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Blizzard of Glass by Sally M. Walker7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() An aide approached and hurriedly called him to the telephone. Phelan was attending a meeting at the Massachusetts Statehouse that December morning as part of his committee work. The committee had one overriding goal: to make sure the war did as little damage to Massachusetts as possible. prepared to enter World War I, Phelan agreed to serve on the governor’s Committee on Public Safety. He had risen in the firm of Hornblower & Weeks from the position of clerk to partner on the strength of his hard work.Įarlier in the year, as the U.S. So on the strength of that one cryptic telegram from George Graham, Massachusetts quickly assembled a massive relief team and sent it to Halifax. ![]() The explosion had destroyed most telegraph lines to Halifax, and the Canadian government took over the few remaining. One of the casualties of the Halifax explosion was communication. Not time to explain details but list of casualties is enormous.” The message read simply: “Organize a relief train and send word to Wolfville and Windsor (towns near Halifax) to round up all doctors, nurses, and Red Cross supplies possible to obtain. Governor McCall in 1918 amid the reconstruction following the Halifax explosion. ![]()
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