Calumet Christmas Hall Disaster Claims Seventy-Three
In Calumet Michigan on Christmas Eve a false alarm of fire caused a deadly stampede at Italian hall. Seventy three people including 37 girls 19 boys 13 women and 5 men died as hundreds tried to escape the stairway. The Western Federation of Miners later buried fifty nine bodies including 44 children amid a snow covered funeral cortege near Lake Superior.
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Calumet
Mich
Western Federation of Miners
Lake Superior
Port Nelson Elevator Plans Accepted for Government Role
Preliminary plans by Canadian Stewart Co of Montreal for a government owned elevator at Port Nelson have been accepted. Full plans will be drawn, bids from about fifteen companies will follow in spring, and construction aims to finish before the Hudson Bay railway reaches tide-water to handle western grain.
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Ottawa
Stewart Co
Montreal
Port Nelson
Hudson Bay Railway
Location for Big Telescope Not Yet Decided Upon
Tests in western and north western Canada gauge days with best observing conditions for the government telescope. Ottawa is not viewed as the optimal site, as researchers seek a location offering the most clear skies.
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Ottawa
Canada
Meteorological Bureau
Mexican doctor gives 150000 dollar Christmas gift in Haileybury
At the Haileybury Baptist church Christmas services Dr. R. E. Allan of Leon Mexico placed a marked cheque for 150000 dollars on the collection plate. Elders initially thought it was a misprint or a prank before recognizing the sizable donation.
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Haileybury
Ont
R. E. Allan
Leon
Mexico
Church Drive Funds Marked for New Building
A note attached to the donation states the money is to be used for constructing a new church and the parsonage. The record notes the intended use and the donor intent, with no further details on amounts or dates.
Swift Current Opens New Permanent Water Supply
Swift Current Saskatchewan celebrated the opening of a new dam and waterworks led by Mayor-elect Frank E. West and J A Yager. The Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Co. built a dam over 800 feet long and 25 feet high, creating a reservoir with capacity over 100,000,000 gallons. The ceremony occurred outdoors with the temperature at 20 degrees above zero.
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Swift Current
Sask
Frank E. West
J A. Yager
Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Co
Montreal
Seven Girls Born In Madrid Washer Woman Home
A Madrid washer woman in a poor district gave birth to seven daughters all alive. Three died soon after, while four are thriving. Physicians call the case extraordinary and the neighborhood has visited the house. A statement from Rev. D. R. L. Howarth about a Toronto letter will appear in the next issue.
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Madrid
D. R.'L. Howarth
Toronto
England's oldest woman presides at son's wedding breakfast
Mrs Rebecca Clark aged 109 the oldest woman in England presided at the wedding breakfast of her son Harry aged 67 at Woodgreen near London.
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Rebecca Clark
England
Harry
Woodgreen
London
Appointment of John Leitch as police commissioner
Ottawa dispatch reports John Leitch of The Pas has been named police commissioner for Ontario Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The appointment covers three provinces and expands provincial policing leadership.
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Ottawa
John &. Leitch
Pas
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay Declared New Fishing Area With Great Potential
A Marine Department report from Ottawa cites Hudson Strait as a virgin fishing area rich in salmon trout and cod potential. Dominion official Tanner says development could bring vast markets, local employment, and a $160000 annual bounty, with Port Burwell as ideal operations center and Eskimo workers as key manpower.
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Ottawa
Hudson Straits
Marine and Fisheries Department
Dominion Fisheries
Tanner
British Columbia
Hudson Strait
Tanger
Newfoundland
Lunenberg
Dominion
Port Burwell
Baffin Land
Ripe Old Age Archibald Carmichael Dies at 106
Archibald Carmichael aged 106 died in Antigonish Nova Scotia on December 21 widow and family survive him.
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Archibald Carmichael
Antigonish
Nova Scotia
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Michigan
Port Nelson Elevator
Canadian Stewart Co
the Herald
West. Assoc
Hudson Bay
Fisheries Officer
Marine Department
Pacific Coast
the Lake Lumber Co
Pittsburg
First Street
Railway Avenue
Tolidar, Ai
Meat Department
Armstrong Trading CO
Edwards Avenue
Merry Christmas
le Pas
DE Tremaudan & Company
LE Pas Real Estate
P.O. Box
St. Boniface
Man
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