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Cloudy and cool; northwest winds 15. Low-high at Charlottetown 37 and 42. Outlook for Sunday: A few clouds. ..
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Authorized u “gagghuoaih “PM om“ v/ ‘" CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1958 "0%? FIVE CENTS
task of removing the No. 4 shaft at yesterday.
REMOVE BODIES FROM MINE
workers take out one in mid:
Herex afternoon. Up until early in the
mm a total of eight bodies had been removed from the mine.
,masmn BUREAU A ,. I or run GUARDIAN
Moore, 19—year-old Har- ' was killed instantly Echo-vehicle collision on b Highway about a Miscouche about 8 pawn evening. ése was even injured which occurred 1953 Chev. car, with the only occupant, pro- weatward towards his .mrmony, collided with Mercury truck, loaded potatoes, driven by “Gallant, of Springfield on route to Summer-
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bit innsfer truck left the W"; the result of the col— h. which appeared to have been head-on, and the im— Mvtun we momentum of the II Violas. the truck box ex- beyond the cab of the practically sheared off the In! of the éar which skid-
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ded or rolled along the centre of the highway striking a second car, a 1948 Dodge driven by Ed- ward Arsenaul-t of Wellington, and proceeding eastward behind the truck. .
Although the front of his car was also damaged to a consider- able extent, Mr. Arsenault and other passengers in the vehicle escaped injury, as did the driver, of the truck.
Newsmen who later arrived on the scene considered the Moore car to have been the most exten-
sively .demolished car they had»-
seen in this area for at least many years. Dr. S. R. Cameron of Summer- Side was summoned, together with members of the Summer- side detachment of the RCMP. and after Moore had been pro- nounced dead, Coroner Dr. W.E. Callaghan was called to the scene, empanelled a jury and ordered an inquest. . Members of the jury are: Vic- tor Sanderson (foreman), D.H.
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Eulhful Driver Killed v Three-Vehicle crash
Gallant. Tllmon I. Arson-suit, Norman Leslie Reeves, Milton Bruce Baglole, James William MacNeill, and Cyrile Joseph Hadley.
'llhe deceased, Jackie Moore, in a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lea— man Moore, of Harmony, and was employed with Curran and Briggs Ltd.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by the following sis- ters and brothers: Emily, in On- tario; Ennis. Victoria West, Er- roll, Sadie, and Arthur, at home.
Mon Killed On I Fishing Vessel
LUNENBURG, N. S. (C?)— Lloyd Charles Feener of Bridge- water, N.S., was killed Thursday night when he became entangled in a winch alboard the fishing ves- sel Cape North.
News of the death was revealed
Friday when the vessel docked here.
EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED
Mine Rescue EffortsGo On But Grave FearsHeld
Ferry To Continue Service
It was intimated last night by a Moncton official of the Can— adian National Railways that the installation of a new armature in the bow starboard motor of the M.V. Albegweit will be carried out at Borden and that it will not be recessery for the big motor powered ferry to go into drydock to have the work done.
“It is the intention to carry out the work on the armaure while the Albéngeit is still in service,” said Douglas V. Gond- er, vice—president and general manager of the Atlantic Region, C.N.R.
It was explained that the phrase “while the Abegweit is still in service" meant that the work would not have to be done at drydock and could be handled at Borden.
N0 MISGIVINGS
Mr. Gander assured Island ship- pers that they “need have no misgivings about the ability of
the C.N.R." to handle their freight shipments. He said, “E .en if it were
necessary for the Abegweit to be taken out of operation the other vessels on the Borden-Capt Tor- mentine service could handle all traflfic offer ."
It is understood that a new armature is now being built at Peterborough, Ont.
Since the discovery of the burn-
"C. D.) Howe" Will Arrive On Sunday
The 0G5. ”C.D. Howe" lert Quebec City Thursday for Char- lottetown. The ship is expected to. arrive here Sunday and to com- mence loading lighthouse and ra- dio station provisions and sup- plies on Monday morning.
