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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1912
Page
8
Halifax disaster devastates the city with thousands killed or injured as relief trains, doctors, and nurses rush to aid. Eyewitness accounts describe burning streets, shattered buildings, and massive debris while survivors recount the horror and urgent evacuations to nearby towns.
On the steamship Northland bound for Halifax, Captain Snow takes several hundred passengers aboard. Many race to locate kin in Dartmouth and the stricken city, but telegraph and phone messages are returned unread. Relatives include Kempton family of Cambridge and Macdonalds of Tremont Street, with fear for absent brothers, sisters, and in laws.
Miss Marion Baxter of St John, a dietitian at the military hospital, narrowly escaped death when the hospital on Pier 2 Halifax exploded. She fell on stairs but escaped with slight bruises as the building was demolished and several others were cut or bruised. Baxter noted every pane of glass was broken and injuries likely ran into the thousands.
The Keating family details their Halifax ties and missing relatives as the Northland approaches Yarmouth. John A. Keating of Somerville reports his mother in Halifax and lists relatives in Boston and Halifax. The train plan shows Halifax passengers arriving around 8 o clock tonight after travel from the devastated district.
Anxiety grows as the entire Halifax immigration staff faces an uncertain fate. The unit, led by Inspector Fred Totman and including Inspector Herman Ackerland and others from Boston Worcester Vermont Vermont, remains unheard after deployment near the American consulate on the waterfront.
A heavy snowstorm and looming blizzard paralyzed Halifax as relief trains with vital supplies were delayed by drifts. Hundreds of injured travelers were stranded as the city faced impossible medical facilities and mounting hardships.
Exhausted relief teams labor amid high drifts and shattered structures in Halifax after a catastrophic explosion. Communications falter, windows are blown out, and hundreds shelter in shattered streets as relief trains struggle through snowbound roads toward the city. Authorities fear rising death toll and delay for Massachusetts and American Red Cross aid.
The St John relief committee reports fearful morgue scenes after the Halifax disaster. Families mourn as dozens, including a bride to be and railroad workers, are among the dead. The wreckage extends to Bradford and an Ottawa inquiry is awaited.
Dec 7 report notes difficulty naming missing individuals as families scatter and communications fail. Officials say full casualty figures will take days to determine as more information emerges.
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