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THE BOSTON GLOBE-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1917 GREATER BOSTON AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND MEN OF CANADIAN ARMY PHOTOGRAPHED AT HALIFAX, WHERE THEY ARE BEING TRAINED FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE MOST OF THE MEN IN THIS lSOS ISoh'I CANADIAN THE sTcONDOW dVeCTLV BEHIND THE PRIVATE WHOSE LEFT HAND IS CLASPING THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. MAJ WALKLEY WAS SENT TO HALIFAX FROM BOSTON LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. MAP SHOWING SECTION OF HALIFAX DEVASTATED BY EXPLOSION AND FIRE, INDICATED BY SHADED PORTION TRAGEDY GREATEST CANADA HAS KNOWN Halifax Disaster Loads in Number of Deaths 7TTW I mm MMg Jtr. JD 1 vjM IH 11 II II 113 4- I Jg" I Jf 1 I Sinking of Empress of Ireland, With 934 Fatalities, Second HORRORS OF HALIFAX UNEQUALED IN WAR Harrowing Scenes Surpass Any On Battlefields, Says Survivor Frenzied Men Rush About Wildly in Search Of Lost Loved Ones gT JOHN 7-The battlefields hi II LI 0 Ml Til I ILLU IULL of Europe do not tmpply a parallel to witnesM at Halifax, in trie OF DEAD AND DYING opinion of Duncan Grey, who arrived in 8t John today.

Continned From the First The Halifax catastrophe, eapcinllv I the number of lives lost, will rank an by far the greatest In the hlMory of Dominion. The only event that even approm hru It In that respect In the slnkln of the Canadian Pacific Railway Twiner Km-preas of Ireland near Father Polnl In the St Lawrence River on May 111 4. when Ml nernons periHhed, compured with tho 2000 or more ulrwylv credited to the Halifax eatiintroph. The KnipreHs of Ireland diHiinti'r, moreover, had Hoveral Mrlkln points of similarity In Its orlxln to the crash which wrought such frightful havoc hi Hull, fax. Both were I he remilt of vewell cominn together.

In each rao It wn a Norwegian vessel which rammed tlia other ship and In each can the cranh was attributed to a confusion in whUtl signals. Heavy Toll in Forest Fire Forest fires which swept Nortlurn Ontario tn July, 1915, wiping out the towns of Cochrane and Matheaon, may be ranked third, with 366 dead, and the Porcupine forest fire, also In Northern Ontario, in August, 1911, had a dMtl list of about 200. Disastrous forest fires also ttwept the Painy Ktver and I.akewoixl districts In Ontario and the Brunswick lumber woods In the name year. While the loss of life was exceeded In these conftaKratlnns, the Kreateat foreet fire In the history of Canada was that known as the Mirimlchl fire of IWt. which destroyed MOO MUSM miles of pine forests, or one-fifth of the land surface of the province of New Rruns-wick.

One hundred and sixty persons either were burned or drowned, f89 and 875 head of cattle destroyed. The towns of T-ouglasiown and Newcaatl wtre wiped out. He wan engaged in inspection In a shed on the water front when the tievaatatioit began and barely escaped before the buildirsff collap.ed. This Is hu story: "A fee after the roar of the explosion a gust of wind swept through the shed and then down came pillars, boards and beamf. I rushed to the open and the right that met my gaze was the womt that 1 hope ever to see in this world.

snattered buildings have perished of cold and hunger. Battered by a biting wind and blinding snow, the plight of the survivors of yesterday's holocaust is little short of desperate. Houses Open to Storm The windows and doors of virtually every house in the city were shat- Horrors of War Surpassed 1 have been in the trenches in France. 1 have one Yver the top." Friends and i m- ores- 1 tered by the explosion which wrecked ORDER INQUIRY INTO HALIFAX DISASTER Continued From tae First Pave. teers were searching the ruins of the North End today business was entirely suspended.

The leading citizens devoted their efforts to organizing the work of relief and substantial progress was made in this respect. ECHOES OF HALIFAX EXPLOSION I In a school in Richmond 200 children perished. Thomas Trainor, a pilot, says 1600 bodies have teen recovered. All children in the Sacred Heart Convent and St Mary's School escaped, ac-I cording to Bishop E. A.

