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Halifax Disaster Record Office Chronicle Building
Halifax, N.S.
January 29, 1918.
SAUNDERSON, A. O., Agent Carritte-Paterson Manufacturing Co. 187 Hollis St.
Home, 112 Young Avenue.

On the morning of December 6th, was taken in car of "Calno" from his house in Young Avenue, about 9.30. Thought factor at FairView a wreck. Got near North St, along Robie St. "Sights we saw terrible". Explained this phrase as referring not so much to the nature of the injuries as to the expressions on the faces. These were injured on the way to the Amrouries, Fear and fright were staring out of their eyes, faces were blanched. Had seen wax-work figures with expressions of fear, but these were worse. Though that plaster had come down and whitened the faces, but did not see plaster on clothes. Faces were cut and blood stood out upon them. There were many people moving in all directions, "in a stupor". One old woman stood in the doorway of her house and waved her hands. She could not speak. At this point he gave up his car to some civilians, who asked for it to take away an injured woman in a house. He did not see the woman, but proceeded to walk to FairView. Was prevented by the fires from crossing Kempt Road. Finding it useless to proceed further in this direction, he started back for town and met a low cart on three wheels dragging along. The fourth wheel had the spoked broken. On the cart saw two men and three children, could not say whether they were boys or girls, bandaged with bloody bandages, and being driven to the Armouries. It had stopped to take on a woman who was carried out of a building on a door-frame.