The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
Property Damage Scars
Into Millions as City
Is Laid Waste by Fire
Greatest Disaster of Decade Follows COL
lision of Ships Whose Cargoes Explode,
Producing Terrific Conclusion; Blocks
of City Laid Waste; Buildings Topple;
Fires Break Out in Scores of Places.

N. b, 0-Nop0I0 reaching
early this afternoon :aid We. feared several seers
Of people had lost their sSwAtA ths railway station
a. H:lie. collapsed. Tw.asZ;ii,. railway wosL'r'
Advicss from Halifax early this aftcrnoon gave
III. number Of dead from the muntiea ship sxplosiea
tn. advice. her. stated that III. ship whieh'eol
lidsd with the muniton vssss Red cross lnsr
HALIFAX. N. s.. Dec. s.-(via Havana, caBa.)
drsds psyons were killed and thousand others injured md
half Of s city q Halifax in ruins - the result Of the X
plosion Of munition ship In the harbor today
It b estimated that the property loss will run into the
millions
AMHERST, N. S., Dec. 6-Scores Of persons have been
fax fire by explosion which occurred after the col
son of American ammunition ship and another vessel a
Rockingham according to telephone reaching here
The explosion was so terrific that destroyed the insaa
ton In the telegraph and telephone offices for thirty miles
around Halifax while was heard at Truro sxty-one miles
The who xhols northern section Of Halifax Of wreck
cording to reports received shortly afternoon
Several Square Miles Burned.
The area Of destruction covers several miles The Cana
described having entirely collapsed while big
repair plant at Willow Park the northwestern section
It's reported that the American ammunition steamer was
moving out from her pier and rammed broaddde by
Instantly there was tremendous explosion which de-
stroyed the two ships and killed their
Fire Follows Terrific Conclusion.
The conclusion resulting caused the roof Of the railway
depot at North street to collapse while all the warehouses
the water front for mile and half damaged The
premises affected In many places caught fire.
The force of the conclusion great that freight
blown off railway tracks along stretch Of nearly two
miles.
Messages asking for fire engines and frefghing sp-
parsus, doctors and hospital supplies etc,
ceved from Halifax by number of localities in Nova Scotia
Special trains made up with everything that could
be procured ..
Large ou.nttie. of Food Destroyed
AT Truro. Windsor and here the city councils met this
morning and decided to take immediate steps to render aid
the afflicted people Of Halifax II understood that large
quantities Of food destroyed and that the citizens of Hal
flax may be in danger Of starving II decided that
carloads of food must be dispatched at once
The damage done to the Western Union and Canadian Pa
cc Telegraph companies and Nova Scotia Telephone company
complete likely to be days before wire communication
with points outside Halifax be restored
iColided al $50. il known vbsb,r the tanpor, were
oolded ,roo,s M rr,.d only
this morning and is presumed thai their crew,
the munihon snip WI" MT IN the stoke W, U. Suffers Heavily
Instantly flames IN, If the hi,ds ,,, suffered
from her The appeared to eve,eIv w,,
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