Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-07
Of THOUSANDS OF INJURED
MANY ARE ENPECTtD TO IN
iRv A..ecis,.s pr.s.1

persons
- according to earclai estimates to.n,sa.
S'a when the French nutrition SHY Mon:
Blanc blew mp in naliraN harbor af;",
sa-,~.a collision with Belgian rcli,f ship
=, o'clock THIS norn,ns thousands
were injured. and it is expected many
.cf them will 6ie.
Is Virtually al, The north end q tie
ss<city was laid waste, and ;ns property
= damage will run !ar into tns millions
~ part OF the town 81 Dartmouth.
1ssScross the harhos f;om Haitian. also
was wrecked Nearly MI The build
ines in the dock YARD ,herc are IN
ru,ns.
The zone ~ destruction lie Haitian
,iSclt extends from Tie North street
railway station rs fsr north as AfriC-
Vile 20 BEDFORD Basin. and covers Sn
arta 90 about two SQuar, miles in Ia,
COTTON EroNn a Richmond Til"
buildings winch we're not demolished
h! The force g he terrific cxrlos. or
w2re DESTROYED T. the Ere which fol-
lovcd
scores 81 person. were injured by,
nc cclSasc O. The railway station
- ct.cns -!nk. military gymnasium. sussr
!. refinery and elevator.
ali business haS been suspended.
Armed guards T.: soldiers and sailors
-
y csr i. wor,as, anI pay; o: sIa!itax
= IN darkness tonight All hospitals
.snl i,.au. n-ivaio houses arc filled viii.
=. Injured Temporary hospitals AMI
noreaes have rc.N opened IN schoci.
houses Ia tn. western section 81 the
city
The dampse along -hc water from.
: '.anrot yet oc estimated. Many % the
men composing The crANs .: the ships
in n. ha,har were b;,,cd and ;,,iurr,;
in one steamer. TIC rtc,ov 1, is re-
=. ror,cu tina, ,hir,y-,nr.s Of .he ,rew
Of for,y.,Do wer. killed Bodies ~
many stanen raye been r,.Lsa -, ~
The h.-hor. Rescue rarifc. U.orj.in.
among INC ruins % hulldincs ave r..
moving Tho ds,d
RELIEF .ulr CRASHES
INTO ,l,.>,uIo> >I.,s,,,
Tn. .ni,;.;cD v,h!,,. -.s,l,.d -, ,-,h.
= ABLY Inc wore; dlsas.-- ,u ~, I,.;o.v
o. the pou,tnion. occurred u,,, Ii.r
i'm INC r.rro,vs Ir,d,3- iron, "a. bar.
Dor 10 Bedford p9s:p Tho ,,,Y,i.;or
shin wa. hound rror, Hay yo-l. FIR
e.Sfor6 E..D, ,,.r -. r.,i.. .rtn
,,,,1 ,a,,.,a o., ~
:. 80 "'N
"e 'N'''' h'""S We P''F''" OF '"e
s'-pe'' soc amos 10 iNe eng !hc-rooA'
Inc other snip, which was only slight
>, burst out on the nutrition ship. and was
= abandoned by ;ne crew TN. ,aptaiu
Of tn, Noni ,uanc also oracr.d ris
r.u. IN ,he ho,,. , y. r..,,,.a ~
.x,,o.,,, n.. iut,.h, .r,,n
- 49,
rrathon sh"'c safety oeioEc INC 're-
Nc'GcHs o'aSt seventeen minutes later
"hrh blew Their snip 30 pieces. and
Wrecked large par o. the city.
The business HE Of the cit: had ius,
h-4u- co- ib. d.y when ,hr town v.s
.r.l., Ia j,s .o,,rdo.io,. -, -.
,,n.,, ,,,~.o,. - 81. .,r.,,r
,5,,
P""'" wy ''"'' ''" ''u :" '"e
|'oN"' &c, 'P'"'7 o. ""''s o"!'ohe'
covered under shower OF falling
sIas" and pias;cr Houses in tho Rich
mono soctlou crumplcd up and col
lapsr,i. hvry.ns their tenants
In tn. ,n,iu mar, OF the civ. where
iii. h,udf, .o hf,o, az s.. r
m "",''' ,n''.N ~
H'' 10 ~
'nc S""''''''E "' "'n"p"S' an" n''S'
OF inc casualties J" inns section "trc
caused by n"ins glass.
In tn. wtst and northwest ends. The
damage was more extensive, and there
the walls OF many houses werc blown
10 hits, !, was in Richmond. however,
opposite the scene ~ tho explosion
that the havoc Mas greatest. Whole
blocks Of dwellings, mostly OF frame
'aO'''NN' va VIM "Si' 'cN ".''Nr 'NAlt'O
after street Is in ruins and tn. struc-
lures which were lefl standing by the
explosion .sHrre destroyed by fires
which hEok.- cut simultaneously in a
score Of places: and which il Was i'm
possible TO check until they had burn
cd themselves ont. II is believed scores
Of persons who had been injured rs
the collapse OF their homes perished in
the flames from which ,hcv we're help
less 10 Zee The fires in this district
still are smolderin. tonight
STREETS or HALIFAX FILLED
WITH EuESyIED rHOIsISDS
Fiy. minutes after tho eynIosion N.
streets i'm an p;r,c Of IIoIifax were
r,Ied win frenzjsd n,nic.e.r,c,,en
,hrcnrs .,riv;n,. 70 roach ,he o,,sti-,s
i'm An ewor, "a escane WIN, ,hev he
N.y.6 49, q, .a,d no g. C;arpnr d.,