Hillcrest Colliery Disaster Leaves Town in Mourning
June 19 Hillcrest Alti. Canada reports a catastrophic mining explosion at Hillcrest Colliery. About 200 workers perished or were missing, with 41 survivors from a 263 man shift. Rescue crews recovered corpses, while families gathered at the mine washhouse in a city-wide vigil. The blast cratered the engine house, scattered debris, and coal dust blanketed the area as authorities feared further victims.
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Hillcrest
Alti
Canada
Udy
Nencly
Dock Ag
Weather Readings for Week Ending June 13 1914
Meteorological readings show the week ending June 13 1914 with listed temperatures and related data. The fragmentary OCR provides limited details beyond general temperature measurements for the period.
Builders order massive steel rails for British Columbia lines
Vancouver June 17 Porty five thousand tons of steel rails have been ordered by the Connellian Northern Railway for the completion of its lines in British Columbia. Fifteen thousand tons will go to Port Mann etc. The company has 8,000 tons to be shipped to Vancouver Island and 17,000 tons to the Yellowhead Pass. Work to lay rails from several points aims to finish by October.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
B. C
Connecilian | Northern Railway
Sydney
Manny
Vancouver Island
Kamloops
Yellowhead Pags
Olalla Notes on Blackhawk Assessments and regional mining views
Tim Griffin and Pat Murhay report two years of assessments on the Blackhawk near Cedar. Ore shows downward growth and increasing richness with depth, suggesting a major find in the Similkameen mining country. Fitzgerald and Murphy of Spokane leave samples after visiting claims around Olalla.
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Tim Griffin
Pat. Murhay
Blackhawk
Fitzgerald
Olali
Colit McKinnon
Hedley
Princeton
Pete Williamson
Ike
Archie McEachern
Jones
R.P. Brown P
Canada Grain Crop Outlook From Census Office Report
The Census and Statistics Office issues a preliminary Canada grain crop estimate on June 1. Areas sown and crop conditions are given for Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, and Hay across provinces. Conditions are generally favorable with regional delays due to late spring and dry spells. total wheat area rises in 1919 over 1918, while Northwest provinces show substantial increases in several crops.
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Othewa
Census and Statistics Office
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Maneitobi
Albertus
Ginadai
Barsley
Northwest Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Parker Williams Speaks on BC Politics Tour Dates
Parker Williams of the Opposition line tours Southern British Columbia with EB Winch, provincial secretary of the Social Democratic Party. He speaks on June 80th at Richter's Hall Keremas Centre and visits Hedley July 1, Princeton July 2, Merritt July 4, with Jack Place slated for Penticton July 8 and a likely meeting in Keromeus Uputre July 6.
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Parker Williams
D. P
Richter
Keremas Centre
My. Williams
Eb, Wineh
Social Democratic Party of Canada
B.C
Parker Willits
McBride
Winch
Hedley
Princeton
Merritt
B. C
Jack Place
Naniamo
Penticton
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JAS. Glarke Watchmaker
Hedley B.C. Glocks
Seymour
Western Canada
Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd
Sheffield
Eng
Beatty Street
Hedley “ Miners” .and — [Killmen’s| Union
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ALF
AL MS
Helman
Freeman
Wim
Modern Woodmen OF America
Fraternity Hall
Freeuay
Roewlar
Hedley Lodge
J. L. Masters
Oroville
North Main Street
R. P. Brown
Beitish
Ter
P.O. Diawne
P. W. Gregory
Land Surveyor
Star Building
Barry Mom
Exwast
Silcox
Bailey & Silcox Mining and Civil Engineers
Provincial Lawn Surveyors
Landa, Timber and Mineral Surveys
Great Northern Hotel
John Jackson
Milliard's Barber Shop
the Gazette
Hhns Wrough
Brown
Hillcrest Collegies
Noth
M.J. Mehar
Olalla
Marsel
Aon
Constable Bowen
Keremews Centre
Parker Williams Tours District
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