All that remains of several large buildings in the devastated area, where the full force of the explosion was felt. ] [Illustration: This is a picture of Clayton & Sons, Clothing Manufacturers’ block on Barrington Street, one of the largest buildings in the city. Practically every pane of glass in this building was shattered. ] [Illustration: This is an interior view of the tailoring department of Clayton and Sons. This picture was taken after the blizzard of Friday and shows the snow piled up on the tables and the damage to the stock by the storm. ] [Illustration: Rows of unidentified dead in the basement of Chebucto Road School. ] [Illustration: Amid the Blinding Blizzard of Friday many found shelter in rows of canvas tents. ] [Illustration: Wreckage of homes in the devastated area. ] [Illustration: This shows how completely the train entrance to North Street Station was wrecked. The whole roof was swept away. ] [Illustration: THE HOME OF THE HALIFAX HERALD AND THE EVENING MAIL AFTER THE EXPLOSION. The Herald building is situated more than two miles from the scene of the disaster, and so great was the explosion that every pane of glass in the building was shattered. On the north and west sides (not shown in the picture) the greatest damage was caused, frames and glass being blown in on the presses and other parts of the plant. ] [Illustration: The motor fire engine “Patricia” as she appeared when purchased by the City of Halifax a few years ago. ] [Illustration: The motor fire engine “Patricia” as she appeared after the explosion. ] [Illustration: This house is situated more than a mile from the scene of the explosion, but the interior was completely wrecked and the furniture was blown out on the street. ] [Illustration: Searching for human lives amid the debris in the devastated Richmond section. ] [Illustration] [Illustration: All that is left of two homes in the Richmond section. ] [Illustration: Oland’s Brewery. This building is a complete wreck and all that remains standing is the smoke stack. ] [Illustration: The Protestant Service at Chebucto Mortuary, from which nearly 100 unidentified dead were buried. ] [Illustration: The Roman Catholic Service at Chebucto Mortuary, from which nearly 100 unidentified dead were buried. ] TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES 1. Silently corrected typographical errors. 2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed underlined font in _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Halifax Catastrophe, by Anonymous