The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-11-29

5O0OO0-one of the greatest contributions ever
made by bg-hearted public to a stricken city.
What has been done, or is being done, with this
vast sunni Many people who opened their hearts
and their purses to Halifax would like to know
and this article is designed to supply the infor-
nation.
The figures given above tell in part what was
done for Halifax but what Halifax has done for
itself is far longer story Although the victim
of disaster which at once ranked her among
the great tragedy cities of the word-Pompef
Martinique, Galveston and San Franeisco-Haii-
fax staggered to her feet few seconds after the
titanic blast had laid waste her streets de-
stroyed her homes and Uttered the snow with her
dead and went to work to fetch order out OF
chaos.
.sFrom spectacular and heroic point OF view,
declared George Macdonald of the Canadian
Press. tstbis continent has never produced such a
daring set Of civilian heroes sprang up at the
call of duty i'm those bleak December days in Hal
flax. History teens with horrors--recent his
tory particularly-but no parallel exists for the
sequence of affection with which Halifax was
deluged Swift and appalling death from the
whitening explosion, mad panic at the fear OF
worse disaster from magazine disruption, horror
from the fires which greedily devoured the ruins,
torture from the rapidly changing weather condi-
tions which went from blizzard to rain and from
rain to zero conditions In the three days succeed
the day of the catastrophe. Fate seemed TO nave
ceased its assaults only when ~ iliu eAinuseoN
its repertoire of calamites
aSet against this appalling challenge was the
upkncwn and untried courage of Halifax's citi-
Gems How they battled through the combination
of anguish and misery almost alone for q week.
Is one of the most inspiring dramas of history
So much for what Halifax started to do from
thn men of zone who watched this Homerlc Dat
tles as press correspondent. Chief among the
Main business men of heroic mold was Robert II
QfH
eanized an emergency relief station at the city
ha,l xvtfhin.an hour after the limo had rammed
tha Mont Blanc and LET loose the devastating ex
nIosives pent 10 IN the hold of the latter ship
MacIlreith and his loyal associates not only got
on the lob at once, but stayed there, practicalis
without rest or sleep for ten days succoring me
wounded housing the homeless feeding the desti-
trta caring FOR the dependents. providing fuel
and Transportation, nghting IRE and burying the
dead
seargsl ability went to work without moments
aeIay The private car Of George b Graham OF
the Dominion Atlantic WIS partly wrecked py
che blast but General Manager Graham at once
nSs,ne J, reading spirit m the great task OF or
gsnizinc temporary relief ana hts railroad gave
invaluable assistance HI the crisis
=, !. vyeclr ff,e emergency shelter committee al
$3.50 IN " & Davidson, chairman housed 6.OOO
nann,e ana d large number were even cared Toe
az vprv first night Hospitals were estapnsneu
80 xfilo patienfs treated IN an incredibly short
time Two thousand Ocmes were hahuleu - 80
mortuary department,
.1he reconstruction committee, headed ny Y.
Eyed pearson newspaper prgpriefor' LOST ho
S.,e 4, organizing the work OF building temporary
rc,,as For fhe homeless 10 cover the period when
rnnst eiapsa before permanent construction evulu
~ snatfryarnted. Mrs Pearson aSkeu vi. Asos,sa
q Tow the man who built the environments -.
2. A.o's, 80 $3.50 r., oiwa Halifax the benefit of