Le Blanc. The matron and all but two of the children at the Protestant Orphanage maintenance will reach between and $30,000,000. "The persons rendered destitute constitute that portion of Halifax and Dartmouth least able to bear the loss, and they must be immediately relieved by generous assistance of their fellow-citizens throughout Canada." romnwfi" iuc enre. I have seen scores of dead men lying upon the battlefield, but the sight that greeted me yesterday was a tho-j-aand times worse and far more pathetic. "I saw people tying around under thr.bers.

stones and other debris; some scattered beyond recognition and others groaning In their last agonies. "Rushing here and there I struggled to assist them. snd as near as I can re-jnem'ier pulled out men and children the Richmond section and devastated a large part of the water front. Improvised barricades of boards give little protection against the elements, and attempts to heat buildings, into which the snow is steadily drifting, are hopeless. The city was again in darkness tonight except for the illumination af were killed.

Thirty girls employed at the plant of the Rchmond Printing Company were victims of the disaster. A 6-year-old child was blown through the roof of its home; rolled int the street and escaped with only a few scratches. forded by a scanty supply of oil unless these were carefully screened they were extinguished as soon as lighted by the gale which whistled through the crude shutters. HALIFAX PUBLISHER PUTS DEAD AT 1000 William Dennis Wires Daughter in Boston scope of the contemplated investigation so large the tribunal is to be named. It will consist of a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and two technical advisers, one a naval man and the other a mercantile marine expert.

Justice Krysdale, the only Admiralty judge of Nova Scotia, probably will head the commission. H0LY0KE MEN AMONG SURVIVORS AT HALIFAX ST JOHN. B. Dec 7 F. H.

Puttee of Holyoke, Mass, a survivor of the Halifax catastrophe, left St John tonight on his way to Holyoke. He said: "I was sitting in the corridor of the Halifax Hotel reading when the explosion occurred. I was showered Relief Work Begun An emergency meeting of the citizens of Halifax was held at the City Hall today. Lieut Gov Grant and Deputy Mayor Colwell presided. No words were wasted and the large audience listened with intense interest and Tinging applause to the sheaf of telegrams from far and near which have poured in with messages of sympathy and promises of assistance, much of which is on the way and some already here.

Two telegrams came from the Duke of Devonshire, Governor General of Canada, who is in Regina. He said, in one: "Regret news; hope for exaggeration; tender sympathy and offer all aid." that life and death go hand in hand. Deaths too horrible to describe occurred simultaneously with miraculous escapes. A 6-year-old child was blown through the roof of a house in Young st, rolled from the roof to the ground and suffered only a few scratches. Another child was rescued from the ruins in Richmond apparently unhurt.

This rescue and others like it have added to the fear that many maimed by falling build- settled down, story on story, crushing everything within. It was necessary to remove the wreckage layer by layer to rescue the inmates. One party of soldiers worked for an hour and a half to release a girl pinned under debris, whose moans urged them to still greater effort. Just as they lifted the last of the wreckage from her she breathed her last. Passengers on a ferryboat near the Dartmouth shore felt the concussion from the water even before it was felt in the air.

Glass crashed in and passengers were cut and bruised. head and one he witn DroKen glass and my ear were cut. I hurried to the street and lived tense hours in the scenes of Suffering Terrible Only a small percentage of the houses had even this slight protection from the storm. The sufferings of those who escaped have been increased by the fact that every available blanket and quilt has been requisitioned for the hundreds of injured in the temporary hospitals. Many of these are wonnded so gravely that their only hope lies in the best of care.

Serious fears are felt that cold, shock and exposure William Dennis, editor and proprietor of the Halifax Herald, in a telegram to his daughter, who is now in Boston, gives the following meagre description of the stricken city: "Dockyard and all north to Fairview and west to Exhibition Building and also north to Dartmouth wiped out. Rest of city windowless. Probably 1000 killed. All Herald windows and north desolation. Rt Rev E.

A. LeBlanc, the Catholic bishop in St John, today received word that all the children of the Sacred Heart Convent and at St Mary's School in Halifax escaped. Nearby Towns Help insra and unable to help themselves Calls to all the nearby towns which nprighe(j in the flames or have been side Dennis Building windows, also nt TERRIBLE STORIES TOLD aim iiunn winaows or nome smaKnea and all houses in Dartmouth and Bedford similarly wrecked. We all escaped uninjured." Victoria Death List 196 The overturning of the excursion steamer Victoria In the Thames at London, Ont, May 24, mi, cost 196 Uvea. Great fires have swept several Canadian cities, but with small loss of life.

