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Abbott, George, 136–38
Abd el-Kader, SS, 25
Acadia, HMCS, 58, 110, 136
Acadian Recorder, 207
Acadia Sugar Refinery, 156, 173–74
Adams, Arthur, 110–11
Adams, Thomas, 338–43
Admiralty House, 190
Africville, 87–88
American Red Cross, 282, 337
Antilles, SS, 24–25
Armstrong, John Griffith, 188, 191, 240, 279, 327, 363n
Ballantyne, Charles C., 245–46, 297, 314, 327, 332
Barnstead, Arthur R., 231
Barnstead, John Henry, 231
Barometer Rising. See MacLennan, Hugh
Beazley, Edward, 57–58, 68, 71
Becker, William, 186, 244
Bell, Francis, 310
Bellevue Hospital, 277–78, 299
Benson, Thomas, 227, 235, 299, 374n
B’Jonnas, Peter, 111, 128, 131–32, 181, 317
Bird, Michael, 358n, 363n
Birkland, Bjarne, 108, 131–32
Black Tom explosion, 31–32, 302
Blois, Ernest H., 264–65
Booton, 255–56
Borden, Robert, 52, 238, 246, 269–70, 272, 278, 314, 359n
Boston Evening Transcript, 267
Boston Herald-Journal, 247
Boston Post, 253
Botnia, SS, 43
Brannen, Horatio, 118, 120, 138, 140, 141, 144, 187, 362n
Brannen, Walter, 118, 120, 187
Broderick, William, 152
Bronfman, Charles, 11, 357n
Brookfield, Walter, 97, 329, 375n
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28
Brooks, Lizzie, 185
Brun, Louis, 107–108, 135
Brunt, Albert, 153
Brunt, William, 150
Burchell, Charles, 310, 311–12, 315–17, 318, 321–22, 334–35
Camp Hill Hospital, 211, 213–15
Carew, Francis, 159, 172
CGT. See Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Chambers, Bertram M., 67, 79, 154, 209, 211, 224, 227, 235, 280
Chambers, Ernest, 237–38, 240, 310, 374n
Changuinola, HMS, 109, 212, 251
Chebucto School, 159–60, 230–32, 273–74, 281, 303–5
Chisholm, Murdock, 211
Christmas tree, 296
Churchill, Winston, 52
City Club, 271, 277
City Hall, Halifax, 221–23
Clara, SS, 106, 116–17, 361n
Cluney, Andrew, 310, 329
Coates, Odiarne, 21, 32–34
Cohan, George M., 278, 371n
Coleman, Vincent, 11, 164–67, 175, 364n
Colwell, Garnet, 368n
Colwell, Henry Stubbs, 205–7, 208, 221, 225, 229, 271
Commission for Relief in Belgium, 41–42
conscription, 246
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 19, 25, 333
Condon, Edward, 150, 172
convoys, Allied use of in WWI, 33
Corbett, R.G., 96
Cornwallis, Edward, 60–61
Covey, Everett, 217–19
CRB. See Commission for Relief in Belgium
Creighton, James, 71
Critch, W.G., 189
Cunningham, Henry, 198–200, 209, 366n
Curren, A.E., 238
Dakin’s Solution, 367n
Dalhousie University, 168
Dartmouth, 89, 90, 136, 139
Davidson, Eric, 282
Davis, T.N., 142
de Champlain, Samuel, 63
Demers, Louis Auguste, 245, 312, 314, 317, 327
Dennis, William, 207, 238
Desbarats, George J., 245
DeWitt, Avery, 240–43
Drysdale, Arthur, 249, 307, 308, 310, 312, 313, 314, 319, 323
decision in Imo vs Mont-Blanc, 333–34
Wreck Commission inquiry ruling, 328–29
Duff, W.A., 223, 225, 240
Duggan, Charles, Jr., 176, 178–79
Eldridge, George, 213, 300
Empress of Ireland, RMS, 12, 366n
Endicott, Henry B., 252
explosion, 170–72, 174–76
explosives, accidents, 32
Fairview Lawn Cemetery, 305–6
Fenton, George, 109, 111
Fisher, John “Jackie” Arbuthnot, 360n
