AT 430. NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN, TELEGRAPHED, OR SAID CAN EXPRESS TO YOU THE HORROR OF THE DISASTER OF THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 6TH. WE’RE FROM HALIFAX. A LETTER WRITTEN MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO.

People killed in the Halifax Explosion were honoured in ceremonies across the city on Saturday, 108 years after the destructive blast. On the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, the Mont-Blanc, a French ...