IKAN
IRE
Fire
ii.il
.inn
nmnnn
nl
e
started
around
an
building
which
was
a
landmark,
once
tcinz
Ui
Hippodrome
dance
the
charred
walls
rc-
Diamond
said
that
he
hat
they
be
condem-
in
I.
..!!
...
HOME
WITH
HIS
WOUNDS
i
Private
Bruce
SitmiiidMtn
Returns
From
Italy
Today
The
proud
red
patch
of
the
Canadian
First
Division
on
his
arms
Just
below
the
name
patch
of
his
equally
famous
regiment,
Ptc.
Bruce
Slmundson,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Simundson,
215
Ninth
Avenue
East,
strode
down
the
gangplank
of
the
Ss.
Prince
George
today,
home
from
combat
service
with
the
Princess
will
be
discharged
on
account
of
his
wounds
or
not.
As
he
stood
on
the
wharf
he
looked
much
too
young
to
have
seen
action
against
the
Germans,
although
he
is
22.
i
He
received
his
first
wounds
In
fighting
on
the
Hitler
line
last
May,
returning
to
service
iin
the
summer,
to
be
wounded
acain
in
bitter
fighting
In
Sep
-
ui'cn
ripsmwrri
inn
mss
lwo
wec&s
Ku,
"
"
brings
to
$G5.000
the
days
later
ilhc
Battcrhom
bakery
i
vwo
weeks.
The
p
t.v
r
re
caused
a
siu.uu
loss
nu
and
skating
rink
were
of
wind
saved
tnc
adjoining
ouu-
r:trr.tfnl
...Ut.
Attn
rnn
.
lmtnl
A
DELEGATE
IS
SEEKING
NEW
ECTION
IN
B.C.
FOR
HIGHWAY
KAM
11
in
i.
n
,
Bartlctt
announces
nnnu
n
...
i.
,
cm
luwjr
uuiu
no
n
Kin
i
the
construction
of
from
either
Prince
Prince
Rupert
to
con-
thc
Alaska
highway
nrcn
the
announcement
It
i.
tr
until
vj,
ivmii-
asmnirf
nit
I
t
..,i
i
.Bvun
nuiviuuvru
senate
callinc
for
international
hloh.
commission
expired
with
the
past
congress.
The
measure
provides
for
five
commissioners,
unt
Alaskan,
one
a
congressman,
and
three
residents
of
the
states,
Tor
a
two-year
period
without
compensation.
The
bill
provides
that
the
commission
will
co-operate
with
any
similar
agency
of
Canada
In
a
stndv
for
the
survey,
location
and
construction
of
a
highway
to
connect
the
Pacific
northwest
with
British
Columbia,
Yukon
territory
and
Alaska.
LITTLE
PROGRESS
IN
HOTEL
MATTER
As
far
as
getting
any
satisfaction
in
connection
with
the
establishment
of
a
new
and
modern
hotel
In
Prince
Rupert
is
con-
Patricia's
Canadian
Lignt
in-
bcr
of
Commerce
is
back
where
rantrv
In
Italy
it
started.
The
chamber
recently
he
last
Twice
wounded
year,
;
,
.
-m,,
tn
vnnrnnvpr
communicated
with
Hon.
J.
E.
I
Aj;tL
U5
itU
V
Hum
"
-
for
treatment
of
ms
injuries
after
visiting
with
his
family
i
"i
AiasKa
City
lias
or
a
n-w
nn.o.
Iroyed
companica
irom
vuntuutu
uj
his
mother
and
sister,
Mrs.
-E.
nrlnrtstrnnri
who
went
south
two
the
Ketchikan
garage
wccks
ago
to
meet
him.
'in
a
loss
estimated
by
,
ue
doesn't
know
whether
he
Michaud,
minister
of
transport,
in
the
matter
and
.It
has
now
been
advised
by
Mr.
Michaud
that
it
has
been
passed
on
to
the
Canadian'
National
Railways.
Some
time
ago
the
chamber
took
the
question
up
with
R.
C.
Vaughan,
president
of
the
Cana
dian
National
Railways,
who
suggested
that
the
company
was
not
contemplating
any
further
hotel
ventures.
JAPANESE
DISCUSSED
Mrinliers
of
Legislature
Air
Their
Views
on
Vexed
(hiestion
VICTORIA.
March
7
J.
A.
Paton,
(Cons.-Coalition,
Van-Pt.
Grey),
Mrs.
Laura
Jamicson,
(CCF,
Van.
Centre)
and
Mrs.
Grace
Mclnnls,
(CCF,
Vancou-
vcr-Burrarcl)
spoke
on
the
Jap
anese
question
in
mc
Legisla
ture.
