Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27
CONDITIONS IN HALIFAX
 BEYOND COMPREHENSION
Another Letter Received by Rev. A. P. Crichton Expresses Gratitude
 for Relief.

Another letter has been received by the Rev. A. B. Crichton telling more of the terrible conditions caused by the catastrophe at Halifax The writer of the letter lives in Dartmouth across the harbor from the city and about two miles from the devastated section She says in part: "You will think me careless leaving your first letter unan swered, but have been go busy with actual hospital work that have had DC time for anything else
 Let me explain little. On the morning of the explosion Walter and both happened to be in the kitchen (lheir kitchen is in the basement ) l having gone down stairs to con inue a political argument with him. This saved us. for we were not one bit in jured. A few seconds after it happened we thought of course 1t was bomb from the sea-we rushed upstairs to find the whole front hall 6l ed with broken glass, the front door with the side light and transom all down and part way along the hall. The drawing room windows with the double seshes also blown in. Isabel's bedroom wreck, our bed room not so badly damaged and your room with only few panes broken but the glass driven with great violence into the opposite wall. The curtains, poles and blinds were torn from all the front windows and flung across the rooms. We came off much better than three quarters of the other Dartmouth people
 Walter went to town at once to find out about Isabel. who was not hurt and attended to others who were, and I went to Winnie's and then to Dr. Smiths operating room. where l re mained until II D. m ran over just in my morning cotton dress and big apron as you have seen me many times. We made Dr Smiths dining room into au operating roon just turn ing back the carpet and all day we tramped the glass into the beautiful carpet, but there was no time to re move it for people were being br ught in bleeding horribly and six of us worked all day long with Fred Stevens ! to administer chloroform when neces sary. 9s'
 Mr. Hyde our next door ueighbor was very much'scQt up. We stitched him up right ahd left, handed the needles and stopped the blood out of the doctors way. also held lots of cuts to be stitched. Isabel called for me to go down to the Nova Scotia hospital as there was hurry call for V. A. D's. was shut up in Dr Smith's room, so the went in my place.
 Now I want to tell you the kind of stuff your cousin Isabel is made of. She had never seen bad cut finger in her lie .(She is twenty th1ee) Dr .Lawlor was,alene. He call. d Isabel ard Miss Page Pines to come into the operating room. An Indien woman wee on tue table. She had run in front oi she train in her terror and her leg was badlyEmangled. Isabel held the leg. DC. l.. amputated it at the hip joint. The woman died on the table and Miss Pines removed the leg. The body was taken away and those two girls cleansd operating tables and floor and went or with the next operation and so on ell the afternoon. Had Ro dinner only { cup of tea which had to be taken right in the operating room. Now isn't she some girl?, eExcuse slang).
 On Friday went down to the N. $ Hospital came home SatUr rday Might and went again on Sunday and eMary day until yesterday. Today took &ht 8:30 boat and spent the day at the Y
 Nj. o. A. hospital returning st 8=St tonight.
 Walter has put in about twenty laEg'
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