THE TRAGEDY AT HALIFAX

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 66, 11 December 1917, Page 5

THE TRAGEDY AT HALIFAX

MORE APPALLING THAN j ANTICIPATED SAD FATE OF SCHOOL ; , CHILDREN COLOSSAL DAMAGE New York, December 9. Tlie New York "Times" correspon- j dent at Halifax states that the catastro- ■ phe is more appalling than anticipated, i Of five hundred children in one sohool i only senren esoaped. The damage is j estimated at twenty million dollars.— : Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' :

RESCUE WORK PROCEEDING > APACE. (Rcc. December 10, 8.60 p.m.) Ottawa> December 9. 1 Two hundred additional bodies have : been recovered, bringing the total ap- ' proximately to one thousand. Rescue work is proceeding unhindered. The weather iB clear. Martial law prevails and increased assistance is available 1 from outside.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SURVIVORS OF COLLIDING SHIP i ARRESTED " *: (Rcc. December 11, O.IS a.m.). . j Halifax, December 10. The survivors of the Norwegian shlpi j Imo, which collided with tho munition' ship Mont Blanc, have been arrested by the British naval authorities. All non-i residents not engaged in relief work havo been asked to leave, owing to the i serious lack of accommodation.— j Reuter. ' ■ i A MESSAGE FROM~NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER'S SYMPATHY. : By Toleffraph—Press AsßOoiatlon. ; Auckland, December 10. i The following telegram has been sent' j by the Rt. Hon. W. F. Massoy to the Prima Minister of Canada on behalf of, the Government and peoplo, of New* Zealand:—"l desire to expresß our •! heartfelt sympathy with tho and friends or all those who have lostj their lives or who have been injured in! i the disastrous explosion at HalifaxJ j Pleaso convey to the Premier of Novaif Scotia and the Mayor of Halifax this! j expression of New Zealand's can-i i dolence."

AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY. (Rec. December 11, 0.15 a.m.) Melbourne, December 10. Mr. W. M. Hughes (tho Federal', Prime Minister) has cabled to Sir Rob-1 ort Bordon Australia's sympathy in Halifax disaster.—Press Aasn.