Enrowte to Charlottetown the “Howe” will land supplies at lightstations on Anticosti Island.
On completion of loading to- wards the end of next week he “Howe” will be proceeding to deliver supplies and transfer lightstation personnel on the West Coast, Nfld., Belle Isle Strait, Labrador and the Quebec North
Shore.
. GRIM AND SORROWFUL
ed out armature was first made the, Abegweit has been powered by only three propellors but has been making its regular runs.
Following is the complete re- ort from the C.N.R. vice-presi- ent:
“Work on an armature in the M.V. Abegweit will be undertaken in the near future and carried out under the direction of con.- petent engineers and it is hoped that this work can be carried out without any interruption of regular service.
' While Repairs Are Made
“Shippers on P.E.I. need have
of the C.N.R. to handle freight shipments across the Northurn- berland Strait.
“Even if it were necessary for the Abegweit to be taken out of operation, the other vessels in the Borden-Cape Tormentine ser-
vice could handle all traffic of;
fered.
“It is the intention to carry out work on the armature while the Abegweit is still in service.’
The Prince Edward Island De partment of Agriculture will in future pay one dollar per day to- wardanthe cost of board of all students from this Province at- tending either the first or second year Farm Course at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at Truro, NS. ‘
It is estimated that the cost of this program will run to $175 per ) student per year.
In making this announcement yesterday, the minister, Hon. Eu~ gene Cullen stated that this pol- icy was adopted with a view to encourage future Island enroll- ments in this course.
This was the second time the Province had come to the assis- tance of agricultural students in the last few years Mr. Cullen observed. Two years ago the government had established a $200 per year grant for all 15-. land residents ena-oling in approv-
Financial Aid For P.E.|. Agricultural Students
ed courses leading to a degree in either Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, or Home Economics.
In the N.S. Agricultural College calendar the Farm Course is de- seribed as “a preparation for life on the farm and citizenship in the community.”
SIX MONTHS
Commencing on October 22 the course lasts for six months.
Entrance requiiements include a Nova Scotla Grade K Certifi- cate or its equivalent, at least one year of farming experience, good character and good health. In addition each applicant must have reached his or her 16m birthday prior to the opening day of the course.
Lack of the necessary educa- tional certificates does not pre-
clude filling an application for this course, since all applicants
judged on their individual merits. '
OTTAWA (0P) —‘Prime Min—
federal aid to the stricken com- munity of Spring-hill, N.S. Nearly 100 men are trapped in a coal
mine there.
ister Diefenbaker Friday offered Gilry of Springhill. Mrr.
Dielenbaker Offers Gov’l. Assistance To Springhill v
In a telegram to Mayor Ralph Diefen- baker said: “Please advise me at once if we can give any assist- ance in the work of rescue or in medical or other services."
No Indication Men Are Alive
SPRINGHILL, N. 8. (CP)—-- Dosco coal chief Harold Gordm said early today there has been no indication that 83 men trapped in Cumberland No. 2 mine here
, since Thursda ni t are alive. no misgivings about the ability: 5’ 9’“
RAF Plane
Crashes 2 In Detroit
DETROIT (A? l—An RAF delta wing Vulcan bomlber exploded over Detroit Friday and crashed into a riverfront residential com- munity, damaging some 30 homes.
Miraculoust only two residents of the area were injured. ‘
The crew of the plane, believed to be six men, perished.
Portions of their bodies were srewn among the rubble.
The plane exploded with a tre- mendous to or and smashed through tree tops as it disinte- grated. Portions hit one house, glanced into another and went up in smoke.
The scene is two blocks from the faalno' nablle Grosse Point park suburb northeast of the De- troit business district.
In London, an air ministry spokesman said the plane was on a routine training flight from Waddlngt‘on, Lincolnshire, in cen- tral England, to Lincoln Air Force Base in Nebraska.
On board as a good will mes- sage from the mayor of Lincoln, England, to his counterpart in Nebraska.
