Halifax Disaster Toll Soars After Munitions Ship Explosion
A Halifax explosion and harbor collision killed more than two thousand people and injured thousands. The Monte Blanc exploded after hitting the Belgian relief steamer loma, leveling North End streets and wrecking Dartmouth dockyards. Fire and debris halted rail service, and temporary hospitals were set up as rescue crews recovered bodies from ruins.
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Halifax
N. S
Dartmouth
North Street
Arhwille
Bedford Basin
Richmond
Fie
Injuries Reported Among U S Army Engineers Near Cambrai
General Pershing informed the War Department that Second Lieutenant Allie L. Cone and twelve enlisted men were wounded in action on November 30 while serving with British forces near Cambrai. Earlier cables claimed some engineers were killed, but no death names appear in the official casualty list.
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Washington
Dec. G
Allie ‘L. Cone
Pershing
War Department
General Pershing
Byng
Cambrai
Cable
Cone
Belgian Relief Commission Uncertain on Ships in Halifax
New York officials said the Belgian Relief Commission had no knowledge of which ships under its control were in Halifax harbor today. William Honnold cited the Nieuw Amsterdam as possibly there and noted six westbound relief ships might be present, but lack of master communications prevented identification. Norton, Lily & Company said several relief ships had sailed from Holland recently and would berth in Halifax, with sparse word until reaching the United States.
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New York
Belgian Relief Commission
Halifax
William Honnold
Nieuw Amsterdam
Éas
Nova Scotia
Relief Commission
Norton, Lily & Company
Holland
Malifax
United States
Halifax Bomb Disaster Narrates Massive Fire and Loss
In Halifax a munitions ship Mont Blanc collided with relief vessel at the harbor causing a massive explosion. The blast wrecked buildings, hurled people, and left the city in ruins as fires spread through Richmond and surrounding districts. Rescue teams race to identify dead and aid the injured amid a panic-filled evacuation.
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Mont Îlane
Ceak
Cne
Pictou
Dominion
Bodford Basin
New York
Bedford Basin
Richmond
Halifax
Special Relief Train Hurries From Boston to Halifax
A special train carrying forty doctors and supplies left Boston at 10 tonight for Halifax. Arrangements were made by the state committee of relief service with the state guard providing physicians. Railroads aided to expedite passage. the trip should take about twenty hours. The war department was to inform Halifax by wireless. The train includes two baggage cars two sleepers and a buffet car.
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Halifax
State Committee of Yuwolic Service
State Guard
Poston
Maine
Maine Central
War Department
Tragedy After Blast Leaves City in Ruin
Debris strewn streets reveal shattered bodies of men women and children. Fire chief and deputy perished when a fire engine exploded. Many students killed in North End schools as rescue efforts begin. Academy of Music and other public buildings opened to shelter the homeless with five hundred tents on the common. Troops vacate barracks to free space for women and children as relief operations continue.
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Pictou
North End
Academy of Music
West Virginia War Savings Plan Opens Mercer County Drive
Mercer County War Savings Committee chair L. A. Hooper plans to organize county efforts after a Charleston state meeting. West Virginia is allotted 23 408 20 to purchase stamps with a one thousand dollar limit per person. Stamps cost 25 cents and can be obtained at banks post offices ticket offices or coalfield commissaries.
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L. A. Hooper
Mercer County War Savings Committee
Charleston
Central Committee
West Virginia
Aftermath of Local Disaster Sees Wounded Transported to Hospitals
In an hour, ambulances and cars rush wounded to capacity hospitals as doctors and volunteers work nonstop. Twenty five injured are reported dead as more arrive from nearby towns. A citizens committee forms and asks for aid from outside points.
West Virginia and Virginia Weekend Weather Forecast
West Virginia expect fair weather in the west and snow in the east with Friday and Saturday showing improving conditions. Virginia forecasts fair weather Friday and Saturday with little temperature change across the region.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Byng Carries Out In Perfect Order In Cambrai Region
Berlin announces a ten day armistice on the Russian front beginning Friday at noon. British withdrawals from the Cambrai salient are reported complete with a shortened front and significant German gains claimed. Meletta sector battles continue with 11000 Italian prisoners and over sixty guns captured. Roumanians not seeking fraternization with Russian troops are noted.
