The Halifax Relief Committee hired Cavicchi & Pagano, a railway construction company, to clear the devastated area. Work commenced in mid-January and the job was completed three months later. The firm employed 450 men who worked ten hours a day.
Date: 1 February 1918
Reference: Halifax Relief Commission Nova Scotia Archives MG 36 Series R no. 131
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