Halifax Disaster Shatters Port After Munitions Ship Blast
Halifax suffers enormous loss after a munition ship explosion collides in the harbor. The blast ignites fires across the north end, sinks several vessels, collapses railway depots, and leaves widespread destruction. Reports place dead in the hundreds or more, with thousands injured and relief efforts racing to reach the stricken city.
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Germany
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Canadian Government Railwaye
New Foundland
Great Britain
West Indies
Canada
Flanders
France
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Queen's Hotel
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Sackville St. Marka
Montreal
Government Railways
ST. John N. B
N.S
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Thin Leity
Western Union Telegraph Company
Malian
Wihhn
Americans to Fight in Italy and War on Austria Hungary
Washington reports the House Foreign Affairs Committee expects a war resolution to pass soon. It notes the United States will likely send aid to Italy and may declare war on Austria-Hungary, while debates over including Turkey and Bulgaria continue in Congress.
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Ancona
WADOO NAMES WOMAN LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEES
Secretary McAdoo named all members of the National Woman's Liberty Loan committees Ava Ella Flagg Young of Chicago and Mrs Ella Baldwin of San Francisco They will attend women's shorty loan conferences in Washington beginning December 10 Commended for bravery Washington Dec 5 Lighthouse service watchman Louis Amundsen and seaman Mazhkk Mer Donough were officially commended for bravery for a rescue at a bay in deep water at Ketchikan Alaska
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National Woman's Liberty Loan
Ava
Ella Flagg Young
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Baldwin
San Francisco
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Mazh Kk Mer Donough
States Lighthouse Service
Ketchikan
Alaska
Italians Capture Territory In Alpine Offensive
Eleven thousand Italians have been captured by Austro German forces in a northern Italy offensive. Italian positions in the Melétta region were taken, with more than sixty guns seized. The Rome front reports heavy fighting as Kaliris withdraw near Monte Castelgomberto. Arsenal attack details emphasize repulsed assaults and substantial enemy losses, as fluid near Monte Ton Jerovar and Anlago heights continues.
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Berlin
Italy
Gérman War Office
Melétta
Atatement
Ee Gore Aiea Beemen
Hytha
Monte Ton
Jerovar
Anlago
Asingoy
Monte Sisemol
Monte Meletin
Armistice Arranged for Ten Days on All Fronts
The War Office announced through London that hostilities would pause on the Turkish front for ten days beginning at noon Friday. The tentative truce covers the entire theater per the Berlin dispatches.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Swedish delegates to meet Americans for Sweden supply talks
Stockholm Sweden Pee Marcual Wallendvre brother of the former Swedish foreign minister and Gunnar Cartyon president of the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company of Gothenburg named Sweden's delegates to negotiate in London with American delegates on foot supplies for Sweden, tonnage and related questions.
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Pee
Marcual Wallendvre
Gunnar Cartyon
Gothensborg
Sween
London
Armerican
Sweden
Finns appeal for quick help from Scandinavia
A Copenhagen based Telegraph dispatch reports Finnish food committees urge Scandinavian nations to aid Finland as dire shortages grow. They say Finland cannot feed itself and thousands of families face hardship if relief does not arrive. Russian collier organizations have seized cargo and cut imports from Russia.
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London
Am Exchange
Copenhagen
Finland
Orrivea
Elmaraniia
U boat Torpedo Sinks Turkish Steamer Anapa
Survivors report a Turkish steamer Anapa was sunk by a German submarine after a second torpedo hit a lifeboat, killing several and drowning all but three of the fourteen women aboard. Mrs Hartigan, wife of the Accra customs controller, died after refusing removal from her cabin as fever and illness spread on the sinking ship.
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Nec
Apapa
Hartigan
Accra
Gold Coast
Gether
Sapk
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