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.

Each year, the people of Halifax, Nova Scotia, gift the city of Boston its official Christmas tree as thanks for help rendered more than 100 years ago. The story goes like this: It was Dec. 6, 1917, ...