Fatal Fire at Hamilton Insane Asylum
A blaze at Hamilton Insane Asylum on August 1 killed eight to ten inmates and damaged a main building. Firefighters saved about 1000 inmates with nets and rapid evacuations. one wing burned, but all inmates were later reported saved. The incident prompted use of city fire resources, including an auto fire truck, as casualties were listed with several unidentified victims.
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Hamilton Asylum
Hamilton
Hamilton Insane Asylum
Ontario
Asylum Department
Boy Scouts Camp at Strathcona Island
About twenty five Boy Scouts meet at the English Church at nine this morning and march to Strathcona Island to camp for two weeks. They will cook, build bridges, huts, and practice signalling including Morse code across a 24 hour period. Morden Crisall leads the camp and a parade for Nos. 1 and 4 troops is set for two o'clock tomorrow.
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Strathcona Island
Morden Crisall
Miners Vote to Return to Work Pending Settlement
Miners at Corbin Camp vote 85 to 17 to resume work after an address by Gus Smith translated into Slav. Mines opened in full swing and about a hundred men on rolls, six absent. A district mass meeting will discuss conciliation board findings and a permanent agreement.
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Fernie
B. C
Corbin Camp
Gus Smith
Meishner
Corbin
Liberal conventions scheduled across Southern Alberta ridings
The Alberta Provincial Liberal Association calls primaries on August 7 and nominating conventions on August 9 to 11 in Medicine Hat Macleod and Calgary. Delegates are allotted one per 20 Liberal votes or major fraction. proxies allowed only for delegates living over 25 miles from a railway.
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Provincial
Liberal Association
Alberta
Medicine Hat
C.s.pingle
J. Shepherd
Lethbridge
Macleod
Macleod Federal Liberal Association
R. A. Wallage
L. M. Roberts
M.L. A. Calgary
John A. Irvine
C. W. Fisher
Clifford T. Jones
F. S. Selwood
Frank Moorehouse
Alberta Provincial Liberal Association
Government relieves coal duties for Western Canada
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced an order in council to remove duties on coal west of Sault Ste Marie starting August 7. The move aims to prevent coal shortages in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba amid mine cessations and a risk of widespread privation.
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Order-In-Council
Sea
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Canadian
British Columbia
Alberta
Sault Ste Marie
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Boards of Trade
Medicine Hat Tops Canada Building Permits in July 1910
The Medicine Hat area leads Canadian permits with a July total around 85 275 dollars, up from 24 500 dollars a year earlier. New projects include Medicine Hat Electric Company 920 750, J C Burbidge 20 000, and W T Finlay residence 8 500. Several major builds like Hull Block and Ready theatre await totals.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
Medicine Hatarate Company
J. C. Burbidge
Hull
Finlay and Ready’s
Land Office Records Record July Totals
The local land office reports a record month with 540 entries totaling 90,240 acres and cash receipts of 845,788.08 dollars. Homesteads, pre emptions, purchased homesteads and various script entries are itemized, including 808 homesteads and 202 pre emptions.
Edmonton Water Main Bursts Cutting City Supply
A twenty inch water main burst in Edmonton cuts city water supply. Several workers were nearly drowned, and health authorities warn that extended outages could trigger typhoid fever outbreaks.
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Edmonton
Parties Pick Their Men for Manitoba Election
Winnipeg and Brandon dispatches describe heated nomination talk as independents plan a meeting in Carman to set a stance on reciprocity and elections. Speculation centers on potential candidates from Conservative and Liberal ranks, with August 11 convention dates noted for both sides.
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Winnipeg
McDonald
Victoria Hall
Carman
Brandon
T. Mayne Daly
Clifford Sifton
Daly
Sifton
Robert Rogers
J. A. Aickens
Andrews
G. H. Caldwell
T. M. Percival
T. C. Morris
R. McKenzie
Grain Growers’ Association
Steve Fork
Pipestone
W.speers
A. C. Fraser
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R. L. Borden
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
W. A. P. Dispatch
John Herrerman
Berlin
Ont
George Hay
Charles Hulliard
Gainsboro
George Storey
Addie Storke
Evans
Berny
BOY Scouts
Strathcona
Balmoral Street
Pettet & Hilliard
Central Park
Pettet
All Canada
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