• Ladd, Dr. W.E., 193, 231
• Laing, Roy, 82, 90, 96, 257, 289, 347
• Langwith, Joseph, 398
• Lantz, Christian, 213, 281, 325
• Lantz, Private Quintin, 108
• Lapham, Captain Henry G., 177
• Latham, Joseph, 147
• Latham, Bandsman Wesley, 108
• Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 10, 12, 15, 286–87, 295, 323, 392
• Leahy, Frank, 60
• Leask, James, 158
• LeCain (family), Corporal Clarence, Mrs. G., 248
• Lee, George, 191
• Le Fort (family), Annie, Cecilia, John, Katie, Marshall, Mary, 245
• Le Gat, Antoine, 43, 50
• Le Hain, Geoffrey M., 294
• LeMarchant, Vice-Admiral Evelyn, 407n7
• Le Médec, Captain Aimé, 43, 45, 47, 50, 295, 301, 304–5, 309, 314–16, 318–19, 349, 353, 376
• Lemieux, Frank, 249
• Lessard, Major-General François-Louis, 337, 339–40, 342–44, 393
  • replaces Major-General Benson, 336
• Levesque, Joseph-Eugène, 43
• Levy (family), Harvey, Reta, 147
• Liggins, Annie, 285
• Ligonnière, Camille, 44
• Ligoure, Dr. Clement C., 109, 129, 348
• Lismer, Arthur, 372
• litigation: in the Exchequer Court of Canada (trial), 300–303
  • in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (final appeal), 303–4
  • in the Supreme Court of Canada (interim appeal), 299–300, 302–4, 318
• Little (family), Nellie, Rita, 204
• Little, George, 145
• Littler, Nathaniel, 237
• Llwyd, Dean J.P.D., 84, 245, 293, 379
• Logan, Mayor (Trenton), 218
• Longland, Fred, 54, 377
• Loomer, Frank, 68–69, 204, 288–89, 388
• looting, 182–85
  • and media, 183
  • myth of 183, 393
• Loring, Captain Dr. Robert G., 177
• Lovett, George, 91, 369, 381
• Lovett, John, 147
• Low, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert S., 122, 125, 168–69, 332–34, 337–38
• Lulan (fire truck), 363, 384

• MacAloney, Marylee, 146–47, 347
• Macaulay, Dr. Murray, 250
• MacDonald (family), Allan, Annie, Arthur, Carroll, Charles, Ethel, Margaret, Vincent, 245
• Macdonald, Mrs. Howard, 213
• MacDonald, Dr. M.R., 121, 144
• Macdonald, Rev. R.A., 194
• Macdougall, H.D., 160
• MacDougall, Dr. J.G., 330
• MacDuff, Leslie, 66
• MacGillivray, D., 214
• MacIlreith, Robert T., 116–17, 120, 153–54, 179–80, 212, 214, 224, 227, 238, 327, 347, 385
• MacIntosh, Clara, 98, 125, 205–6, 213, 227, 237, 348
• MacIntosh, Dr. G.A. 98, 112
• MacIntosh, Dr. R.A., 110
• MacKay, Mayor (New Waterford), 160
• Mackay, Baillie, 135, 384
• Mackay, Eileen, 136–37
• Mackay, Ina, 135
• MacKeen, Cadet John Crerar, 100–101, 185, 232, 347, 390
• MacKenzie, Emelyn, 355
• Mackenzie, Cadet Kenneth Alexander, 99
• MacKenzie, Mrs. R., 181
• Mackey, Pilot Francis, 43–45, 52–53, 138, 269, 274, 298–99, 301–2, 304–5, 309, 314–15, 318
• Maclean, Archie, 137
• MacLennan, Hugh, xi, 82–83, 358
• MacLeod, Dr. W.A., 144
• MacMechan, Archibald, xi, 35, 56, 69, 73, 93, 99, 104, 121, 294, 348–49, 357–58, 360, 372, 377–82, 390
• MacRae, A.D., 116, 130, 249, 252, 390
• MacVicar, John, 136, 377–78, 391
• Mack, Dr. Frank, 112
• Mader, Dr., 106
• Magee, J.A., 143
• Maggie (tug) 38, 84–85
• Maguire, L.L., 108, 347
• Mahon, A.S., 116, 130
• Mahone Bay, response from, 156–57
