Daily British Whig (1850), 22 Dec 1917, p. 1

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wv om Tz A = Che Daily British YEAR NO. 84-30, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, Interesting Scenes in England and France- General view of the Narrows at Halifax, N.S, where the explosion of the French Line steamship Mont Blane took place. Showing a portion of the waterfront with its wrecked buildings, iE and tracks in the foreground, and, in the backgn ond, the Belgian relief ship Imo, which rammed the Mont Blane, causing the explosion, beached on the Dartmouth shate, as well as the American warship which rushed to the aid of the stricken city, its commander having heart the explosion 52 miles at sea. Re Group of resuce workers, operating the direction of the city and Red Crom dlicials, seeking dead and General view of the wrecked city of Halifax along Barrington Street, one of the s thoroughfares. In the area shown hundreds of 5 bof Ratifas, houses were shaken down and the debris was consumed by fires. Scores of human be ed here, and a blizzard that followed made the wounded in the debris of waterfront tenements at - rescue work almost impossible for several days. Few persons survived the explosion at this spot, close to the waterfront.

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