Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-10

aoo; scantllns. $4,000 feet; boards
Qnatched). 1r0noDO IeCt, roo1ng paper,
5000 squares; wallhoard, Gnooo0 square feet:
nails. looo kegs, > Ii to 1 inches.
Names Offer Accepted
The construction committee accept
Cd the o. CT from Gov. MiIliken of
Maine for the shipment by special
train tomorrow of 20o.00o panes of
glass. 10 tons of putty and one hundred
thousand rolls of tar paper Adiutant
General Prcsson or Maine told the
COMMITTEES that Maine stood ready to
render every aid
Another train with % physicians, 20
nurses and supplies from Massachu-
setts and Maine arrived today. II
brought all equipment for Il 5on-hcd
base hospital. The 100 blankets ana
- hospital cots sent ny the state of
Maine were greatly needed
me first Massachusetts unit tu ar
rive has occupied what WAS once the
mansion Of the British general in COM
nland OF the forces here rs Il huspital
with o. beds Sir Robert L.. Borden,
the premier Of Canada Visited the
hospital today and declared il a tli-
umph of organization ability
Little progress was made TODAY in
restoring traffic and mcndiuc tho wa
ter and electric lighting systems. To-
night, tic weather WAS clear and the
temperature had dropped to !, point
that caused the sluSh and mud IA
freeze s"lidly over the ruins and to
make the work Of excavation and ex-
ploration exceedingly diHnult
Established Collision Accident
=, 1t was officially stated tonight that
/ we arrest and detention ON u Eri,isI,
CRUISER OF TIE survivors Of the steamer,
iiiio was not due To the discovery of
cNiuehce % an enemy plot Inquiry
~ government experts Has establish
co. IL was said. that tho COLLISION was
actideuthl. There was however rapIt
I on me part Of the maviuators ana
there were unofficial reports thar ,,o
Mont Blanc was taking the yrou,. side
OF me channel Justice DrvS,lalc an
( expert IN admiralty law, was tuni,,ht
designated by the government tu ,.nn
duct the inquiry. This Will bc puI,Ii..
and far reaching The ius,ice win
| nave the assistance of nautical assess
SOrS.
'orrential Rain Follows Snow
torfcntial rain flooded Halifax at
daylight today. Accompauiod I,. a
oo-mile gale it added greatly to the
suilerlllgs OF thousands of persons who
had found none too sure shelter after
the destruction of their homes Thurs
day by the explosion.
systematic search for the dead in q
TWO ana half square mile area in
Which, tle entire available population
vas expected TO take part TODAY was
heid up Throughout the devastated
zone the rain turned three feet of snow
INTO slusH knee deep at points. but
despite those conditions, men ana
women went early to the scene to con-
tihue thelr own hunt for missing
members of their families.
reward noon the wind Shifted slight
~ and the skies were brighter but not
GEAR The temperature dropped
sharply
NO additional estimates were forth
coming as to the number Of dead
wagons carried to the 'morgues q
score of bodies found in unexnected
places and it was said many Of the,
- - 'i"A 'iN' duIlHS inc night.
Church Services Suspended
church services were suspended. BY
order of the mayor Sunday was not
phsei we'd as holiday and the stores
| which supply food. fuel and cloth
ing remained open. Workmen wan
dered about the streets, but traffic
conditions were deplorable and slow,
progress was made toward restoring
normal conditions even in the business
district where melting snow had filled
each thoroughfare with streams over
a mans shoetops. This second storm
appeared To lave about filled the Guns
Of public sorrow to overlooking First
thought was for 800 persons in tents
and in damaged buildings which were
not secure against a driving rain.
Relief efforts We're doubled for the
committees realized. that the problem
was growing greater.
No Americans Killed
No Americans were killed In the en-
plosion, according to reports received
by Ethelbert Watts, American consul
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