• Maine, response from, 174–76
• Major, W.A., 118, 121, 217
• Makins, Captain Oscar M., 19
• Makiny, Captain Joseph L., 302, 305
• Malay, Ida, 190
• Malcolm, Florence, 237
• Mallis, Private Joseph, 108
• Maltus, Michael, 60
• managing committee. See Halifax Relief Committee
• Marion (nurse), 143
• Maritime Telegraph & Telephone, 118, 122–24, 126, 153, 210, 281, 383
• Marlow, Col. F.W., 158
• Marshall, Carl, 179
• Martin, Captain E.H., 21
• Martin, Sister Mary, 382
• Martin, Mayor Peter F. (Halifax), 114, 116–17, 153, 155, 176, 224, 300, 322–23, 327
• Massachusetts-Halifax Relief Committee, 182, 235–37, 239–40, 361
• Massachusetts, response from, 176–78
• Massachusetts State Guard, 177, 192, 232
• Mathers, Dr. Evatt, 112
• Matheson, D.M., 131
• Mathews, William, 256
• Mattison, Albert, 52
• McAuley (family), Donald, Ethel, Violet, 78–79. See also McAuley, Gertrude; McAuley, Marjorie
• McAuley, Gertrude, 75, 347
• McAuley, Marjorie, 75, 78–79
• McCall, Bill, 207
• McCall, Governor Samuel Walker (MA), 175–76, 182, 238, 239p
• McCarthy, Brother Dominic, 193
• McCormick, Mayor (Sydney Mines), 160
• McCoy, A., 153
• McCrossan, Edward, 48, 50, 138, 311, 319, 376, 378
• McCullough, J.W.S., 158
• McCullum, Fred, 74
• McCurdy, F.B., MP, 227
• McCurdy, May, 227
• McDonald, Mayor (Glace Bay), 160
• McDonald, Dr. P.A., 112
• McDougall, Dr. J.J., 100, 197
• McDougall, W.I., 130
• McGrath, Dr. Percy, 120, 142, 383, 385
• McInness, Florence B., 177
• McInness, Jessie, 177
• McInnis, Sadie, 203
• McIntyre, A.A., 161
• McIsaac, Annie, 103, 347
• McKay, Dr. H.H., 150
• McKay, Dr. John W., 144
• McKeen, Lieutenant-Governor David, 65, 116
• McKenzie, Mrs. George, 237
• McKinley, Dr. J.H., 168
• McKinnon, Hector, 131
• McLaughlin, Thomas, 178
• McLean, Harry, 79
• McLellan, Delonora, 144–45
• McLellan, George, 145
• McLennan, Lieutenant C. A., 92–93, 96–97
• McLeod, Rev. A.A., 218
• McLeod, Robert A., 304
• McMahon, Katharine, 177
• McMurray, Dorothy, 82–83, 88–89, 91, 105, 108, 183–84, 258, 347, 381
• McNeil, Mrs. Frank H., 210
• McPherson, Private James, 108
• McPherson, W.W., 150
• McQuade, Joseph, 132
• McTiernan, Bartley, 398
• medical [relief] committee, 27, 129, 167, 196–99, 327, 330, 388
• medical supply committee, 127
• Mellish, Humphrey, 309
• Merchant, A.O., 176
• Merrill, Dr. P.S., 175
• Metzler, R.H., 116
• Mewburn, Major-General Sidney C., minister of Militia and Defence, 331–32, 336–39, 341
• Meyer, William, 294
• Middleham Castle, SS, 37, 60, 191, 292, 372
• Mi’kmaq, 70, 256, 279
• Milburne, F.H., 129
• Miller, Dr. Clarence, 144
• Miller, Mary, 239
• Milliken, Governor Carl (ME), 174–76, 179
• Miner, Miss Georgie, 142
• Miner, Dr. William, 193–94
• Mintis, Stanley, 71
• Miracles and Mysteries (Monnon), 358, 398
• Moffat, Robert, 257
• Moir, Marjorie, 105–6, 167, 347
• Monaghan, Alfred, 79, 89, 202, 379, 388
• Monaghan, Fred, 114, 320
• Monamy, Mrs. James, 239
• Moncton, NB, response from, 143
