Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-13
DEAD At HALIFAX FIXED
BY OFFICIALS At 1926
These Figures Include Identified and
Unidentified Bodies and
the Missing.
RELlE,F WORK SYSTEMATIZED
st. Maiy's College Formally Trans.
ferred to New England Rescue
Workers, to BE Used as Hospital.
General Funeral Service Friday.
RELIES WORK sYsTEMATIZED
[Ry Associated Press.


i.ALIF.AN. y. s.. December ta.-The
! Toll OF death resulting from the cX-
plosion OF the mun!ticn ship Mont Blanc
/ in Halifax harbor was officially fixed
. Tonight at Lee, including identified
! and Unidentified bodies and the miss
Ing.
The hGures. which were issued by A..
S. Barnstead, chairman y: the mortu-
AIRY committee, were:
Identified in various morGues. 41G:
dead who can be identified from effects.
:2o: unrccoGni.uble bodies. iao: miss
ing. 400.
With the appointment Tonight OF
permanent committees, the work OF sys-
temati%ing relief work 20: the sufferers
from the explosion and fire was COM
p!eted. included in the membership
OF the organizations are the most
prominent citizens OF Haitian.
While great crowd OF Nova Scotians
sang The StarSpa nglcd Banner" an
American flag was hoisted on tho dag
pole over ST. Alary's College 10 mark
the transfer of the building TO the New
England rescue workers who will con-
duct 1t as a hospital Bellevue Hospital
Island Red Cross unit
An inquiry office, TO which all re-
quests for Information about refugees
should be addressed. has been opened
SCALE OF WAGES FIXED
FOR MEN IN VARIOUS TRADES
Colonel Low. manager Of reconstruc-
ton work, announced that Il scale of
wages has heen agreed upon for work.
er5 in various trades. The highest will
be 30 cents an hour.
From 800 to 500 persons are totally
or partly blind. and 200 children have
each lost both parents. according To
The American and Canadian workers
A relief ship from Boston entered the
harbor to-day.
The arrival OF the relief steamer
Calvin Austin was made the occasion
OF demonstration at the pier. The
vessel brought clothing. food. glass
and other materials greatly needed
day the weather was clear, though
cold. and on the whole favorable TO
tho work of recov crinS bodies and Of
reconstruction.
Tho nerves OF the public are still
unstrunS, and alarm was caused over
Il rumor that the authorities were TO
blow up munition ship. What had
been announced was that the sunl1en
hulk Of the Mont Blanc would be de-
stro%ed as menace to navigation. The
official statement failed to reach the
public generally. and srea. crowds
gathered in the parks. Soldiers went
among Them allaying their fears, and
posters were placed in conspicuous
places pointing out that no danger at
tended the destruction ot what re-
meincd OF tho muntion ship.
The formidabl estimates Of casual
ties made immediately after the cx-
plosion apparently were due to the
fact that some OF tho bodies were
counted several times
1t is estimated that 500 houses arc
wrecked beyond repair. that 500 others
were totally destroyed. and that an
other 1000 can be restored to use.
1t was definitely established to-day
that seven mon were killed on board
the Canadian cruiser N!obo. used as
training ship, and that six others or
the crew were killed in a small boat
or on a pier. The survivors gave
prompt aid to the injured persons
ashore.