note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions

Halifax Disaster Record Office
Chronicle Building
Halifax, N. S.

twelve, when she turned faint and had to go home. Tremain the druggist, came to the house to be attended. Mrs. M. did dressings in bed, unable to get up. Mrs. Tremain was also badly hurt. Tremain's Brother-in-law, Harris, and baby had been killed. Patients continued to come to Dr. M. all night, and the two telephones rang all night. Doors were not repaired, and people simply walked in.
At Camp Hill 'it was chaos'. Went to the kitchen to get malted milk for a patient, and found operations being performed on the kitchen tables. Gave hypodermics. Two or three girls were helping. Mrs. M. directed them. Passing a mattress, she noticed a man groan. His mattress was so placed that everyone passing tripped over it and jarred his broken leg. She had the mattress placed under a bed. The man was so grateful. The conduct of the patients was "perfectly wonderful". She dressed some children, and they were "as good as gold". She thought the publicity helped them to bear pain. The little rooms in which the operations were being conducted were too hot. Patients were up against the radiators. Those rooms were well-lighted, and there was plenty of supplies--"anything I wanted." Noted volunteer workers giving food. Came home and fainted.
December 7th. All the Brigade was giving voluntary aid at the hospitals. Mrs. M. thought of injured persons in their own homes, who were not being attended to, and tried to bring the situation before the Mayor and Deputy-Mayor, unsuccessfully. Then tried MRs. Dennis, over telephone, who said "Why not go and offer your services?" Had to walk to meeting, which was at eleven a. m. It seemed a long way Off. She told Lieut. Governor Grant that she was ready if she could help, and also spoke to Archdeacon Armitage. Large part of the time was consumed in reading telegrams. Mrs. M was impatient to get work