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COAL CARS IN THE LAKEBARGE NO. 15 CAME TO GRIEFYESTERDAY.Two Men Supposed to Have Lost Their/ V ^ # ....Lives in the Accident—-OneTramp Saved.A serious accident- occurred to C. P. R. barge No. 15 yesterday* ►* •• • ( ■ i •*morning, while on her way froi Kootenay Landing to Nelson. The bargo left the Landing at 5 a. m. in tow of the tug Valhalla, captain Taylor.. At the outset the waters were choppy and a good stiff breezei i . • ■ . 1 , • i ' i ' •was blowing, but before an hour had elapsed the wind had abated and the lake was as smooth as*•• * ■. f;glass. On the barge were 15 cars, laden with coal and coke. All went welt till about half the journey had been accomplished, when the strain appeared to be rapidly increasing. Then, without a moment’s warn-• « . ... . • • , — ' » IK.ing the big r craft lurched to one side, and; over ; went the five cars from the outer rails, into the lake, which at this point’isfrom 300 to 400 feet deep. In thelurch the hog chains were broken, and the barge would have foundered were it not that she suddenlyt. , • i # • . « • •lurched to the other side. But as it was three other cars fell off, and those remainiu g left the rails. 11 looked as though all would go to the bottom, and to save the tug from a like fate the cable was cut. Then a man was seen in the water, who struggled on to'the unsteady craf c and • mounted one of the cars. He cried lustily for help; appeal in g to those on board the tug not to leave him to perish. He was rescued i and heading round captain 'Taylor0 succeeded! in A pushing the sinkin gbarge ashore, but before she touched bottom she wa9 well under - water,as was also the lower part of the remaining cars. This was all thatcould be clone, .under _ the circUm- | -stanceVaud the Valhalla was put
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Nelson Tribune
Nelson, British Columbia, CA
Tue, Apr 09, 1901
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