• Mont-Blanc, SS, viii–ix, 1, 3, 13, 20, 29, 32, 41p, 41–46, 49–53, 59–60, 64, 67, 70, 73–74, 77–78, 80, 84, 96–97, 100, 120, 133–34, 138–39, 183, 202, 204, 208, 217, 241, 261, 265, 269, 272–76, 280, 290, 292–93, 295–319, 321–22, 324–25, 346, 349, 353, 357, 360, 362, 367, 369–70, 372–73, 375–77, 379, 381, 391–92, 398
  • to blame for collision with IMO, 295–96
  • collision, 47–48
  • explodes, 53–58
  • voyage to Halifax, 44–45
• Montmayeur, François, 44
• Mooney, Harry, 247
• Mooney, Jim, 247
• Mooney, Margaret, 80, 138, 247
• Mooney, Susan 247
• Moore, Ada, 245
• Moore, Dr. W.B., 121, 142
• Moors, John F., 177–79, 226, 281
• morgue. See Chebucto School
• Morrill, USCG, 37, 57, 83, 94, 171, 173, 291–92
• Morrison, Private Donald Angus, 244–45
• Morse, Major Dr. George W., 177
• Morse, Captain Dr. Nathaniel N., 177
• Morton, Captain Dr. A. McD., 99, 109, 347
• Morton, Kelly, 75, 91, 98–99, 109, 358–59, 379
• Moseley, Evelyn, 240
• Moses, Commander, 173
• Mount St. Vincent Academy, 65, 91, 102–3, 123, 150, 194, 271, 347, 357, 380, 382
• Moyse, Arthur, 70, 145
• Muggah, Ralph, 385
• Muggah, Mayor S.E. (Orangedale), 160
• Muise, Private Charles, 249
• Muise, Private Felix, 191, 249
• Munroe, Hugh, 256
• Munroe, John, 131
• Murphy, Mrs., 80
• Murphy, Captain Edward, 177
• Murphy, Flora, 58
• Murphy, Dr. George H., 75, 104, 106, 109–10
• Murphy, J. Prentice, 177, 219
• Murphy, John, 115–16, 216
• Murphy, Joseph (Highflyer), 57
• Murphy, Dr. Joseph, 175
• Murray, Catherine. See Creighton, Catherine
• Murray, Mrs. David, 147
• Murray, Premier George Henry, 162, 325–26
• Murray, Lieutenant-Commander James A., 21, 52–53, 61, 85, 133, 138, 255, 295, 309, 369–70, 377
• Musquash (tug), 38, 53, 57, 86, 348
• Myers, Robert, 78

• Naismith, Charlotte, 177
• Nereid (tug), 38, 57, 302, 305
• Nevens, Marion, 177
• Newcombe, Captain Percy, 73
• New Glasgow: emergency hospital in, 137, 189–91, 209–10, 329, 363, 388, 398
  • response from, 143–44, 150, 189–91, 384
• New Hampshire, response from, 182
• New York (state), response from, 174
• Nicholas, H.D., 109, 348
• Nichols, M.E., 262
• Nickerson, Frank, 312
• Nieuw Amsterdam, SS, 60, 102, 270
• 9/11 (2001), vii, 352
• Niobe, HMCS, 4, 12, 15–16, 22–23, 38, 50, 52–54, 56, 58, 68–69, 72–75, 80, 83, 87, 90, 94–95, 104, 171, 204, 249, 257, 280, 284, 288, 300, 319, 322, 347, 357, 377, 380
  • mutiny on, 73–74
• Nixon, Lieutenant-Commander Edward A.E., 23, 67
• Noble, Robert, 190
• North End (Halifax): impact of explosion, 9, 18m, 29–30, 56, 61, 62p, 63–64, 66–67, 70, 72–74, 76, 79–80, 82–84, 88–91, 100–101, 105, 117–18, 120, 122, 126, 133–34, 139, 148–50, 161, 165, 167, 187, 204–5
• Northland, SS, 181
• Nova Scotia Hospital, 76, 99–100, 111, 121, 209
• Nova Scotia Technical College: as medical supply headquarters, 123, 129–30, 225

• O’Brien, Catherine, 176
• O’Bryan, Grace, 234
• O’Connell, Arthur, 245
• O’Connell, John, 120
• O’Connor, Willena, 377, 391
• O’Connor, Dr. William, 175
• O’Grady, James, 245
• O’Grady, Mary (Mrs. James), 245, 256
• O’Hearn, Walter, 304
• Oland, Conrad, 60
• Oland, Colonel Sidney C., 346
• Oland’s Brewery, 60, 184, 285
• Old Colony, USS, 37, 83, 94, 192, 230, 289, 380, 387