Flower, Edward, 21, 25–26, 30, 32–33
Forgan, James B., 263
Fort George, 40
Fort Needham, 86, 109, 171, 173, 193, 202, 209, 340, 343, 345
Fort Needham Memorial Bell Tower, 345
Fraser, Elizabeth, 163–64, 201–4
Fraser, Frederick, 282
Fraser, Robert “Ginger,” 217–19, 232
Freeman, Terrance, 78–80, 319
From, Bertha “Kitty,” 45
From, Einar, 44–45
From, Gudrun, 44, 358n
From, Haakon, 38, 55, 57, 111
body recovered, 257
early life and background, 42–46
antipathy toward Germans, 47–49
in Halifax, 50–51, 91
morning of December 6, 1917, 108–9, 115–16, 118–19
From, Magnhild, 44, 358n
From, Ragnvald, 44–45
Gammon, John, 157–58, 189
Garnett, H.N., 212–13
George V, King, 52
German saboteurs, fears of, 239, 297–303
Giddings, Harold, 277
Gillespie, J.C., 241
Glotin, Jean-Baptiste, 28, 34, 74, 105, 106, 132–33, 135
Graham, George, 223, 240
Graham, Keith, 344
Grant, MacCallum, 226, 227
Gravesend Bay, 27–28, 34–36
Griffith, Lambert “Bert,” 100, 157, 188, 243
Grove Street Presbyterian Church, 201
Gulnare, HMCS, 110
Halifax Board of Trade, 372n
Halifax Club, 272
Halifax Daily Echo, 207, 238
Halifax Evening Mail, 207, 324
Halifax Fire Department, 364n
Halifax Herald, 207, 208, 220, 238, 284, 286, 291, 296, 297, 303, 314, 329, 336, 337, 363n, 374n
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 207, 306
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 39, 55, 63–66, 83–88, 139–40
Halifax Pilotage Commission, 61, 68–69, 327
Halifax Relief Commission, 286, 287–93, 336, 338, 345
Halifax Relief Committee, 272, 277, 284, 285
Halifax School for the Blind, 337
Hanrahan, Frank, 221–23, 225–26, 297, 328–29
Harland and Wolff, 46
Harris, Willard M., 47, 48
Hawkins, Arthur, 289
Hayes, C.A., 269
Hayes, William, 57, 58, 109, 246, 257
early life and background, 55
morning of December 6, 1917, 115–17, 123, 126
Henry, William A., 248–49, 310, 314, 316, 318, 320, 323, 325, 327
Heritage Minutes, 11
Herring Cove, 55, 58
Highflyer, HMS, 109, 110, 114, 115 119, 121, 138, 212, 233, 243–44, 256
Hilford, 143, 212
Hillis and Sons, 149, 174, 261
Hillis, Frank, Sr., 174
Hinch, Joseph, 148, 194, 292, 371n
Hinch, Mary Jean, 100–103, 148–49, 193, 228–29, 258, 262, 273–75, 292
Historica Canada, 11
Holder, Alice, 160
Holder, George, 160, 197
Holder, Jean, 159, 196, 276
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 237
Hoover, Herbert, 41, 296
Hose, Walter, 234–35, 243, 314
Howard, Ebenezer, 338
Hydrostone district, 339–41, 342
Iceton, Roland, 98, 161
ICR. See Intercolonial Railway
Imo, SS, 9, 256, 258, 299
arrival in Halifax, 38–39
collision with SS Mont-Blanc, 127–28
construction and early history of, 46–47, 112
Intercolonial Railway, 85, 164, 224
Iverson, Ingvald, 111, 112, 258
Izod, Madeline Flora. See Madeline Wyatt
Johansen, Johan, 109, 115, 119, 128, 298–99, 300, 317, 373n
Johnson, Henry, 229
Johnston, Alexander, 244–45, 248–49, 308, 325
Jones, Hervey W., 255–56
Kay Street Methodist Church, 201
Kendall, Henry, 194, 366n
Kidd, Fred, 265
Kingsmill, Charles, 67–68, 96–97, 154, 238–39, 284–85, 297, 322, 324
Kipling, Rudyard, 65, 359n
Knight Templar, HMS, 109
Kreisler, Fritz, 263