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Jyng
Cambrai Salient
Salient
Cambrai
Moeuvre
Gonneieu
Berlin War Office
Brenta
Berlin
Gaston B. Means on Stand in Murder Trial
Gaston B. Means testified for six hours in Cabarrus county court as the murder trial of Mrs. Maude A. King proceeded. He described German plots uncovered while working for a private detective agency and his financial dealings as business agent for Mrs. King. Prosecutors planned a vigorous cross examination when his direct testimony resumes.
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Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Cabarrus County Court
Maude A. King
Blackwelder Spring
Small contributions aid soldier testament fund effort
Small sums from many donors push the Biole Fund toward its goal as the drive ends Tuesday. A quarter buys a testament for a soldier, and Bluefield leads with 464 soldiers sent to the army while local residents add daily from banks and collections.
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Bluefield
O Connor Declares Lincoln Still Alive to American Nation
British MP T P O'Connor stood at Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield and said Lincoln remains alive in spirit. He praised Lincoln's courage, selflessness, and loyalty, urging Americans to follow his example in defending the nation amid peril.
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Typ
O'Connor
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
T.p.o'connor
Mr. O'Connor
Lincoln
Armistice talk denied as enemy raids continue
Roumanian officials say efforts to fraternize were repelled by shot and shell. Denial issued that Ukraine opened peace talks with the Central Powers. A Thursday raid on east England by about 25 planes killed seven, wounded twenty one, with three London fatalities. two raiders shot down and crews captured.
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East England
London
Kalschmidt Directing Head of Big Conspiracy
Detroit witnesses link Albert C Kalschmidt to a wide conspiracy to destroy government and private property in Canada. William Leffler testifies of a dynamite attack at the Peabody Overall Plant in Walkerville Ontario and corroborates Charles Resta who says Kalschmidt directed the plot to destroy munitions ships in New York harbor.
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Detroit
Mich
Albert C. Kalschmidt
Kalschmidt
William Leffler
Kingston
Peabody Overall
Walkerville
Ontario
Leffler
Charles Resta
Peabody
Resta
Canada
New York Harbor
Red Cross Sends Aid to Stricken Halifax
The American Red Cross began relief to Halifax with a Boston train carrying six disaster relief workers and supplies. A New York Red Cross train delivered food mattresses blankets and clothing for women and children. Two workers Foster Racewell and J S Elsworth were in Halifax at the time of the explosion and wired that details would follow.
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Washington
Halifax
Red Cross
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Canada
Foster Racewell
J. S. Elsworth
Jesse H. Jones
Military Relief
Rockwell
Elsworth
Polson Iron Works in Toronto Burned
Fire originating in the pattern shop at Polson Iron Works on the Toronto waterfront destroyed that building and sheds and badly damaged a freight boat and a trawler. Total damage estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars. Three large ocean freighters and two trawlers were under construction. two freighters went overboard, the third on the ways damaged delaying launching. Reconstruction planned immediately.
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Toronto
Ont
Poulson Iron Works
American Sailor Dead Gunner's Mate Injured
Vice Admiral Sims reported a seaplane accident in the war zone with one sailor killed and Seaman Claude Alvert Baker fatally injured. Baker, enlisted 1916 in Nashville, is from Sparrows Point Maryland. Richard W. Thompson, another gunners mate, suffered a broken right thigh and re enlisted in France in 1917.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Claude Alvert Baker
Baker
Nashville
Tenn
William ‘Rb. Baker
Sparrows Point
Maryland
Richard W. Thompson
France
J. Thompson
Raleigh
Xii, C
Means Unifying Rail Lines Discussed for War Effort
Washington discussions among President Wilson Commerce Commission leaders Secretary McAdoo and railway heads stressed rapid unification of railroad operation. Senators and rail interests cited a need for 1 billion dollars for terminals and rolling stock and urged suspension of anti trust and pooling laws to enable government backed unified rail operation. The Senate Judiciary Committee moved to report favorably Senator Overman’s bill suspending the Clayton Act for railroads until 1919.
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Congress
Commerce Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
McAdoo
Newlands
Railway War Board
Capitol
Congressional Committee
Commission
Hall
Clark and Myers
White House
Treasury
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Overman
War Declaration Seen Soon in Both Houses
Congress to vote within 24 hours on a declaration of war with Austria-Hungary. Debate to begin tomorrow in the Senate and House. Turkey and Bulgaria are not included due to procedural and drafting differences, despite Wilson's advice. Administration leaders expect brief debate and overwhelming approval.
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Washington
Austria-Hungary
Congress
Senate
House
Turkey
Bulgaria
Wilson
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J. W. Hobson
J. R. Cameron
George Capito
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