Floods cripple Vancouver rail system with deaths feared
Massive floods batter British Columbia with Britania Beach washed away and Britannia Beach amid debris. Canadian Pacific Railway warns trains unavailable for five days as washouts and rockslides sever lines from Yale Creek to Coquitlam. Port Coquitlam inundated shipping routes and bridges destroyed. Authorities rush repairs and relief trains to affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Canadian Pacific Railway
B. C
Brittania Beach
Ace Astaliing
Britannia Beach
Howe Sound
Nytten
Canadian Pacific
Lytton
Champion
China Bar
Cascade Subdivision
Yale Creek
Albion
Baby Held If Parent Pays Board Bill
San Diego judge rules a baby cannot be held in custody under habeas corpus until the parents pay the $10 board bill. Mrs Eblert Smith kept Dorothy Mae Walker for several months as Muriel Walker and her husband, the child's parents, reconciled after a separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
S. M. Mars
Eblert Smith
Little
Dorothy Mae Walker
Muriel Walker
Civil Service Exams Date Set for November Testing
Civil Service Commission announces exams for civil service candidates on November 15 and 16 at Toronto Street School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civil Service Commission
Cigil
Toronto Street
Train Derailed Near Elba Michigan After Rail Tampering
Flint, Oct 29. Grand Trunk passenger No. 5 bound from Port Huron to Chicago derailed near Elba, Michigan. An unknown party or parties removed a rail, prompting a sheriff posse to search for the culprits. Three men were seriously injured as nearly the entire train, save one Pullman car, plunged into the ditch. the engineer slowed the speed in time to prevent greater damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Grand Trunk
Elba
Port Huron
Chicago
Showering Debris Damages Senate Chandelier
Washington October 26 part of the ceiling fell in the president's room near the senate chamber damaging a gold chandelier and glass globes. Senators Pomerene and Swanson were showered by debris but escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Chamber
Pomerene
Swanson
Japanese delegation reaches Victoria after cyclone voyage
The Kashima Maru carrying Prince Tokugawa and Admiral Jomosaburo Kato arrived in Victoria amid cyclonic storms that delayed the voyage by a day. A separate incident reports photographer J. B. Jenkins killed while hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Kashima Maru
Victoria
Washington
Prince Tokugawa
Jomosaburo Kato
National Railways Not Going To Be Forced By Public Pressure
Toronto reports D. B Hanna president of the Canadian National Railways defends management before the Rotary Club. He cites an earnings surplus in August and predicts improvements in October. He rebuts talk of track removal and discusses wage pressures and rate challenges facing the railway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Railways
Canada
Hanna
Toronto
Aibe
D. B Hanna
C.N.R
Rotary~ Club
Canadian National Railways
Hagun
Chicago Labor Board
Haitian Death Toll From U S Occupation Reported
Major T C Turner told the Senate committee that about 2400 natives have been killed in action since the U S occupation of Haiti begun six years ago. He said 1132 deaths occurred from Oct 11 1919 to Oct 1 1920 and reviewed his prior report on killings and brutal treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Haiti
T.C. Turner
Marine Corps
Senate
Tugper
Rotary in Winnipeg urges world disarmament meeting
Winnipeg Rotary clubs call for a special disarmament week from November 7 to 11 with local votes on November 9 and a Washington opening November 11. Gordon E. Munter announces the move, asking Dr. Crawford McCullough to issue a global call. J. W. Dafoe to speak on disarmament. Winnipeg Rotary marks its fifth birthday November 2 as Canada’s first club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipegia
Rotary Clubs
Washington
Gordon E. Munter
Crawford McCullough
Fort William
Australian House approves pooling wheat aid plan
The Australian House of Representatives passed Premier Hughes proposals to advance three shillings per bushel to farmers who pool their wheat at railway sidings. The vote was 32 to 20. Reuters report from Melbourne notes the measure aims to support farmers amid postwar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Can. Press
Reuter
Melbourne
Australian House of Representatives
Hughe
Irish delegates present final demands at Dublin conference
London reports say Dail Eireann delegates in Ireland conference submitted final demands. If conceded they would abrogate the Ulster government’s control in the north, but London believes acceptance unlikely. The issue referred to Dubin and a Monday reply from D Eireann is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dail Eireann
Ireland
Dubie
D Eireann
Commons
Provincial Woman's Auxiliary meeting closes with acclamations
Toronto October 28. The annual meeting drew 68 delegates plus many city branch members and the provincial command of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Great War Veterans' Association. Officers were re elected by acclamation. Resolutions urged housing aid for soldiers, bread wrapping laws, sale of apples, and consideration of a land flag charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Woman's
Great War Veterans’ Association
Dsfifer
Gub-Executive
England
Scotland
Classified Ad Proclaims Quick Safes in World
An advertising note touts the Nowa safes as the quickest little safesmen in the world and urges proof through ads.
Independent candidate Nes leads recall race in partial Fargo returns
In Fargo and across North Dakota, Octai A Nes maintains a narrow lead by about 24 000 votes over Governor Lynn J Frasier as partial county returns trickle in from urban strongholds Mostly nonpartisans gain as west precincts report slowly and other races for Attorney General and Commissioner of Labor appear unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N.D
Octai
A. Nes
Lynn J. Frasier
Ham
Thy
Aden
Syelubjona Teypeton
Jetorney
Joseph A. Rail
Labor
Mein
Also Mentioned on This Page
Provinge
Coquitlam
Westminster Junction
Coquitlam River
Coquitlam Yards
Revelstoke
Abbotsford
Yale
Canadian Northern
Port Coquitlam
Here
Slave River
Canadian National Railway
Boston Bar
Fraser Valley
Capilano
Burrard Inlet
Pacific Great Eastern
G. T
Elba, Mich
J. B. Jenkins
Innisfail
Wan Ewes Wey
Tammany
New York
Dick Crocker
Tammany Wigwam
Crocker
U.S
Hédir
New South Wales
Hay River Mission
MacKenzie River District
Vale
Omy
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Nelson
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Ahi Anatians
Woman's Auxiliary of
Tadapandas Eestor Bo
A.m
Jist
Het the Medicine Hat News
Ie Conneil Chamber
Oty
Medicine Het
Alberta
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!