Latter, Henry, 255
Lauder, Harry, 263
Laurier, Wilfrid, 51–52, 85, 339
Lawson, Peter, 238–39
Le Gat, Antoine, 135, 136
Le Médec, Aimé, 15–16, 20, 73–74, 244, 246–47, 297–98, 311, 327, 329, 330
early life, 22–24
in Halifax, 90–91, 360n
in New York City, 32–34
morning of December 6, 1917, 104–6, 120–24, 125–27, 133–36, 145–46, 142
return to France, 331
Wreck Commission inquiry testimony, 315–16
Le Médec, Marie, 23
Leveque, Joseph, 35, 82, 106–107, 121
Lismer, Arthur, 201
looting, post-explosion, 236, 239
Lovett, Arthur, 56, 57, 58
Lovett, William “Bill,” 166–67, 175
Low, Robert S., 285
Lusitania, RMS, 13
Mackey, Francis, 209, 247, 297, 298, 311–12, 316–17, 327, 329, 361n
arrival on board SS Mont-Blanc, 76–81, 360n
family history and background, 75–76
morning of December 6, 1917, 106–7, 120–24, 134–36, 142–43, 145–46
struggle to clear name, 332–33
Wreck Commission inquiry testimony, 308–9, 315–17
MacLennan, Hugh, 86, 360n
MacIlreith, Robert, 226, 229
MacMechan, Archibald, 171, 215, 222, 227–28, 232, 264
MacMillan, Margaret, 14, 357n
MacNeil, Robert, 89
Maggie (tugboat), 211, 212
Magnus, Victor M., 129–30
Makiny, John L., 113, 330, 333
March, Aggie, 146, 183
Marconi Company, 207
Marconi, Guglielmo, 62
Marlowe, Christopher, 11
Martin, Charles, 255
Martin, Edward H., 72, 154, 161, 323, 324–25, 327
Martin, Peter, 205, 314, 372n
Massachusetts–Halifax Relief Committee, 263, 286
Massachusetts–Halifax Relief Fund, 286
Matthews, William, 193
Mattison, Albert, 141, 186
Maybee, Janet, 374n
Mayers, Charles, 145
McCall apartments, 285–86, 288
McCall, Samuel, 252–53, 288
McCrossan, Edward, 158
McDonald, William, 285
McKelvey Bell, Frederick, 277, 283, 294, 295
McLean, Arthur, 303
McLennan, Charles A., 190–91
MacNeil, Robert, 89
medical clinics, emergency, 210, 213, 262, 285
Meisner, J.A., 236
Melba, Nellie, 263
Mellish, Humphrey, 309
Middleham Castle, SS, 145, 255
Mi’kmaq people, 39, 60, 89–90, 145, 182
Mills, Hugh, 260–62, 274
Monaghan, Fred, 221–22, 225
Mont-Blanc, SS, 9, 22, 109, 124, 299, 318
arrival in Halifax, 38–39
burning, 140–41, 147–48
collision with SS Imo, 127–28
construction and early history, 17–18, 19, 20–21
condition of, 25
loaded with explosives, 27–30
voyage from New York to Halifax, 34–37
Moore, Ada, 273–75
Moore, Lottie, 266
Moors, John, 271, 277
Morrill, USS, 251
Morris Street School, 217
Mount Olivet, 305, 371n
Murray, George, 264, 312, 372n
Murray, James, 143–44, 162
Murray, T.A., 212
National Hockey League, 262–63, 370n
Naval Aid Bill, 52–53
Newcombe, Percy F., 51
New York Times, 32, 84
Niobe, HMCS, 50–51, 54, 59, 81, 92, 100, 109, 136, 189, 212, 243, 362n
Nobel, Alfred, 28–29
North Street Station, 175, 218, 240, 280
Norwegian shipping losses, WWI, 49
Oland Brewery, 90, 182
Old Colony, USS, 251, 261–62, 274, 275, 277
Olympic, RMS, 18
O’Neil, Bernie “Kid,” 195–96
Oppenheimer, Robert, 10
orphans, 264–65
Orr, Barbara, 344
Page, Walter Hines, 41
Pasco, Frederick C.C., 79, 155–56, 187–88, 324, 368n
early life and background, 153–54, 364n
injuries suffered in explosion, 233–34
Wreck Commission inquiry testimony, 318