Paton
said
that
the
Japs
Im
migrated
to
Canada
not
as
actual
Immigrants
but
as
the
"ad
vance
army
of
occupation,"
Mrs.
Mclnnls
said
that
Canadians
are
"fools
to
think
that
they
can
build
a
united
Canada
while
sniping
at
other
Ms.
Jamicson
said
that
racial
hatred
and
racial
prejudices
were
weakening
Canadian
national
life
and
Canada's
contribution
to
International
.settlement
and
oeace.
Canada,
she
said,
must
'
throw
off
racial
prejudice
or
"she
is
doomed.."
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAlBVtWO'R'rtlAf
NEWSPAPER
Weathei
Tides
.
i
ernll3
WU1C1S
Willi
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
1
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a
I
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March
8,
1945
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feet
Cloudy
with
Intermittent
light
occa-moderate
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Low
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feet
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rlniidv
dur
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12
feet
1:11b.
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50
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C
WEDNESDAY
MARCH
7,
1915
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
lletins
REINFORCEMENTS
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tliruiifrhnilt
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-
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1
illvll
mvm
-
-
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,rmy
overact
wtiv
in
tola!
numbers
1
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were
wanted
most.
DOCTOR
i)ii:s
physician
to
four
.
.
rarly
today
in
his
year,
mysician
i
in
nine
utuisc
'Ltit
iu
iiriu
jiiiii-
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I
III'
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nrii
i
nil
i;
wi-iiii:it
I
II
IT
I.inViUtl
till.
'AUINirr
MIXTINV.
i
iiauaii
rmiuiri
in
Koine
today
to
rum
iivit
i..v..-
be
formed.
A
dc-I'rcmicr
Itononi's
i
was
made
in
a
nun
miisiuc
tut;
acc
yesterday.
One
I
two
others
were
then
police
fired
on
The
demonstrators
..1-1
r
at
in
in
Miiii.
iiri
fim
KE
GERMANY
mire
in
a
n
nine
American
lieavy
in
Dortmund
area,
t
.!.
.
.
and
railroad
yards
and
Sicgrn
after"
ii
mimic
m.ifcsnl
nl
Rhine.
Twenty-
fin
uav
in
:ii
rial
attacks
on
main
i;hway
routes
from
front.
BAOLY
I)
EATEN
itn
i
iin
.upimvii
fiuntlrr
llargg,
Siin-
linished
a
badly-
jlii.n
.....
l
a
.'iaiiimiii
.-.iiii:.,.-
I...
-
I
.
nillflivlnf.l
rriiAwl
l.
in
rn.r
vi
n
uviiviai
i'i:
decorated
the
com-
m
chief
of
Polish
"i
trailer
iircsrmcu
commander
with
the
I
.
n
t
m
'iiuie
ami
i.rEiim
in
Vancouver
Explosion
Toll
Eight
Big
Attack
JOINT
HIGHWAY
COMMITTEE
FOR
THIS
DISTRICT
The
Prinec
Rupert
Chamlber
of
Commerce
last
night
endorsed
a
proposal
of
the
Kmithers
and
District
Board
of
Trade
that
a
Joint
highway
committee
be
formed
representing
various
communities
of
central
British
Columbia.
Expenses
will
foe
shar
ed
and
two
delegates
will
be
sent
to
a
session
of
the
joint
committee
which
it
has
been
suggested
be
held
at
Vandcrhoof
immediately
before
the
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
in
May.
The
proffer
of
the
local
chamber
to
co-operate
In
connection
with
the
Joint
highway
committee
is
dependent
Upon
a
sufficient
number
of
communities
joining
up:
-
on
Berlin
Starts
Reds
Sta&NADIANS
STRIDE
TOWARD
RHINEive
Freelv
)imrr
AAnv
pickiuuij
ncAU
rurc
dunn
hit
D
If
MOSCOW,
March
7
There
arc
Indications
today
that
the
j
long-expected
direct
frontal
as
sault
of
the
Red
Army
on
Berlin
from
the
Oder
River
has
commenced.
Newspaper
Isvcstia
says
there
arc
igns
of
furious
bat
tic
on
all
roads
leading
to
Berlin.
Krucstin
and
Frankfurt
arc
being
hammered.
Berlin
says
the
attacks
have
been
so
far
repelled
but
arc
continuing.
PAWS,
March
7
(CP)
On
the
western
front,
Canadian
First
Army
forces
are
striding
towards
the
Rhine,
jumping
off
from
fallen
Sonbeck,
the
former
western
anchor
point
of
the
German
rear
guard.
As
these
units
press
forward,
other
Canadian
Army
forces
are
investing
Xantcn,
four
miles
northeast
of
bulge
between
xanten
and
the
Sonsbcck
where
they
are
fighting
their
hold
on
the
narrow
Rhine.