May 2S, 18415. fires In the city of Quebec made 16,000 persons homeless. The great fire In Rt John. B. June 20, 1877, which destroyed half the cltv.

made 13,000 homeless; while June 13. 18IW, Vancouver, which then had a population of only 200ft, was entirely swept away. The Toronto fire of April 19, 1901. threw 6000 persons out of employment, but did not result in any loss of lift, In the Parliament IluildlngH lire at Ottawa Feb 3, 1916, only two persons lost their lives. The fall of the Quebec Itrldge In August, 1917, resulted in the loss of 7ft lives, 14 more being sacrificed when the center span fell in September, 1916.

The cyclone which struck the city of Regina, Sask. June 30, 1S12. while It caused great destruction of property, had the surprisingly small casualty list of one killed and 10 Injured. COUNTS 169 BODIES OF VICTIMS OF CATASTROPHE RT JOHN. B.

Dec 7-Hteamera arriving from Halifax today added to the story of death and suffering Thomas Trainor, a pilot, said that 1600 bodies had been recovered, lie had seen several steamers In the harbor that had been damaged and said that the number of seamen killed was large. O. fl. Frlzzil reported having seen charred bodies In Campbell road. While walking from Halifax to Needham he counted 169 bodies scattered In the fields.

One grewsomo story thai he told is. however unpleasant, typical of the effect of the catastrophe and no worthy to be recorded. fie saw a woman strolling, apparently dazed, along til' railroad track. With one hand she led a small child. On the other arm she bore the headless body of an Infun Another arrival said that In a school at Richmond 200 children had met death.

R. G. Marsh reported having seen a mother standing In the street calllnrr for help, that was not to be had, for her husband and four children Imprisoned In their burning home. It was impossible even to approach the house. In another house in which he made his way In an efTort to be of aid he dl-( overed four bodies piled one on the otter.

r. under tno Sliuusn rmht In the affected district I witnessed the full horror of the situation. Partially blinded by the smoke from burning dwellings. 1 groped about as-voting some of the poor mothers anil little ones who were running about reaming and searching vainly for lost ones. In many instances never to be een by them again.

District a Living Hell struggled on. coming across more and more bodies of dead men. dead women and dead children. Death was verywhere. "Flames were sweeping a wide rath-way for themselves.

Doomed structure were belching forth great volumes of smoke from doors and windows. The district was a living Hell. "Half-strangled by the smoke I Kept puling out bodie from under beams and fallen chimneys and other wreckage. Home of the bodies were without clothing Manv were so mutilated that It was difficult to realise that they were human. Some men were virtually demented.

Thinking only of their wives and children, thev dashed about in the burning debris, risking their lives with the single thought of rescuing their "'will never forget how I felt in that hour. 1 saw little kiddies running along some with blood streaming from them, some were crying for their mothers while wives and husbands raced about tn frenzj. Po pathetic a scene has never been witnessed on the battlefield." HUNDREDS OF HALIFAX SUFFERERS IN TRURO TRURO. S. Dec 7 The Truro Academy, the Courthouse, the fire hall and the military hospitals were filled tonight with the wounded who have arrived Irom Halifax tn endless procession today.

The Red Cross and all the townspeople are doing their utmost to relieve the sufferers. Their hearts are heavy, but their minds are fastened on the urgent work before them. There are no Idlers. Several of the injured died on the trains while in transit. Others died after reaching Truro.

Operating rooms liave been improvised and numbers of aerious cases, requiring the surgeon's knife, have been operated upon. The beat professional skill the Province commands is being employed. The hospital records already show Instances where whole families have wiped out. frozen. Some of those reported missing have been found and some families have been reunited.

Among those reported dead but who escaped was Dr Murdock Chisholm. The body of Capt James, port boarding officer, was recovered from the ruins of Pier 8. Lieut Commander James A. Murray was killed in the dock yard. When the body of Elizabeth Ryan, will result in an outbreak of pneumonia.