Local Man Has Father In Mine
A Charlottetown man, Harold Rector, has his father listed among the missing miners at Springhill, it was learned yester. day. His father is Percy Rec- tor.
Mr. Rector is employed by the Telephone Company.
WILLING TO TALK
BONN, West Germany (Reu- ters)—Chancellor Konrad Aden- auer says in an interview to be published today he is willing to discuss the East German ques— ‘tion with Soviet I‘remier Nikita Khrushchev.
SCENES AT SPRI‘NGHI’LL’ YESTERDAY
RESCUE WORKERS PAUSE BRIEFLY BEFORE RETURN TO SEARCH
Two miners take brief break during rescue operations. Donald Oakley (left) and Ambrose Summertml.
the missing.
By IAN DONALDSON Canadian Press Staff Writer SPRWGHHL, N.S. (ClP)——The known dead Cumberland No. 2 colliery here rose to eight Friday night as hope faded for the safety of 85 others trapped deep under- ground.
Dosco officlals said the death toll might rise to 93, the worst tragedy in Canadian coal mining in more than half a century.
The bodies of Eldon Stevens and Clyde Corkum were brought to the surface by rescue workers Friday night. Six bodies were brought out earlier. Survivors and miners searching the deep: tor the trapped have reported seeing several more bodies.
So far, 81 of the 174 men work- ing in the pit when a violent up- heaval of the earth shook the colliery last night have reached safety. Fifteen of the 81 rescued are in hospital with various in- juries.
SOME WALK OUT
Many of the survivors walked or crawled to safety after the bump—a sudden shifting of the strata. Piles of rubble hindered their progress.
A bopranlking Now Scotia gov- ernment official said Friday night. only "a double miracle" would bring ‘any of the trapped out
Deserted Late
By HARRY CALNEK Canadian Press Staff Writer SPREV’GHIILL, N. S. (CPl—The
grounds of the Cumberland Rail- way, Company's- No. 2
'mine we\r'e almod deserted Fri-
day, more than 24 hours after an underground upheaval rocked this town.
Somewhere in the deeps, 85 men were entombed. The ab- sence of crowds underlined opin- ions of company officials that the men were dead. Only a few weary women kept
On another Friday night, Nov. 2, 1956, crowds milled around the mine buildings. Down in neigh- boring No. 4 pit, 118 men were
trapped. .
85 Miners Are Still Trapped
alive. The official, acquainted with mining problems, asked not to be identified.
While those with loved one- trapped in the mine refused to surrender a slender thread of hope, they had little to support them during the agony of waiting.
Harold Gordon, general man— ager of Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation's colliery operations. emerged at mid-day after nine hours underground. In a choked foice, his eyes full of tears, he said that hope was gone for most of the men.
No HOPE AT BUI'I‘OM
He told a press conference there was no hope whatever for miners on the two lowest levels— 13,400 and 13,800 feet from the mine entrance, more than 4,000 feet vertically below the muflace.
Early reports were that some 55 men were at these two levels but later it was said the number was 32 to 37.
For 50 to 55 others, at the 18,- Woot level, Mr. Gordon said “There may be some hope—only because Wt have not seen them."
They were caught almost 2% miles along the sloping passe; that could lead to safety. .
Miners who managed to escape from these low sections brought out word of tremendous rock falls
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Grounds Of Mine Virtually
Last Night
The crowds speculated, argued —many prayed. '
An explosion had wrecked the shaft. No one knew the cause. The blast was; mystery. This. somehow, kept hope alive.
The “bump” that occurred at 8.05 pm. ADT Thursday was something the people in this min- ing town of 7,000 could under- stand. “Bump” is a word known in each household — a dreaded word.
The description of Thursday’- upheaval given by miners who reached the surface seemed to smash the hopes of wives, moth- ers and relatives gathered at the pitahead. There were few words. They turned and walked slowly
back to their homes.
ONE OF THE SURVIVORS RECEIVES FIRST AID Fred Hahnen. one of the first survivors to come up enters mine building for first aid treatmefl.
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