  • as emergency hospital ship, 84, 100–101, 120, 127, 129, 170–71, 173, 186–87, 191, 202, 234, 244, 249, 388, 398–99
• O’Leary, Grattan, 268, 274
• Ontario, response from, 158
• Orde, Cadet Edward, 99
• O’Reilly, Gunner William, 73–74, 347
• Orr, Mrs. M.T., 244
• Osborne, Gillian, xi, xiv, 366–67, 375
• over-response: American view of, 274
  • of emergency personnel, vii. See also “convergence”

• panic: and flight behaviour, 75
  • and Halifax Explosion, 88–94
  • myth of, 34, 393
  • and 9/11, vii
  • and Niobe, 73
  • perpetuated by media, 34
• Parker, Arthur, 156
• Parker, Fred, 213
• Parker, Harvey, 156, 386
• Parker, Jessie, 103, 142
• Partridge, Roy, 68
• Pasco, Captain Frederick C.C., acting captain superintendent HMC Dockyard, 21, 53, 83, 85, 300, 319, 407n7
• Patillo, Emma, 168
• Patricia (fire truck), 51–52, 60, 105, 247
• Patriquin, Mrs. C.A., 142
• Payzant, Mrs. H.A., 237
• Pearson, G. Fred, 235–37, 326, 348, 390
• Peden, Elizabeth, 177
• Pentelow, Cadet Howard, 165
• Percival, Lieutenant H., 84
• Perkins, Edith F., 177
• Persons, Frank, 178
• Peters (nurse), 143
• Petterson, Dr. H.C., 100, 234
• Pettipas, Mrs. A.C., 54, 377
• Pettipas, Frances, 256
• Pettipas, Leo, 131
• Phelan, James J., 235
• Phillips, Mrs. Arthur C., 207
• Philpott, A.J., 274
• Picton, SS, 37, 52, 57, 85–86, 89, 100, 190, 249, 280, 292, 380, 397
• Pictou: assistance from, 156
• Pier 2 Clearing Hospital, 27, 59, 198, 292, 340
• Pipe, Mayor Harvey (Amherst), 143, 154, 384
• Pitcher, Mrs. James, 202
• Port Dufferin, response from, 156
• Porteous, William, 59
• Pottier, Vincent, 355
• Power, Captain Robert, xiv, 317–18, 392
• Pratt, Elizabeth, 156
• Pratt, Mary, 156
• Presbyterian College: serves as hospital, 27, 104, 191
• press coverage: Boston, 280–83
  • European, 275–76
  • worldwide, 268–69
• Presson, General George McL., 175, 193, 386
• Prest, Harold, 54
• Prince, Samuel Henry, x–xi, 28–30, 82–83, 91, 101, 118, 229, 255, 294, 358, 362–63, 367, 370, 374–76, 378, 387, 389–90
  • dissertation, vii, x, 2, 28, 30–36, 177, 184, 221, 224, 229, 352, 359, 370, 375
• Proctor, Ralph, 101, 347
• Protestant Orphanage (Halifax), 64, 190, 237, 253, 270
• Purcell, V.R., 240
• Puttner, Dr. Charles, 106, 359, 399

• Quarantelli, E.L. (Henry), xi–xii, 33–34, 350, 374, 389
• Quinn, Helen, 176

• Rabinovitch, Jacob, 294
• Raddall, Thomas H., xi, 91, 139, 241–42, 290, 358, 370, 390, 399
• Rafter, Elizabeth, 245
• Ragus, SS, 37, 59
• railway telegraph, 133–35, 149, 261, 395–96
• railways, 148–50. See also Dominion Atlantic Railway, Intercolonial Railway
• Ransome, William, 191
• Ratshesky, Abraham C., 177, 222–26, 222p, 228–31, 233, 235, 283, 283p, 361, 389
• Raymond, Leopold, 44
• Raynos, Gardath, 145
• reconstruction committee, 161, 169, 193, 227, 327, 332–34
• Red Cross: American, 122, 139, 177–80, 182, 193, 200, 223, 226–27, 230–31, 234–35, 283, 330, 357, 386, 389–90
  • Canadian, 128–30, 139, 156–60, 168, 209–10, 225, 227, 274
• registration committee, 116, 130–32, 227, 252, 383