Ten
thousand
enemy
troops
arc
cornered
in
this
ever-narrowing
area.
The
famed
university
town
of
Bonn
may
be
next
in
line
for
the
United
States
First
Army.
Now
that
Cologne
has
fallen,
thousands
of
German
soldiers
are
fleeing
towards
Bonn
which
is
twenty
miles
south
of
the
cathedral
city.
American
forces
are
coming
to
grips
with
enemy
suicide
units,
fanatical
young
Germans
who
have
been
ordered
to
hold
Bonn
as
long
as
possible.
The
defence
of
Bonn
Is
vital
to
the
Nazis
as
the
city
now
Is
a
funnel
for
thousands
of
enemy
troops
fleeing
across
the
Rhine.
General
Patton's
Third
American
Army
was
rushing
forward
In
the
Moselle
Valley
toward
Coblcnz
today
and
the
city
may
be
brought
under
siege
tonight.
White
flags
are
reported
flying
from
buildings
at
Duisburg,
Allied
authorities
are
taking
over
administration
of
captured
Cologne.
There
are
no
public
services
operating.
Electric
light
and
water
services
are
off.
Battleship
Tirpitz
Was
r
i
i
s
i.
r-i.
ounK
dv
anaaian
flier
LONDON,
March
7
(CP)
The
pride
of
the
German
Navy
the
battleship
Tirpitz
was
sunk
by
a
12,000-pound
bomb
in
a
direct
hit
scored
by
a
Flying
Officer
from
Rivers,
Manitoba,
Walter
Daniel.
In
his
'address
in
"Uie
British
Parliament
yesterday,
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
declared
that,
although
the
Tirpitz
was
perhaps
the
toughest
ship
afloat,
she
did
not
stand
up
against
a
pin-point
attack
made
by
Rritish
squadrons
off
the
coast
of
Norway
last
November.
Sir
Archibald
described
the
bomb-sijjhl
used
as
of
"extraordinary
complexity,
ingenuity,
and
HIGHWAY
MATTERS
Local
Committee
lias
Several
Suggestions
for
Vanderlioof
Convention
S.
E,
Parker,
cnalrman
of
Ihc
highway
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
presented
at
the
meeting
of
the
chamber
last
night
a
number
of
suggestion
regarding
road
matters
"which
might
be
brought
up
at
a
meeting
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
British
Columbia
to
he
held
at
Vanderlioof
In
May.
These
were
as
follows:
Formal
opening
of
the
Prince
Rupcrt-Ccdarvale
Highway
for
any
type
of
traffic.
Pressing
tooth
federal
and
pro
vincial
governments
for
Improvements
and
standardization
of
the
section
'between
fJcdarvale
and
New
Hazcltoh.
Urging
the
provincial
government
to
survey
the
proposed
Haz-elton
route
to
connect
the
cen
tral
interior
with
the
Alaska
Highway
as
promised
hy
Premier
John
Hart.
Comnlotion
of
the
northern
highway
from
Trincc
nupcrt
to
the
Alberta
border.
Making
'by
the
provincial
government
of
satisfactory
arrangements
with
the
Uniicd
States
or
Alaska
Highway
Commission
re
garding
the
portion
or
the
highway
between
Haines
and
the
Alaska
Highway
that
lies
within
British
Columbia.
Expression
of
preference
for
the
Vanderhoof-Fort
St.
Jamcs-
Flnlcv
Forks-Gold
war
rather
than
the
Prince
George-Dawson
Creek
route
for
a
highway
to
the
Peace
River
Block.
Completion
of
the
Kamloops-
Tctc
Jaune
Cache
highway
via
North
Thomson
and
Blue
Rivers.
CAR
It
I
ICR
BOTTLED
i
UP
LONDON
The
partially
completed
German
aircraft
carrier
Graf
Zcpellin
Is
bottled
up
as
the
Red
Anny
approaches
Stettin.
Campai-n
Meeting
With
Excellent
Response
In
lis
Opening
Stage
Willi
$1237
so
far
collected
from
voluntary
contribution
ex
clusive
of
proceeds
of
canvassers'
efforts,
the
local
branch
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
to
day
announces
a
total
of
$1137
of
the
objective
of
$15,000.
Con
tributions
in
this
latest
annual
campaign
arc
running
about
the
same
size
if
not
larger
than
in
the
,
last.
The
reception
to
the
appeal
appears
to
be
highly
sympathetic
as
the
great
need
appears
to
be
fully
appreciated
The
following
contributions
arc
acknowledged
today
Dry
dock
to
date
.L-.r.
$582
R.
L.
