09 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1917
Page
1
A local notice lists six Mure names of survivors led by Jacob Jones with a formal announcement. The item notes a community acknowledgment and brief details about the survivors and event.
Navy reports six survivors from the Jacob rescued after a Teuton submarine attack hundreds of miles off the British Isles. Survivors landed at Scilly Island and include Junior Grade Commander W. D. Nant, Chief Boatswain's Mate Clar Jones McBryde, and Lieutenant Lawrence Ver wy among others. additional crew saved earlier bring total to 43.
Rev. George Adam survivor describes Halifax explosion as hell on earth with panicked exodus, wrecked streets, dying and injured civilians, burning factories, and scenes of mothers searching for children. He recalls flames, smoke, and eerie night visions as the city burned.
Two Wilmington ministers Rev. M. T. Plyler and Rev. J. H. Shore were elected delegates to the General Conference by the North Carolina Methodist Conference. The session noted perfect minutes and discussed Greensboro College for Women and Trinity College, with Dr. Turrentine describing the college’s progress and finances.
Ecuador, breaking with Germany without Congress, cites German agents in inciting riots and arson. Quito denounces Berlin, suspends relations as 13 Latin American republics unite against Kaiserism with Argentina wavering under IgoYen.
Washington December 8 Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo authorized a credit of 2 million dollars to Belgium. This lifts Belgium total loan to 67.9 million and allied total to 3.8859 billion.
Antic City New Jersey December 8 eleven people died when the tug Eugene F Moran of New York foundered off Atlantic City. The Moran Towing Company of New York owned the vessel.
Rome dispatch reports Teuton troops concentrating for an attack between the Frenzela valley when Italian artillery opened heavy fire. The official statement notes intensified bombardment.
Berlin reports further German advances beyond Cambrai with English forces pushed back about seven tenths of a mile near Graincourt. The official bulletin notes enemy attempts at Lavacquerie were repelled and over two days of fighting Germans captured two guns and three machine guns.
United Press dispatch from Munich says Russian German armistice negotiations are not proceeding smoothly. Berlin Lokal Anzeiger quotes Maximalists ready to end the war at all costs. The Lokal Anzeiger story is datelined Petrograd.
Washington reports say President Wilson will select a single official to run America's major railroads as part of the wartime mobilization. Officials caution no decision has been announced while railroad executives negotiate with the government to avoid control. Investors press Congress for guarantees, with security holders seeking a stable average return around four to four and a half percent.
Seminary student R. T. Orama described the Mont Blanc explosion and its aftermath in St. John New Brunswick. He witnessed a city blanketed by snow while Halifax lay nearly isolated with burning ruins and seas of broken glass as rescuers pulled survivors from the wreckage amid screams and dying flames. Over a thousand bodies lay in icy solitude.
Citizens realize the scale of the disaster as scarce timber halts coffin production. Flickering light and somber scenes reveal the full extent of losses, with families awaiting final bounds on memorials and burial supplies.
Halifax faces a frozen, scattered death toll with 1 200 bodies in the north end and thousands injured. Relief trains from the United States arrived as the city braces for famine risks and needed coffins while caring for 20 000 homeless.
Vienna reported prisoners taken in the renewed Iran drive reaching a total of 0. The war office noted strong points east of Asiago including Ste captured as the advance continued.
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