Major headlines describing the damage and devastation which had befallen the city are transcribed.
HALIFAX WRECKED – More Than One Thousand Killed In This City, Many Thousands Are Injured And Homeless
More than one thousand dead and probably five thousand injured, many of them fatally, is the result of the explosion yesterday on French steamship Mont Blanc, loaded with nitroglycerine and trinitrotuol. All of Halifax north and west of the depot is a
mass or ruins and many thousands of people are homeless….
The wounded and homeless are in different institutions and homes over the city. The Halifax Herald is collecting information regarding the missing, and citizens who have victims of the disaster at their homes are requested to telephone to The Herald office.
THE AWFUL STORY OF DISASTER
At 9.05 o’clock yesterday morning a terrific explosion wrecked Halifax killing over a thousands, wounding at least five thousand, and laying in ruins at least one-fifth of the city. […]
Without the loss of a moment hundreds of survivors rushed to the rescue of those buried in the ruins. Fire broke out in scores of places and soon the great mass of wreckage was in the grip of an uncontrollable fire checking the work of rescue. […]
Practically every house in the city was damaged. The entire business district was windowless and to prevent pillaging patrols from warships in port were paraded through the streets. […]
