The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-02-07
VIOLATION OF
RULES OF ROAD
Found to have Been Resl0n.
shIe For Hal fax Disaster
kCHaRGE OF MhNsLAUGRTIR
pic, Of Relief Snip ard Captain Of
Munitions Ship Placed Urdsr Ar
fcsi as ReSyit ef FINDING Of Gov
eminent Cornnaissien--F fifteen Hun
ored Persons Killed by Explosion

Halifax. Feb Blame FOR the
collision between the French muui'
tl0ns shin Mont Blanc and The Bel
EiHn rttlef ship limo. resulting 10 The
explosion o. the former vessel. which
destroyed Iurge part II Halifax on
Dec o. was placed upon Pilot Mae
Kay Of Halifax and Capt Lamodec
OF the French ship 10 q Iadgm nj an
bounced by The government commits
sion lliat Investigated the collision
The commission hold that lEmadec
ard The pilot violated The rules of the
Yund
win The announcement ~ the com
missions Judgment. MlcKay was ar
reSled charged with uanSlaughtor.
the commission having recommended
that be b. prosecuted nnd his license
ranr,flcd IAmodec WIS also arrest
Ell charged with manslaughter
Nothing now developed "a The in
CURRY to support the theory Of mnny
citizrs thai the explosion was duo
"a an enemy plot Rumors 10 his
effect were denied hy The govern
mept authorities Immediately after
the accident, and while 10 oHicial
sintcmcnt was issued. II was intilnai
ed last the 'ault lay with the pilot
md NAVIGATOR Of the ammunition
shin pil0t Hayes. who was takinc
the Hao ia sen, and most Of The Of
feer and crew, we're killed.
Tia Mont Blanc hal been ordered
into Tho harlor by the admiralty 10
await convoy on the voyage 10 %
European port An ATTEMPT was
made during the course of the Inquiry
~ show thu while MncKay had Civ
On quick orders when he saw that . |
collision WINS unavoidable the crash |
acruully WAS duo 10 the failure Of |
the ships officers. who are French.
men. 10 understand English
Fifteen hundred persons were |
Killed. several thousand injured and |
an area ~ two md half squire |
miles aijnceni 10 The Narrows was
laid hire hv The explosion " the car
60 nhoard The Mont Blanc
MacItny was bringing the Mont
Blame into port when the vessel was
ynmln,,i amidghIps by Tho limo. out.
ward hound The weather WIS dear.
and us The ships passed In the mar.
row channel, signals were confused
" WAS ~aid Hud the crash canc h..
fore ihr pilot Of the limo. now load,
was ahir 10 have her swung about
into free water
r." urcId ~, not Of ttSnlf serious
So f~e 10 tanks ~ honZ0l on fhc drck
Of the Mont Blanc and irs'antlv
rrca volumes - hack smoke shot
stvwurHs Reall~inc ne danecr
HarEnv ramodcr unI The Sims
crow inok to tho hnals and proceed
cd NJ ton ynncd to the shore
As tlcy nndcd they continued 10
run They were more thnn milo
from Tho wntcr when the shin hlew
NJ Every mnn in The party was
trocksd down Two wrre Sirnck by
fvinq hits of steel ono being IN
jurci fatally
Smoke from the burning shin was
observed nfiy miles ~ sea half an
hnur hnfnrn he cvnlosinn Tho Sucr
mcle attracted thousands of ncrSnns
IN the waicrfrcn'. md none dreamed
Of Tho Impending dnnrcr
A. The flames from the Are roarlfed
down into tho cnrro fhorr cnnc
W'"h'v bias, that scni hic structures
tnmhinr Ia The ground md rlpnod
ont nearly ovrrv window IN IIniffnv
Several hundred persons s'nnding
alon" the waterfront wcro hurlnd In
"a tho hnrhar. md ~ Is hclievcd nv
the authorities That many hmllrs ARE
Ftlll under water. frn2nn 10 tho hn, !
tom )
Tho ~rcptrS' lnes ~ ilfc md lam I
ssa ncrrrrcd IN INC north end ~ Tho ,
ri'v 4" unai"u Inhabited lnrcrly
by working people