The memorials to the family of Hon. John William Ritchie also dominant the church . There are memorial windows placed for a son and five of his daughters . His twelve children donated money for the memorial window on the south side of the church . St. Paul 's Church played a significant role in the Halifax Explosion . Doctors used the church as an emergency hospital , using the two vestries to tend to the wounded , while the bodies of the dead were stacked on top of each other around the walls of the nave . Only one stain glass window was broke in the church , however , most of the other windows were smashed and there was wide cracks in the roof . It was the only church in the city considered safe enough to conduct a service the following day . All the congregations used the church to conduct funerals
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
St. Paul's Church (Halifax)