Patricia, 151, 152, 172, 364n
Patriot, 207
Pearson, G. Fred, 207, 285
Pickford & Black, 50, 55, 56, 57, 58, 121, 254, 257
Picton SS, 159, 172, 326
Pocreau, Anne-Marie, 23, 347
Point Pleasant Park, 210, 218, 225
postcards, 294
Power, LaMont, 255
Privy Council, 334–35
Raddall, Thomas, 39, 53, 65
Ratshesky, Abraham “Cap,” 252–54, 263, 267–72, 277, 283, 294–96, 299, 370n
Raylton Dixon & Company, 18
Red Cross, 263–64, 282. See also American Red Cross
Reid, John, 225
relief fund, 262–64
Renner, Edward, 106, 116–17, 361n, 375n
Robb, Thomas, 328
Robertson, T.R., 310
Rockead Hospital, 204, 215
Rockhead Prison, 204
Rockingham Station, 166, 223, 240, 241, 268
Rockwell, Fred, 197
Rogers, T. Sherman, 287, 338, 339, 342
Ronayne, John “Jack,” 238
Roosevelt, Teddy, 339
Ross, Jean, 213, 215
Royal Canadian Navy, 51–52
Royal Commission, 68–69
Royal Naval College of Canada, 53, 70
Rudderham, David, 255, 257
Rudolf, Francis, 66, 69–70, 81
Ruffles, James, 187
Runic, SS, 46
Russell, Benjamin, 293, 330
Sandefjord, Norway, 42, 43, 257, 298
Schmaal Engineering Works, 47
Schmall, Gustav, 47–48
Serré, Alphonse, 35, 122, 126, 136, 142
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, 12
Skarre, George Louis, 112, 115
Smith, Edward, 46, 136
Smith, George, 50, 55–56, 58, 59, 254–57, 359n
Société Générale des Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, 18
South Cut railway line, 225
South Pacific Whaling Company, 47, 48, 49, 50, 333
Spanish influenza epidemic, 341
Stairs, Major H.B., 342
Stella Maris, 118–19, 121, 138, 140
St. George’s Anglican Church, 198–200
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 102, 202
St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 200, 201
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, 200
Sydney, Nova Scotia, 154, 318
Symington, Powers “Pete,” 250
Tacoma, USS, 169, 250–51, 295
Tampican, SS, 46
Tennyson, Alfred, 16
Thomas, Lewis, 211
Thompson, W.E. “Ernie,” 222–23
Tibbs, William, 342
Titanic, RMS, 12, 18, 46, 53, 62, 136, 229
Tooke, Fred, 216, 367n
Tracey, Edwin, 284
Train of Mercy, 253–54, 267–69
Triggs, Thomas “Tom”, 138, 141, 144, 186, 244
Truro Daily News, 296
Turtle Grove, 90, 145, 183
U–boats, 17, 20, 33, 40, 49, 56, 154
Upham, Constant, 151–52, 174
Vernon, C.W., 182
Vidfarne, 43
Von Steuben, USS, 250–51, 295
Washington Times, 237
Weatherbe, Paul, 229
Wellington Barracks, 190, 191, 197, 218, 221, 225, 244, 368n
Wells, Claude, 150
Wells, E.J., 79
Wells, William “Billy,” 151, 172–73, 214–15
Whitehead, Herbert, 133–34, 141–42, 144–45
White Star Line, 12, 46, 86
Winfield, J. Harry, 290
Wiseman, William, 300–301, 373n
Woolams, Richard, 114
Workmen’s Compensation Board, 291, 372–73n
Worrell, Clarendon, 305
Wreck Commission inquiry, 247–49, 307–12, 328, 374n
Wyatt, Frederick Evan, 54, 59, 66–67, 69–70, 99, 160–61, 209, 243, 297–98, 309, 319, 325–26, 329–30
differences with Halifax harbour pilots, 71–72, 93, 106, 309
early life and background, 92–94
leaves Halifax, 331–32
Wreck Commission inquiry testimony, 320–24
Wyatt, Dorothy (née Brookfield), 97–98, 160
Wyatt, Madeline Flora, 95, 96, 361n