duty
~ the vessel was 10 keep 20 the right
and hueeing the Narrows as IL went
toward Bedford Basin TO await con-
voy.
The Belgian relief ship limo was
coming out OF the basin and some VIII
nesses allege neither ship was on us
nroper side Of the stream. In order
10 rectify the mistake they exchanged
signals which were evidently misun-
dersfood. Tho limo rammed the muni-
tions ship. backed away and ran
aground on the Dartmouth shore.
Al this point there are several YER
slons OF the story told.
0ne Is that the munitions ship was on
fire before the collision. This Is not
generally believed. she was on lire I'M
mediately after the smash, however.
The crew took to the boats. Nl have
been accounted for except one man.
twenty minutes after the collision
II is declared. The munitions ship blew
np where she had grounded at Pier
near the Intercolonial railroad station
The explosive on board the Mont Blanc
WAS three times as powerful as iul
inmate. The powder experts say Una
had the cargo had "A solid foundation
beneath IT, there would not have bee
rat or cat left alive in HalifaN.
i. n pieces OF shells. steel plates an
-Shrapnef haNe been found five mile
rom Halifax. At Orangedale, Cap
Breton. 80 miles distant in an airline
md at sydney, 200 miles away, tn
shock was ha Of a severe earthquake
At Truro, 62 miles distant the win
iows Of the Clearmont Hotel were
shattered and the clock was shaker
from the wall Of the train dispatcher
omce. At Meaghcr's Grant, 30 miles
away. a barn was lifted from its foun.
datlons as though the work had been
done by on expert house mover.
TWO American vessels were making
port at the time. one, a cruiser about
- miles of Halifax, was 80 shaken uI
thai ihc chief officer believed his shiI
had struck a mine Then. seeing an
oner craft on the horizon he concluded
that ne had been fired on. tie stoppe,
10 investigate the stranger. A hospita
ship, GO miles off Halifax, felt the shocl
and at once concluded that the cruiser
whose location was known 10 1t was y
action
The explosion raised a tidal wave
the harbor that went forty feet owe
the tracks OF the lntercolonial Raj
way and lifted and swept away loade
freight cars. Today the railway los
in rolling stock was placed at 3'
loaded freight cars. 100 nassenge
coaches and 20 locomotives. Survivor
tell OF feeling two distinct explosion
The first was slight, this probably b
ing the blowing up Of the benzlne O
the Mont Blanc The great eXplosic
is declared by oll 20 be beyond O
scription.
IN an instant Halifax was transtorm'
into a hell spot Wooden buildinl
in the north end Including many o
and rckety structures along Wat
street poured their wrcckage into u
street. Corpses huddled everywhere AZ
he flre completed the destruction.
The worst damage was done over
area Of two square miles in the nor
end. This is swept lat and resembl
a bit Of the Flanders front. only q
demolition Is even worse The gre
dockyard IS in runis.
Hundreds ~ corpses have be
found
Some Of the refugees are trying
live In what remains OF their hon
today The Bcv y. Lemoine is %.
tor Of ST. Marks Angeucan Church
the North End His house Is 40
his church is gone. there remains
the cellar OF his Sunday school
The pastor is now living there 7
the members Of The parish are d