The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-12-13
halifax HORROR
STUNS DOMINION
Disaster Probably Most Fearful
That Ever Occurred on the
American Continent.
TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN
viii Surely d Numbered BY vhsus-
ands-etrleksn City One q Great
oritain's Important Military
Pests-lts History.

The disaster at Halifax. which esst
the lives Of at least 1000 psopie.
though the exact number Will never
be known, plunged the Dominica Int
mourning. 1t probably ranks % tho
most fearful that ever occurred on
the American continent. Residents Of
Halifax and thousands Of volunteer re-.
lief workers who came into the city
were daxed at the extent Of the hOr.
ece. o..
The Belgian relief ship limo collidsd
with the French munition vessel, Mont
Blanc. ioaded with 5000 tons Il T. N.
T. and q large quantity Of bsasine.
The Impact set ire to . deck load
Of beaaine on the French ship and the
flames quickly communicated with the
munitions, resulting 10 a practical
bombardnent Of the city.
The zone Of destruction In Halifax
Itsclf extended from the North street
railway station a. far north az Afric.
vile to Bedford basin aud covered an
area Of about two square miles In the
section known a. Richmond. The
buildings which were not demolished
BY the force Of the terrific explosion
were destroyed by the FIRE which fol.
lowed. ~
District osnssiy Populated.
The devastated district was the old.
e. part Of Halifax and thickly popu.
lated. 1t contained. In addition to
Citadel hill. many churches and
schools, tho railway station. govern.
rnent dockynrd. Wellington barracks.
Admiralty House tihe official resi-.
dence Of the admiral In command Of
the North American British squad.
ROM. the military hospital. post once.
provisional parliament building. city
hail. the ordnance department. most Of
the department stores. oil Of the tcle.
graph and cable ofIices and q few no.
tells
The better residence district was al.
most unframed. II lies southwark
from the Queens. and includes most Of
tho churches. including 81. Mary'x Ro-
man Catholic cathedral.
In the nre-swept section were the
parliament buildings. post ONCE. three
newspaper ofices. Royal Rank Of Can.
ada. Canadian Bank Of Commerce,
Rank Of Nova Scotia. Bank Of British
North America md the Rank OF Mon.
treai.
Other structures destroyed are Dai.
housie college. two Roman Catholic
converts. the Presbyterian Theological
college. the government technical col.
legc. ~ churches sud 40 factories. In.
Guiding Iron foundries. brcwertes. dis.
tilIsrtes and two sugar refinsries.
FAMOUS ron sGAUrv.
Ono Of the oldest of Canadian cities.
Haiifa1 also In one Of the most pic.
tureNque. II has two principal beau.
" spots. Point Pleasant part and
tho Public Gardens. The FIRST liza
between the North Arm. q ford three
miles long. and tho harbor proper.
The North Arm 10 the cruising basin
for canoes and pleasure craft ~ small
sise.
Two hundred ncrcs Of land make
up Point Pleasant park. and the woods
have been left In wild state. The
roads are splendid. They were built
for military purposes. The park has
Q pair ~ magnificent iron gates given
10 the city by sir william Young. =
former chief Justice 0f the province.
They IRE sst ~ the head Of Young
avenue. one Of the principal roads NJ
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