• rehabilitation committee, 213–14, 216, 227, 235
• Reid (family), Gertrude, Mrs. John, Raymond, 219
• Reid, J.D., minister of Railways and Canals, 143, 271, 337
• Renner, Pilot Edward, 42, 45–46, 301, 308, 312
• response from: Bridgewater, 156
  • Charlottetown, 149, 153, 157
  • Eaton, Sir John, 153, 209
  • Fredericton (NB), 157
  • Kentville, 141–42
  • Mahone Bay, 156–57
  • Maine, 174–76
  • Massachusetts, 176–78
  • Moncton (NB), 143
  • New Glasgow, 143–44, 150, 189–91, 384
  • New Hampshire, 182
  • New York (state), 174
  • Ontario, 158
  • Port Dufferin, 156
  • Rhode Island, 178–79
  • Saint John (NB), 157
  • Shediac, 157
  • Shubenacadie, 158
  • Stellarton, 144
  • Sydney, 150, 160–61
  • Toronto, 159–60
  • Truro, 141
  • Wolfville, 157
  • Woodstock (NB), 157
  • Yarmouth, 157. See also Halifax Relief Fund
• Reynolds, Dr., 146
• Rhode Island, response from, 178–79
• Richards, Salvation Army Commissioner William, 206
• Richardson, Evelyn, 88, 90, 95, 381
• Richardson, George Francis, 70, 252, 255
• Richmond, Charles, 156
• Richmond Printing Company, 61, 244, 284
• Richmond Refinery, 37, 51, 59, 63, 209, 254, 264, 269, 285
• Rickets, Corporal Frank, 164, 368
• Ridley, Charles, 191
• Rita (St.), Sister, 95
• Roan, Esther, 71
• Robinson, Mrs. Frank, 239
• Rockhead Hospital, 26, 186, 198, 340
• Rogers, T.S., 326, 337
• Romance of the Halifax Disaster, A (Bell), xi, 358
• Ronayne, John (Jack), 51, 60, 260
• Rosenbaum, Lieutenant Dr. J., 198
• Ross, Dr. A.A. (Westville), 144
• Ross, Dr. Alexander (Charlottetown), 108, 153
• Ross, Clarence, 190
• Ross, W.D., 150
• Royal Canadian Navy, 5, 16–17, 19, 21, 85, 204, 300, 352, 366, 380
  • fleet, 12, 17, 37–38, 59, 300
  • founding, 4, 11–12, takes control of Halifax Harbour, 10–12. See also dockyard; Niobe, HMCS
• Royal Naval College of Canada, 23, 51, 67, 74, 83, 99, 123, 165, 249, 363, 366, 377, 379
• Royal Navy, 5–7, 9–24, 37–38, 73, 171–72. See also Chambers, Rear-Admiral Bertram M.; Changuinola, HMS; convoys; Highflyer, HMS; Knight Templar, HMS
• Rucker, Charles, 274
• Rudolf, Frances, 66, 90
• Ruffles, Lieutenant James Rayward, 52, 57
• Russell, Justice Benjamin, 304–5
• Russell, Elizabeth, 176
• Rust, Mary, 120
• Rutherford, Doug, 146–47, 379, 391
• Ryan, Eileen, 111, 183
• Ryan, George, 145
• Rycroft, Lieutenant J.G., 128

• St. Bernard (schooner), 37, 57, 60
• Saint John (NB), response from, 157
• St. John Ambulance, 83, 96, 98, 105–6, 122, 125, 129, 199, 205, 348, 370, 374, 382
• St. Mary’s College: as emergency hospital, 129, 193, 197, 233–34, 329
• St. Mary’s Hall: as dressing station, 129
• St. Paul’s Hall: as dressing station, 30, 102, 106, 118, 128–30, 186, 247
• Salvation Army, viii, 51, 126, 163, 205–6, 211, 255, 289–90, 348, 377, 388–89
• Saunders, Florence, 120
• Scanlon, Edna Young, xi
• Scanlon, John James, xii
• School for the Blind (Halifax), 67, 123, 168, 378
  • as dressing station, 130, 186, 247
• School for the Deaf and Dumb, xiii, 123, 167, 237, 361, 384
• Schreiter, A.A., 251–52
• Sears, Richard, 274
• Sexton, Edna May Williston Best, 225, 227
