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HALIFAX DISASTER RECORD OFFICE
CHRONICLE BUILDING

JOURNAL
HALIFAX, N. S.
December 18, 1917.

Collision investigation. Witnesses say "MONT BLANC" was going faster than the "IMO".
Body of Frank Hillis, of the Hillis Foundry found.
Mr. Moors, Director, and Mr. Carstens, Secretary, of the American Red Cross who have been in Halifax since December 8, left the city. Mr. Moore spoke in complimentary way of the fortitude of the people of Halifax.
Word from Louisburg, C. B. states that the explosion of December 6 was distinctly heard at that place. Louisburg is about 190 miles east of Halifax.
Arrangements made to open a nursery for babies blinded by the explosion in the School for the Blind.
Dr. Thomas Darlington, C. E., M. D., of New York, formerly Health Commissioner for that city, arrives in Halifax to give aid to the City.
The Board of Governors of the Protestant Orphans Home acknowledges gift of twenty-five hundred dollars from the Canadian Club of New York City.