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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
9
Halifax reports 2000 dead and about the same number injured as fires rage and debris search continues. Eyewitnesses recount terror after_IMO collision with Mont Blanc detonated 4000 tons of explosive causing massive destruction. Rescue trains arrive. shelters open. hospitals and schools convert to aid centers.
Eyewitness accounts from Halifax detail the horror of the disaster including a Mount St. Vincent student group, extensive building collapses at Richmond, and scenes of victims in the streets. Former editor William Barton recalls the sudden shock, wreckage, and frantic rescue attempts as civilians and soldiers converged on the devastated area.
A Halifax telegraph operator says he saw the bodies of several United States Navy sailors killed by yesterday’s explosion near Halifax. Washington reports no American ship was in the harbor at the time, suggesting any sailors in the blast would have appeared in earlier dispatches from the assisting naval commander.
The American Red Cross dispatches multiple relief trains from Boston and New York with doctors nurses and medical supplies to Halifax after a devastating catastrophe. Officials expect thousands of deaths and coordinate with Canadian authorities, with J F Moors and S Huntington Wolcott directing operations and a Boston medical base hospital being sent.
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3320 for a replacement copy. After 6 30 o clock call telephone No 2 for assistance.
News dispatch from Washington reports a naval commander believes about 5000 people may have died in the Halifax harbor explosion and fire that devastated North Halifax and Dartmouth. The wreckage included three ships sunk and many others damaged with buildings burning. A guard was landed to aid relief efforts as a Belgian relief ship Imo escaped catastrophic blast. Holland liner Nieuw Amsterdam passengers and crew were confirmed safe in Halifax.
Settlement of the oil workers strike affecting 8.00 percent of men in Texas and Louisiana producing fields was agreed this morning. A written agreement will be signed by producers and workers this afternoon, as stated by San Felice, a Great Quality Dig.z. advertisement.
Berlin claims Marcoing occupation as British withdraw from exposed positions west of Cambrai. French report Verdun repelled German assaults east of the Meuse. British air raids hit Belgian bases including Ypres and Bruges, destroying several aircraft and damaging docks.
The first American unit to receive the fourragere decoration is sanitary section No. 5. Delayed notice says Gen. Petain praised their splendid conduct before the enemy after receiving two prior citations. The French mission notes the award honors brave men and the solidarity of French and American troops on the battlefield.
William G. Weart, prominent baseball writer and secretary of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, died at his Philadelphia home of typhoid pneumonia at age 45. Born in Independence, Iowa, he was esteemed as a leading sports authority.
An official notice from Jassy reports Roumanians will cooperate with Russian troops in the armistice, while Roumanian forces rejected fraternization terms. Hostilities paused along the front as of today. El Tovar Broadleaf Havana Se Cigar advertisement.
Austrians report 11,000 prisoners and sixty guns taken in two days of hard fighting. Four thousand more Italians captured, total 15,000, as fronts near Asiago Brenta fight hard. Italians retreat to prepared positions, defend Monte Fior Castelgomberto, Meletta, and Brenta line. Heavy losses on both sides, turning moves observed, weather favors attackers, Russian prisoners freed as propaganda, Asiago plateau likened to Verdun.
The piece urges Good Fellows to aid needy children this winter, not just with toys but warm clothing, food, and fuel. It notes many families contribute through liberty bonds and urges readers to relieve parents from telling children Santa Claus cannot come this year. Being a Good Fellow means serving fellowman and country.
Eight people were injured when passenger trains Nos. 13 and 28 collided headon at Boyd siding, eight miles west of Cedar Falls Iowa. No fatalities reported though several suffered serious injuries. air brakes reportedly failed as No 13 tried to stop for a switch. Local hospital care arranged for the injured.
Washington announces President Wilson nominates Coffin of Michigan as chairman and Richard Howe of New York as a member of the government aircraft board. The brief notice notes the appointments were made in Washington D. C. on December 7.
Washington December 7 194 with less than an hour of debate the senate passed a resolution declaring war on Austria Hungary. Senator Stone opened debate detailing the alliance with Germany and Italy France and Belgium and the need to act. The house was expected to act before nightfall as both chambers balanced on consolidation.
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