• Sexton, Frederic, 225
• Shattered City (Kitz), xiv, 79, 128, 346, 358, 378, 397
• Shea (family), Ernestine, Mrs. Maurice, 270
• Shea, Major Dr. Peter Owen, 177
• Shediac, response from, 157
• shelter, temporary, 102
• Shepherd, Emma, 294
• Shepherd, Frank, 252
• Shepherd, Myrtle, 153
• Sheppard, Mrs. Albert, 109, 347
• Shields, Private John, 191
• Shrum, Daisy, 122–23
• Shubenacadie, response from, 158
• Shultz, C.G., 294
• Sibley, C.D., 153
• Sick Children’s Hospital, 111–12, 399
• Simmonds, Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph B., 114, 251, 253
• Simmons, Frances, 144
• Simonds, Charles Henry, 71
• Simpson, R.W., 274
• Sinclair, Miss E.E., 191
• Sixth of December, The (Lotz), 294
• Skarre, Louis, 42, 309
• Slade, Albert E., 70, 145
• Smith, Dr., 98
• Smith, Mrs. Albert Thomas, 131, 164
• Smith, Dr. C.C., 189
• Smith, Mrs. G.G., 218
• Smith, Corporal Harry, 108
• Smith, Henrietta, 144, 399
• Smith, Stanley K., 185, 268, 270, 273, 359
• Smith, Violet, 78, 346
• Snow, Mrs., 270
• Sorensen, Sigrid, 42
• Spencer, Joseph, 255
• Spicer, Lance-Corporal Andrew, 80
• Spruce, Gunner J. J., 80, 347
• Spruin, John, 60
• Squires, Mary, 245
• Stacey, Private Frederick, 164
• Stella Maris (tug), 38, 41, 46–47, 52–53, 57, 60, 308–9, 311–12, 315, 317–18
• Stellarton, response from, 144
• Stewart, Alexander, 164
• Stewart, I.C., 116
• Stewart, Lieutenant W.J.A., 164
• Stokes (family), John, Margaret, Mrs. Thomas, 237
• Stone, R.N., 251–52
• Stone, Able Seaman Robert, 86, 348
• Story of Dartmouth, The (Martin), 98, 382
• Stout, Dr. Elbridge, 175
• Stratton, James William, 399
• Stredder, J.C., 219
• Strong, Percy, 126
• Stuart, George, 329
• Sturdee, E.F.L., 178
• Stutt, Dr. Ardenne, 175
• submarines, Canadian (HMCS CC1 and CC2) 37, 59–60
• submarines, German (U-Boats), 3, 15–19, 40, 44, 276, 404
• Sullivan (family), Anna, Daniel, Dennis, Ethel, Gerald, Mary, Michael, 217–18
• Sullivan, Private Alfred, 108
• Sullivan, Private John, 108
• Sullivan, Miss T.R., 237
• Supple, Major Dr. Edward, 177
• Swetnam, Dorothy. See Hare, Dorothy
• Swetnam, Rev. William James, 64, 79, 240, 372
• Sydney, response from, 150, 160–61
• Symington, Captain Powers, 170, 173, 234, 271, 320

• Tacoma, USS, 55, 120, 170–71, 174, 181, 234, 271, 320, 357, 382, 387
• Tanguay, Dr. Edward, 179
• Taylor, G.A., 115–16, 120
• Thomas, Bernadette, 245
• Thomas, Dr. C.M., 176
• Thomas, George, 245
• Thompson, Anne, 136
• Thompson, Private Frank, 108
• Thompson, Colonel William Ernest, 24, 185, 282, 326, 344
• Tilden, Amy, 181
• Tomkinson (family), Constance Avard, Grace Thomason (née Avard), Rev. Harold, Joan Crewe, 64
• Tooke, Captain Dr. Frederick, 115, 195–96, 198, 232
• Tooke, Constable Leo, 183, 246, 347, 390
• Toronto, response from, 159–60
• Toumani, Sissoko, 43
• Town That Died, The (Bird), 295, 346, 358, 376, 378, 397
• Trask, Ada, 137
• Trebilcock, Dr. F.C., 168
• Trepanier, Joseph, 42
• Tresilian, John, 273–74
• Triggs, Acting Commander T.K., 52–53
• Truro: emergency hospitals in, 71, 145–48, 150, 186–87, 189, 210, 273, 329–30
