Collapse of Arctic Expedition Tells of Karluk and Crew
Captain L Lane reports from Seattle that Captain Bob Bartlett and the Stefansson party may be lost after the Karluk vanished in the Arctic. Stefansson and two others survived ashore at Point Barrow while many ships and crews reportedly disappeared in the ice.
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Seattle
Wash
L. Lane
Arctic
Valdez
Northwestern
Lane
Bob Bartlett
Karluk
Peary
North Pole
Stefansson
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Bert McConnell
Point Barrow
Navard
Night Flyer Wreck Near Lorette Ends Calm for Passengers
C N R night passenger train from Port Arthur derailed near Lorette Manitoba at 9 15 Sunday. Eleven coaches overturned and gas pipes ignited a blaze that burned the wreck but caused no passenger injuries. A broken rail caused the incident. loss estimated at 80000. Winnipeg asked for help. a chemical engine assisted in fire suppression. All baggage saved.
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Winnipeg
C.N.R
Port Arthur
Lorette
Man
Noble Polish Count Commits Double Murder in Graetz Castle
In Graetz Germany on December 20 Count Matthis Mielzynsky shot and killed his wife and nephew at their castle near the city. He is now a prisoner. The couple had been separated for years and recently reconciled before the tragedy.
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Graetz
Germany
Matthis Mielzynsky
Bold hold up nets $100 in Winnipeg office robbery
A masked robber held up a Chase Carpenter in the offices of the Northwest Loan Co on the fourth story of the Sylvester Willson building in Winnipeg on Saturday evening. The carpenter failed to raise an alarm as the robber escaped with about $100.
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Chase Carpenter
Northwest Loan Co
Sylvester- Willson
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Carpenter
Honors for Canadians Named for King George New Year
Ottawa reports list of Canadians to be honored by King George at the New Year including R. W. Leonard chairman Transcontinental Railway Commission Hi V Meredith of Bank of Montreal H L Drayton chairman Dominion Railway Commission and David McNicholl of the CPR.
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Ottawa
King George
R. W. Leonard
Transcontinental Railway Commission
Hi. V. Meredith
Bank of Montreal
H. L. Drayton
Dominion Railway Commission
David McNicholl
C.P.R
Volcanic Eruption Devastates Ambria Island
Reports from Sydney describe a cataclysm on Ambria in the New Hebrides where about 500 natives perished. Witnesses recall sudden, violent blasts as craters erupted with flames and lava, isolating villagers and turning a village area into an island.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Ambria
New Hebrides
Hugh
R. C. Bazaar Ends With Music, tableaux and beauty contest
The R.C.L.B A bazaar ended Friday night after a large turnout due to nearby theatre fires. The event featured music, tableaux such as The Old Year and the New and Napoleon’s Dream, and a contest where Miss Ogier received 144 votes and Miss St. Godard 193. Both winners received jewelry from Bishop Charlebois. The three day bazaar netted over 8000 for the association. Ontario Premier Sir James Whitney lies ill at the Belmont hotel in New York.
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R.C.L.B
Canada
England
Waterloo
St. Cecilia
8. Ogier
Miss St. Godard
Miss Ogier
James Whitney
Ontario
Belmont Hotel
New York
Lynching of Cleve Culbertson After Williston Murder Case
In Williston North Dakota on December 16 a mob of seventy five masked men stormed the jail, dragged out Cleve Culbertson and hanged him from a bridge over the Little Missouri river. Officials arrived to find Culbertson's body with eleven bullet wounds. The case involved the murder of three members of the D. T. Dillon family and followed prior accusations of robbery and assault across the border into Montana and Saskatchewan.
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Williston
N. D
Cleve Culbertson
D. T. Dillon
Little Missouri River
Erickson
Culbertson
Regina
Sask
North Dakota
Buck
Wilcox Saskatchewan
Wilcox
Roy Walker
Montana
Ray
Dillon
Manitoba's 1915 Crop and Dairy Output Report
The Department of Agriculture announces 1915 grain yield 178,775,946 bushels on 6,364,880 acres. Fodder crop on 195,151 acres yields 08,964 tons. Dairy production totals 3,416,248.97 in value with butter marketed by farmers 4,288,276 pounds at 23.0 cents. creamery butter 3,020,622 pounds at 27.4 cents. cheese and milk products add to the total.
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Winnipeg
Department of Agriculture
Fire devastates Portsmouth Dockyard injuring two in tower
A major blaze at Portsmouth Dockyard destroyed nearly 82 million dollars of property including warship models and Nelson relics. Fire crews battled flames after inflammable material in the storehouse ignited, with detachments from warships aiding. Two signal tower workers died.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Nelson
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C.N. R. Night Flyer
N.S. W
R. C. C. Bazaar
Manitoba’s
the Lake Lumber Co
Pittsburg
First Street
Railway Avenue
G. Holidan Stuigu
Meat Department
Armstrong Trading CO
Edwards Avenue
Merry Christmas
le Pas
DE Tremaudan & Company
LE Pas Real Estate
P.O. Box
St. Boniface
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