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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1925
Page
1
Earth tremors shook Medicine Hat at 6 30 pm Saturday with two brief shocks felt across bricks and apartments. People reported chandeliers swaying clocks stopping and a sense of dizziness though no damage occurred. Residents recalled a similar quake fifteen years ago and debated its cause while others rushed outdoors in fright.
Helena June 29 residents of Gallatin Valley describe the weekend quake as whimsical with no deaths. Nearly 20 buildings cracked or fell and landslides plus a cliff collapse caused rail damage and widespread fear across Butte Helena Three Forks Manhattan and surrounding areas. Damage totals exceed $360000 with main losses in Three Forks and White Sulphur Springs. The event disrupted rail lines and prompted evacuations as shocks continued into Sunday. A separate feature notes the romance of Marcia Davidson and Samy Baroudi Bey with marriage plans discussed at Toronto.
A powerful quake struck Santa Barbara at 6:45 a.m. causing ten million dollars in damage and widespread destruction of business buildings on State Street including the Arlington Hotel. Reports list 65 dead and hundreds injured as water mains burst and geysers erupted, with fires starting but limited prior damage.
A Sunday night blaze at Caledonia near Glace Bay destroyed the trestle compressor house warehouses and most structures except the bank offices at No 11 colliery. The fire, under control by midnight, caused heavy damage with no precise loss figure available and the cause unknown.
Quick salesmen claim advertising proves results in The News classified feature. The piece highlights direct response and practical tips to boost sales through local ads.
A map highlights Canton as a site of European killings and mass moves of women and children to Hong Kong. Rioting is anticipated at Amoy and Hong Kong with warships sent eastward. Legations in Peking prepare for a possible siege amid escalating tensions.
Reports from the Canadian Pacific Railway local office indicate a heavy rainstorm traveled from the southwest between Suffield and Bowden toward Medicine Hat and Calgary last night. The system moved northwest as it crossed the line.
A fishing schooner’s crew suffered fifteen deaths after collision with the Cunard Anchor Line steamer Tuscania east of Halifax. Rex of Gloucester rescued nine others as the schooner sank. The Tuscania remained nearby, aiding in searches for survivors and bodies. The full details were not yet released.
June 29 reports from Canadian and US markets show a sharp selloff. Prices opened lower and remained under pressure with futures down about ten to eight cents and cash markets quiet as exporters and mills bought little.
Helena Montana woke at 3 20 AM to a seven second quake with no damage reported. Great Falls Montana endured its fourth tremor in thirty two hours at 2 30 AM, shaking houses for several seconds.
William McIntosh a 42 year old Toronto man died last night while piloting the Toronto to Hamilton local on the Canadian Pacific line between Toronto and Sunnyside three miles from the latter station. Fireman Duncan McKay, seeing the engineer collapse, drove the engine to Sunnyside where a doctor pronounced him dead. McIntosh had been under doctor's care for some time.
Ernest Thompson J was reported drowned in the Old Man river at Lethbridge on Saturday during the weekend heat wave. Bloodhounds found his clothes on the riverbank but the body had not been recovered.
Work resumed at the Community Well on Many Island this morning after a two week cessation caused by a broken crown block. The drill is now down 2,250 feet and progress is expected as drilling recommences. Classified ads are touted as quick sellers through advertising in The Nowa.
A man killed and three injured in an ambush at the Signal Tower of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways yard in Port Arthur. Central Police Station charges a suspect with murder as officers investigate the assault on rail workers and operators.
Winnipeg on June 29 reported inspections totaling 198 cars for wheat against 728 cars on the same date last year. Coarse grains numbered 125 cars versus 291 a year earlier. Contract wheat totaled 97 cars.
Representatives of the Chinese arrived in Shameen to deliver five demands to the Chinese government. They require the British and French consuls to apologize and for foreigners to return to China and resign as officers. The French gunship Marne is reported to have arrived with reinforcements.
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