Halifax Disaster Toll Mounts After Munitions Ship Explosion
Halifax reports show fires, snow hinder rescue as hundreds perish. From Moncton and Windsor aid arrives, doctors, nurses, and supplies rush in while North Halifax lies ruined and many buildings burn. Officials fear five thousand dead though unverified.
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Halifax Blast Toll Prompts Red Cross Trains
Halifax reports indicate the Imo collided with Mont Blanc in Halifax harbor and caused massive destruction. Officials say at least 2,000 lives may be lost as telegraph and telephone lines failed and the city was isolated. A Red Cross relief train with doctors and nurses heads for Halifax while another special train moves from Bangor toward the scene. The disaster draws international aid and a cautious search for survivors continues.
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Senate Votes for War on Austria
Dec 1 report that the Senate adopted a resolution declaring war on Austria Hungary by 74 to 0. Gronna Norris and Vardaman opposed the German War declaration, La Follette left during debates and did not vote. House action expected to reconcile two resolutions with one dissenting vote. Continued on Page 4.
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Fragmented Nova Scotia train and Windsor fire reports
Eyewitness accounts describe graphic injuries after a rail wreck near St. John and nose and eye injuries. Investigators cite an infernal machine detonating an express car on a Northern Pacific train near Bismarck two weeks earlier, with sixty thousand dollars lost. Windsor fire followed a car explosion described by express messengers, filling the car with smoke and rapid fire spread.
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Italians Defeated as Austrians Claim Turning Movement
Vienna reports a renewed Austro-Hungarian effort on the Asiago plateau amid heavy snow and cold. It says Italian resistance collapsed on the Meletta ridge and Monte Gifla fell, with Kaiserjaeger regiment on Monte Gifla and Monte Bello cut off. Prisoners reportedly exceed 14,000 as fighting continued near the Brenta and Valstagna sectors.
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