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Halifax Disaster Record Office Materials

Personal testimony of Cadet Captain Kingsley, R.N.C.C.

19 December 1917. — 4 pages : 30 x 48 cm.

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Kingsley 2

signal (Q. gong?) when the crash occurred & the plaster began to fall - He shouted "all out of here!" & was the last out of the room - (They always obey on the run. N.B.) They rushed out of the front door - Cadet Orde was jammed in the broken door: but managed (or was helped through)-

Howley gave orders (after the muster) to "Carry on" to the Naval Hospital (Q. Admiralty House?) fount it no use & continued to the Military Hospital (Cogswell St) found it - Kingsley was helping Holms along, who was badly cut - got a soldier said to help him - half carry him - Holms afraid he could not last to get there -

[handwritten in pencil top left: MG 1 vol 2124 number 50 a]


Reference: Archibald MacMechan Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 2124 number 50

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