Stricken City Faces Famine After Blizzard Delays Relief
Two Boston girls Miss Katherine White and Miss Dorothy McKenzie, daughters of Dorchester residents, reached Boston from Halifax with a Canadian officer as the first survivors after the catastrophe. They traveled amid stalled trains and scarce food supplies amid the blizzard.
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Bangor
Boston
Halifax
Katherine White
John J. White
Richfield Street
Dorchester
Dorothy McKenzie
K. McKenzie
Magnolia Street
Convent Girls Recalls Halifax Explosion Aftermath
Miss White and fellow students describe the blast at Rockingham near Halifax. They rushed to open fields as windows shattered, hospital wards formed in the music and dining rooms, and wounded and dead were placed on cots. Refugees flooded the suburb as families sheltered together.
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Miss White
Mt. St. Vincent’s
Rockingham
Halifax
Academy
Boston Girls Safe After Dorchester Convent Fire
Dorchester parents of several young women in the Mt St Vincent convent at Halifax report ongoing assurances of safety after Thursday’s fatal blaze. Sisters Cecilia Marion Catherine White Maria White Marion Josephine Marion De Salles Lydia Calnan and others connected to Dorchester address the fire's disruption while Catherine White and Dorothy Mackenzie suffer injuries from falling glass and plan to return to Boston soon.
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Dorchester
Mt. St. Vincent Convent
Halifax
Cecilia Marion
J. J. Bernard
Rock Terrace
Catherine White
Maria
John J. White
Richfield Street
Mary Garvey
Margaret Garvey
Linden Street
Marion Josephine
William McGee
Rossiter Street
Marion de Salles
William Hartigan
Station 4
tSast Street
Lydia Calnan
Margaret Calnan
Leroy Street
Dorothy Mackenzie
Magnolia Street
Bangor
Miss White
Mackenzie
Boston
Pilot Reports 1600 Bodies Recovered In Disaster
St John New Brunswick December seventh pilot Thomas Trainor said 1600 bodies had been recovered. He described several steamers in Halifax harbor damaged and noted a large number of seamen killed.
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ST. John
N. B
Halifax
Thomas Trainor
Destruction Witnesses Describe Grim Aftermath of Catastrophe
C H Frizzell reports seeing numerous charred bodies along Campbell road and in fields near Halifax to Needham. An observer recalls a dazed woman with a child and a headless infant, and a Richmond school where 200 children perished. A mother seeks help as four family members die in a burning home.
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C. H. Frizzell
Campbell Road
Halifax
Needham
Richmond
R. G. Marsh
Truro Faces Massive Trains Disaster After Halifax Crash
Truro Academy, courthouse, fire hall, and military hospitals overflow with Halifax crash victims arriving in waves. Red Cross and locals aid the wounded as several die en route and after arrival. Makeshift operating rooms use top provincial surgeons amid wiped out families.
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Truro Academy
Truro
N. S
Halifax
Red Cross
Lear Home Destroyed Four Miles From Explosion Scene
A telegram to P J A Lear in Boston from his Halifax relatives reports a Halifax blast wrecking a 22 room house over four miles from the waterfront collision. The sender quotes the mother saying all is well and the house is shattered. The owner mentions pilot Haynes of the Mont Blanc and hints at possible foul play.
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P. J. A. Lear
Columbus Avenue
Boston
F. Lear
Fairmount
Northwest Arm
Halifax
Lear
Haynes
Mont Blanc
Halifax Harbor
Saved by Accident on Train Near Halifax
B J Goldberg a New York businessman on a train eight miles from Halifax reached Boston last night and recounted witnessing explosions and aiding hundreds of injured and blinded women and children to Truro.
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B. J. Goldberg
New York
Halifax
Boston
Truro
I Saw Halifax Explosion Horror on Train From Africville
Mr. Goldberg recounts riding a late train from St John to Halifax that reached the burning Africville area after the explosion. He helped carry injured to cars, described blinded victims and dead children, and witnessed trains anew to Truro with about 150 seriously wounded.
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Goldberg
St. John
Halifax
Africville
Mr. Goldberg
Truro
Charles J. Clarke
Montreal
Boston
West 141St Street
New York City
Scenes of Destruction Surpass European Battlefields
Duncan Loy, arriving in St John New Brunswick, recounts a waterfront shell shed collapse after an explosion. He was inspecting shells when the blast hit and narrowly escaped as the shed fell around him. This is his eyewitness account of the incident and its devastation.
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ST. John
N. B
Europe
Ilitax
Duncan ‘Oy
Sacred Heart Convent Children All Saved
In St John New Brunswick F H Pattee of Holyoke Massachusetts reports he survived the Halifax Hotel explosion. He recalls being in the corridor when it shattered, receiving cuts to head and ear. Local bishop E A LeBlanc says all Sacred Heart Convent and St Marys School children escaped.
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ST. John
N. B
F. H. Pattee
Holyoke
Mass
Halifax
E. A. LeBlanc
Sacred Heart Convent
St. Mary's School
Halifax Victims Get $100 000 From Victory Loan Drive
Montreal mayor Mederic Martin after a conference with victory loan leaders urged the Royal Bank of Canada to place 100000 at once for Halifax victims. He also contacted Lord Shaughnessy to mobilize similar support through the Canadian Pacific Railway in this fundraising effort.
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Montreal
Mederic Martin
Victory Loan Committee
Royal Bank of Canada
Halifax
Lord Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Victory Loan
U S Warship Converts to Hospital at Halifax in Blizzard
A U S warship, 52 miles offshore when the explosion struck, reports a blizzard has made Halifax conditions dire. The ship has established a hospital aboard and dispatched crews to erect shelters for the homeless, aiding the wounded and displaced residents of the stricken city.
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Washington
Halifax
Navy Department
Six Missing in Crew of Belgian Relief Ship
A telegram from Halifax reported Captain H. From and the first three officers along with three crew members of the Belgian relief ship Imo are missing after a collision with the Mont Blanc. Names of the six missing sailors are not available aside from the captain.
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New York
H. From
Imo
Mont Blanc
Norton, Lilly & Co
Halifax
Steamer carries 20 passengers to search for relatives in Halifax
A steamer bound for Yarmouth carried 20 passengers who rushed to reach Halifax to locate relatives and friends in the stricken city. The vessel is due at Yarmouth at 7 am and will reach Halifax by 4:30 pm via quick rail connections.
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Yarmouth
Halifax
Halifax Tragedy Terrifies Passengers Heard Across Distances
A telegraph report from Truro describes women brought from Halifax who could not name themselves after the disaster. A St. John train crewman says cries and shrieks from the explosion were audible to passengers miles away as the wreckage occurred near the depot.
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Truro
Halifax
St. John
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