5000 DEAD.
MOUNTING DEATH ROLL AT HALIFAX.
Snowstorm Adds to Suffering. [ELISCTKIO TELEGIiAI-.ni —COPYRIGHT:] tPER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Received This Lay, 10.50 a.m. Ottawa, December 7. According to Halifax reports the death roll in the disaster caused by the blowing-up of a munitions steamer continues to grow. Some estimates place the number at 5000', 'but this is believed, to be exaggerated. It is impossible ti» secure accurate details. A snowstorm followed the- lire and the homeless people are suffering greatly. Bluejackets from an Amor'-win warship patrolled, the city in conjunction with British forces. Tiie people when the first shock came concluded that an aerial bombardment was in progress. A Canadian steamer was torn from its moorings and went Adrift.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 December 1917, Page 3
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1185000 DEAD. Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 December 1917, Page 3
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