A single telegraph wire, bending dangerously in the storm, offered Halifax only a precarious means of communication with the outside world and it was feared momentarily that this line would snap. At best it gave only a halting connection with other points. Telegraph and tele- "cic eni yesieraay tor meuicai supplies, doctors and nurses were answered immediately. Mrs Jessie Jones, director of women's work, Washington, offered Red Cross supplies, asked for information as to what is most needed, and assured special transportation. Vancouver, Saskatoon, Quebec, Montreal, Hamilton, Windsor and St John all wired similar offerings of food and other aid.

The American ship in port offered 150 blankets. The manager of the terminals offered food and shelter for 200 persons. Capt "De Carteret of the French Cable Company said he would provide a temporary hospital. His offer may be accepted for the 80 inmates of the deaf and dumb institution, which is in such a dangerous condition that it may be necessary to vacate it. I phone companies were making des BY HALIFAX SURVIVORS ST JOHN.

B. Dec 7 Eyewitnesses of the Halifax explosion reaching here today told details of the horrors through which they (passed. In the party were If young women students from Mt St Vincent's Acarf-emy, including Mias Katherino C. White and Miss Dorothy McKenzie of Boston. Train conducter J.

C. Gillespie said that at Richmond fully 50 percent or the buildings collapsed, babies were lying in th! streets dead, mothers and fathers killed. He mentioned the family of Ernest Cameron, a P. R. operator, who himseir was killed and all his family.

Esmond P. Barry, St John postal clerk, was at Richmond during the worst of the catastropne. "It was terrible." he said. "People were packed in our car like flies. Some of them came to the place with no.os shot off.

eyes nut out, faces slashed with flytnx glass, limbs torn and distorted. "One man came in with blood streaming from what was originally his lace. On one occasion while wo were worklntc around a wrecked building we could bm a little baby 50 feet or nioie underneath a burning mass crying fur aid. We could not get within 30 feet of the child and had to watch while it burned to death. Men and women and children were lying on the streets and hundreds must be buried beneath wreckage.

DISASTER MEANS RUIN FOR MANY IN HALIFAX The material losses which arc crowded upon the stricken citizens of Halifax must, in large degree, ruin hundreds of them, for it would seem that their insurance policies in a large majority of cases do not cover them in the misfortunes they have sustained. Fire insurance policies in this country and in Canada do not apply where lire ensues as a result of explosion. A standing building exposed to a fire In the debris adjoining it is covered If the flra spreads to it, the theory involved being that the insurance companies insure the building, not What remains of what was once a building. it is in order to- provide "full war coverage" that this Commonwealth, as well as many other States, have authorized qualified companies to issue special policies called "war risk policies," the premium being governed by the zone in Fighters Turn Rescuers Soldiers from the garrison and sailors from ships in the harbor have done heroic and devoted work. Not only have they picketed the streets, but they have toiled ceaselessly among the ruins.

There have been no reports of looting, although windowless stores and bouses have afforded ample opportunity for theft. Nearly every merchant has given his stock to aid the injured or to feed and clothe needy survivors. Chief of Police Hanrahan received today from Lieut Gov Grant the following order: "You are hereby authorized to commandeer and make use of any vehicle of any kind that you find necessary for the purpose of moving the injured and dead of this city." Sir Robert L. Borden, the Prime Minister, arrived in Halifax late today on a special train from Pictou. to perate efforts to provide a make-shift service, but the work was beset with great difficulties.

10 years old, was found, she was still clutching a school book in one hand. The wife of Lieut Alfred Shaw, who sailed overseas last week, was killed in her home. Orphanage a Tomb The matron and all but two of the children at the Protestant Orphanage are believed to have perished. One of these children was not in the building at the time of the explosion. The child who was in the building said that when the explosion came, Miss Knout, the matron, called to the children to take refuge with her in the basement.

It is supposed she wnicn tne risk is located, as well as bv to the particular tile hazard attached risk. There are three zones, the first being defined as including the ocean front-the second, all property within five miles of it. and the third, within GUARANTEED Famine A'ow Feared While many generous offers of material relief has been received and train loads of supplies are on the way, the specter of famine was abroad tonight, for if the storm continues it may seriously interfere with railroad traffic. There is enough food on hand for immediate needs, but it will last only a short time unless additional supplies are received. As the day wore on the immensity of the disaster increased rather than diminished.

