DISASTER THREATENS HALIFAX WHEN MUNITIONS DEPOT BURNS

DISASTER THREATENS HALIFAX WHEN MUNITIONS DEPOT BURNS

Over Ten Thousand Endangered Residents Evacuated to Safety from Fire and Explosions in Halifax, N. S., Area

BLASTS that recalled the 1917 disaster in Halifax Harbor, when an ammunition ship exploded, killing 1,635 persons and injuring thousands, were set off by a fire raging through the Royal Canadian Navy Magazine Depot at nearby Dartmouth July 18-19.

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