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MG 1 vol 2124 number 179

HALIFAX DISASTER RECORD OFFICE
ARCHIBALD MACMECHAN, F.R.S.C.
DIRECTOR

HALIFAX, N.S.

Flames shooting high into the air --- high burst of flame through black smoke. (H.M. Rosenberg)

The cloud of smoke was lit up by fire of 'pinkish hue". (E. A. Saunders)