Hundreds of bodies were taken to the morgues and rescue squads were constantly finding new victims buried under tons of debris until the blizzard forced them to cease work. There is every reason to believe that many more will be recovered. 1-roiles. Boston and the 27 contlKuous OLEPROOT7 HOSE l1 thought a bomb had fallen. wnicn city he hastened yesterday from Prince Edward Island, where he was when he heard reports of the Halifax disaster.

He came to Halifax to place at the disposal of the municipal authorities all the resources of the Federal Government for the relief of sufferers. Pi Up! I Thirty girls employed at the Richmond Printing Company are reported dead. Rockhead Prison lost the roof from the main building, but no one was seriously injured. Every available building is today a shelter house or hospital. The Acad- cities and towns to it are rated in zone two, and the rate for full war coverage for private dwellings, churches, schools and other preferred risks is between $10 and 111 per $1000 of insurance.

Mercantile and other risks are rated on a merit basis. The standard form of fire policy recognized in Massachusetts does not cover loss from bombardment, or explosion such as took place in Halifax. The full war coverage, in addition to the standard form, covers every conceivable contingency. For the most part it is expected that the loss of most of the war material destroyed will fall upon the respective Governments interested Manufacturers and others have undoubtedly made delivery in many cases, but those concerns which may have large stocks awaiting receipt, unless protected by full war coverage, will be hit hard. The insurance losses sustained to life and limb will fall principally upon Canadian and British companies, although several of the larger American companies do an extensive business In Canada.

The blow to Canadian and British life companies, added to the heavy losses due to unusual mortality sustained owing to the war. comes as a grievous burden, but their resources are surh Bank Offers Funds A registry has been organized at the City Hall, where all the homeless are asked to leave their names so that the missing may be located if possible. All homes sheltering strangers are asked to assist in this work. The Bank of Nova Scotia will furnish all necessary funds to the various communities now organized. A committee of women is being organized to assist in relief work at the homes of the injured, with headquarters at the City Hall.

The women teachers of the public schools had a meeting this afternoon for the same purpose. The Lieutenant Governor reported, with pride, the wonderful fortitude of tho inmates of the Old Ladies' Home when he visited that institution today. The Dominion Coal Company has placed its entire quarters at the disposal of the city and today the Very Rev Dean Lloyd found the crypt of All Saints' Cathedral available as a house of refuge. Nearby towns will be especially asked for glass and building materials. emv of Music was one of the first big buildings to post the notice "Free Shelter Here." The headquarters of the Terminals The net paid circulation of the Sunday Globe is each week.

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Dead About 2000 No concerted effort has been made as yet to compile a list of the dead, os every efTort is being made to identify tho5e who perished. The condition of many of tbc bodies makes this exceedingly difficult and a large proportion of those who lost their lives will be buried as "nameless dead." There is no reason, however, to change the estimate of 2000 dead and USED AUTOS FOR SALE? Loss $25,000,000 The property loss was estimated at between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000, and the number of destitute at upward of 20,000, in a statement issued tonight by Justice Darris, chairman of the Citizens Finance Committee. The statement said, in part: "While every building in Halifax and Dartmouth was more or less damaged, the devastated area is found near the scene of the explosion and embraces chiefly districts occupied by workers and the poorer classes. "Between 3000 and 4000 such dwellings were destroyed by the explosion or the fire. The number of those affected is estimated at 25,000.

It is feared the destitute people in the area will number upward of 20,000, and their actual losses and the estimated cost of their temporary under the careful supervision of the i Government, mat tnetr losses unques tionably will be paid in full. Bodies Fill Morgues Everywhere people whose homes are intact are sheltering Jthose whose homes are gone. Hundreds of bodies lie in temporary morgues awaiting recognition and burial. Whole families are wiped out; parents are left childless and children have been made orphans. All day and night the search for the missing went on.

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On account of the advance in the price of the six different Medicinal, Concentrated Extracts and Chemicals contained in Laxative Bromo Quinine, It waf necessary to increase the price to the DruKKist. It has stood the test foe a 1 3000 injured. The fires which had been raging for 24 hours in the North End were brought under control early today and the city is no longer menaced by la conflagration. While soldiers, sailors and voiun- Escapes Miraculous Incidents are coming to light every hour which emphasise the fact Quarter of a Century. It la used by everv I Civilized Nation.

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