  • response from, 141
• Truro Central Relief Committee, 131, 218, 220, 357, 389
• Tummonds (family), Gertie, Winnie, 247–48
• Tupper, George, 256
• Turner, Captain Jesse, 81

• Upham (family), Annie, Charles Jr., Ellen, Jennie, 254. See also Upham, Charles
• Upham, Charles, 79, 254
• Upham, Constant, 51, 60–61
• Upham, Rev. Hugh, 141, 209
• Urquhart, Russell, 98

• Vail, Miss, 247
• Vaughan, Charles, 239p
• Vaughan, Mrs. Charles, 270
• Victoria General Hospital, 75, 78, 99–100, 104, 106, 111, 127, 140, 171, 177, 187, 193, 233, 247, 252, 328–29, 359–60, 363, 382, 388, 393, 399
• Von Steuben, USS, 54, 120, 170–74, 181, 234, 357, 382, 387

• Waegwoltic Club: as emergency hospital, 200
• Waite, Albert, 190
• Walker, Joe, 378
• Walker, Robert, 206
• Wallace, Lottie, 256, 288
• Wallace, Justice William Bernard, 127, 327
• Walsh, Mrs. John, 147
• Wambolt, Mrs., 206
• Ward, Mrs., 206
• Wasper B, 38, 53, 377
• Watson, Major R.M., 345
• Waugh, Frederick, 108
• Weatherbe, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul (military engineer), 127–29, 196–97, 348
• Weatherbe, Major Dr. Philip (physician), 99, 112, 127
• Weiss, Herman, 245
• Welch, Evelyn. See Dakin, Evelyn
• Wellington Barracks, 51, 53, 96, 100–101, 191, 294
  • construction of, 6, 24
  • description of, 26–27, 405n31
  • impact of Explosion on, 56, 61–63, 66, 72, 81, 155, 248, 280, 288, 293, 338, 398
  • reaction to apparent fire at, 24, 88–90, 92–93, 265, 347, 372, 381–82
  • reconstruction of, 333, 340, 381–82
• Wells, Billy, 52, 60, 105
• Wells, Miss C., 237
• Westbury, Philip, 378
• Westhaver, Lizzie, 256
• Whitcombe, C., 145
• White (family), Annie, Francis, Lizzie, Marcella, Minnie, Walter, Walter, Jr., 219
• White, Catherine, 65–66, 103
• Whitely, James, 148
• Wickens, A.H., 73
• Wickwire, Miss A.L., 237
• Wilcox, Captain Dr. DeWitt G., 177
• Williams (family), Florence, George, Gerald William, Gladys, Margaret, W.B., 245
• Williams, Marie, 237
• Williams, Richard, 252
• Willis, Major R.B., 127
• Williston, H., 153
• Wilson, Mrs. Robert, 213
• Windsor, Robert, 235
• Winfield, James H., 122
• Winfield, W.A., 153
• Wiswell, J.A., 220
• Wiswell, Katie, 220
• Wiswell, Patrick, 220
• Wiswell, Pete, 220
• Wolfville, response from, 157
• women, role of: in American view, 228
  • on Dartmouth Relief Committee, 119
  • as first to help, 76
  • in initial response, 33–34
  • and Samuel Henry Prince, 31–32
• Woods, Dr. J.B., 176
• Woodstock (NB), response from, 157
• Woolcott, Samuel, 193
• Wreck Commission Inquiry, xiv, 301, 306, 308–9, 357, 360, 373, 391–92. See also Burchell, Charles Jost; Demers, Captain Leander Arthur; Drysdale, Justice Arthur; Henry, William Alexander
• Wright, Helen, 131
• Wright, William, 131–32
• Wyatt, Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Evan, chief examining officer, 23, 298, 300–301, 304–5, 369

• Yarmouth, response from, 157
• YMCA: as emergency hospital, 100, 102, 106, 127, 130, 186, 188p, 193, 197, 233, 247, 328–29
• Young (nurse), 143
• Young, Alfred, 220
• Young, Ellis, 220