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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
3
A fragment from Henry Belk includes a tale of Fess the night drinker fleeing after gunshots, a humorous ode to a little brown mule for gas, quips on pigs turning into hogs, and satirical musings about coal price, snow, a black and white cat’s music, and a Lancaster man’s bacon loss observed by an ant.
Canadian soldier Duncan Grey, who inspected shells on Halifax’s waterfront, recounts the catastrophic explosion. He pulled 22 men and children from debris, described sightlines of burning ruins and mourning families, and said the horror rivaled battlefields in Europe. The bishop noted all Sacred Heart convent and St Mary’s School children escaped.
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