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J. Fearon, Principal [top left corner]
School for the Deaf [centered, top of the page]
HALIFAX, N. S

results of the explosion. It looked then as if it might be the hiding place of a hostile airship.

And now from farther north where the devastation was worst came men, women and children dragging themselves along, moaning and bleeding, and making their way as best they could do to the improvised hospitals and shelters. Vehicles of all kinds were carrying off the dead and dying and hundreds were left, when the warning came of another explosion under demolished and in many cases burning buildings. The effects of the explosion were felt more than 100 miles away and windows were smashed and roofs damaged at a distance of over 15 miles. The munition ship "Mont Blanc" was evidently blown to pieces and portions littered the ground miles and miles away. A six inch gun was found in the woods three miles off and a portion of the anchor weighing hundreds of pounds penetrated the roof of the exaction building and buried itself in the floor beneath. The freaks it played were innumerable and inexplicable. One of the most pathetic instances was the case of a railway telegraph operator working at Richmond, the scene of the greatest disaster. After the collision and before the explosion the "Mont Blanc" had been burning over twenty minutes and the operator had flashed the warning to incoming trains thereby doubtless saving many lives. Had the same message been sent over the city by telephone and telegram, warning the inhabitants to leave their houses and get out into the open, hundreds of valuable lives might have been saved. He, however, did his duty to the best of his ability and died at his post. His message was heard 30 or 40 miles away and people there stood listening for the awful explosion while