The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-08
RELIEF IS A|ND[REO
Boston Red Gross Train Stalled
in Drifts While Thousands
Suffer in City
ALL BUILDINGS MORE OR
LESS DAMAGED BY FIRE
Food Situation is Most Pressing
and Milk Lacking to Nur-
ture the Children
BY Associated Press Staff Correspond.
ent.
TRAIN ARRIVES.

TRAIN ARRIVES.
Halifax, Dec. 8.-The Massachu.
sets relief train that lett Boston
Thursday night arrived here TO-
night. There is absolutely no way
Of estimating with any degree OF
accuracy the number Of dead In
the explosion Of Thursday. FL.
teen hundred 10 the generally &C.
cepted figure by the authorities.
In one moroue alone there are
800 bodies. g..
The latter were viewed by
multitude today, but only a few
were identified. There are prob
ably 2O0 other bodies on view
awaiting Identification. In . great
number of cases this will be i'm.
possible. ..
A citizens committee issued .
statement saying that about 4 900 !
buildings occupied by the poesor
classes were destroyed. The rs.
ports show that almost 10000 por.
sons are destitute.
Snow to the depth Of two feet
covers the devastated area. The
district 10 under strict guard. ca.
madam soldiers are being assisted
by American blue jackets. The
mayor today issued an order suo-
pending the Sabbath holiday, and
directed that all stores rsmaintns
safe for occupancy be kept open
and all labor continued. Search
Of the ruins is greatly delayed by
the heavy snow, though many In.
jured had been, removed TO nearby
towns before the storm set In.
1000 DEAD IS ESTIMATE, ~, W
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Dec. 81
An estimate four thousand Per
sons dead, in the Halifax disaster
Is contained in a private telegram
received from the stricken city
today by an undertaking firm
here. The message asks that four
thousand coffins be sent to Hall.
fax at once.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dec. 8.-A
linding north country" snowstorm
ccompanying gale that at times at
aimed a velocity of more than forty
liles per hour, has held this city O
isolation in its grip for the las
hours, adding new terror!
D the awe-stricken survivors O
disaster and greatly i'm
eding the progress OF relief train!
urrying here from the United State!
nd Dominion cities with their urgent
, needed supplies.
Train Stalled.
The Massachusetts relief train wal
tailed in great snow drifts near Am
erst last night, and while snow
lows were used, the progress was SC
low that the trains arrival here is
Other rescue trains
re reported snowbound.
With every building in Halifax and
dartmouth more or less damaged by
he explosion and fire, men, women
nd children huddie together as best
hey could and passed night OF suf.
sring. The chilling wind whistled
trough smashed windOwsl There
,ere scarcely blankets enough to COW
r wounded bodies, and many were
nable to obtain food. Fires were al
lost out of the question and the only
ghts obtainable were from oil lamps
r candles.
10000 Destitute. "
The citizens finance committee
eaded by Justice Harris, estimates
here are 10000 destitute people Ia
he devastated area, the majority OF
hem from the poorer classes, nearly
900 dwelling houses were destroyed,
10 committee declares, and the
ctual losses and the estimated cost
temporary maintenance will ap-
roximate $3O,000,O00.
Perhaps the most serious of the
lany problems to be met Is the food
tuation There is enough food In
le city for immediate needs, but un.
,ss communication is opened soon,
le city faces the possibility of fam.
le. Milk is almost unobtainable, and
ears are expressed for the lives OF
abies.
In the greater task of caring for the
wing, no concerted effort is being
lade at present to complete list OF
ne dead, but hundreds of soldiers
ailors, American "jackies," and vol
nteers are grouping unde" the mass
t wreckage searching for bodies
olice officials sill estimate the dead
1900, and injured at 5000.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED. a
Truro, n. S., Dec. S.-AdditiOnal
utside relief for the suffering thou
ands in Halifax was dependent today
lpon the weather The great snow
torn dominated the situation.
Almost every hour brought word oi
relief train stalled by the huge
lrifts piled up by the gale all along