Mcintosh
100
Frascr
&
Payne
100
Savoy
Hotel
100
Capitol
Theatre
100
T.
Eaton
Co.
Ltd
50
T.
D.
Pattullo
25
B.C.
Furniture
Co.
25
Howe
&
McNulty
25
S.
D.
Johnston
Ltd.
25
Miss
Norma
E.
Smith
5
Is
Again
Seeking
Chauffeur's
License
Undaunted
by
previous
failure
to
obtain
favorable
consideration,
Thomas
Murray
Oliver,
chauffeur,
has
again
brought
bc-
forpMhe
city
council
an
appeal
Iorfjf,1flratloii
ohautfer'sJ
Oliver's
latest
appeal
was
before
the
city
council
Monday
night,
;rounds
bein;?
that
he
was
not
j
medically
fit
to
continue
work
as
a
stevedore,
that
he
is
a
Class
A
chauffeur
and
that
refusal
here
tofore
to
grant
permit
has
been
"arbitrary"
and
not
in
Uie
in
terests
of
fairness
axic:
justice.
Oliver's
request
for
a
hearing
by
the
council
was
granted
and
will
take
place
on
March
19
just
"oe-forc
the
regular
meeting
of
the
council.
Aid.
Hills,
commenting
on
the
matter,
expressed
the
opinion
that
"it
means
something"
when
the
police
persist
in
considering
that
a
person
Is
"unfit"
to
drive.-
Aid.
Arnold
felt
that
a
person
should
not
he
"damned
forever
for
one
sin."
Robbery
Situation
Is
Mentioned
Again
The
present
situation
in
the
city
in
regard
to
recurrent
rob-
'.berics
was
briefly
mentioned
at
la.st;
night's
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
meeting.
There
had
.been
a
special
investigation,
it
was
understood,
tout
nothing
definite
seemed
to
be
known.
The
subject
was
deferred.
SITUATION
IS
SATISFACTORY
The
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
and
Bernard
Allen,
ship
yard
manager,
arc
doing
every
thing
in
their
power
to
secure
a
maximum
of
permanent
work
for
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock
which
has
sufficient
work
in
sight
for
at
least
a
year.
Tills
was
the
impression
reported
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
'by
G,
R.
S.
Blackaby
after
attending
a
re
cent
joint
committee
conference
with
Mr.
Allen
regarding
future
activity
at
the
yard.
Mr.
Allen
had
been
courteous
and
frank
He
had
informed
the
committee
that
the
ways
were
readily
adaptable
to
building
cither
large
or
small
ships.
W.
M.
Walts
suggested
that
the
committee
on
dry
dock
activity
continue
to
watch
the
situation.
In
addition
to'
construction
of
two
1350-ton
coastal
vessels,
the
dryidock
would
be
getting
a
large
amount
of
work
in
repairing
Russian
ships,
Mr.
Blackaby
added.
'LABOR
SNUBBED'
BY
LEGISLATURE,
MEMBER
CHARGES
VICTORIA,
March
7
KB
The
Legislature
held
a
night
sitting
Monday
for
the
first
time
In
an
effort
to
speed
completion
of
the
budget
debate.
Herbert
Gargravc
(CCF
Mac
kcnzlc)
charged
that
organized
labor
was
tieing
deliberately
snubbed"
by
the
coalition
gov
ernment
which
was
"touchy
on
the
question
of
union
security
and
the
check-off."
The
Liberal
government
at
Ottawa
had
a
policy
of
bungling
incompetence
as
far
as
labor
legislation
is
concerned,
Gargravc
said,
and
its
regulations
had
"done
more
to
cause
strikes
than
any
other
single
cause.'
He
criticized
the
provincial
government
for
not
allowing
s
labor
lobby
to
visit
Victoria
recently
to
meet
the
labor
com
mittee
of
the
Legislature.
Mail
Service
Is
Being
Maintained
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commctce
executive
has
institut
ed
Inquiries
which
have
elicited
that
there
was
no
basis
for
a
recent
rumor
in
Smithcrs
that
the
mail
service
on
this
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
might
be
reduced
to
..three
times
a
week.
No
such
change
Is
permit
whlelf
the
noice
tiav"fejyQ
MIDNIGHT
CHUMSau;'
uwyuiiLU
wj
main,.
CLOSING
IN
ALASKA
YET
JUNEAU,
March
7
Matter
of
the
midnight
closing
on
all
entertainment
places
as
it
affects
the
territory
has
been
left
to
the
decision
of
the
governor.
"No
decision
has
been
made
yet
pend-
Damage
In
Ship
Blast
Is
Over
Million
Dollars
Cause
of
Waterfront
Disaster
Yesterday
Still
Unascertained
S.
S.
Grecnhill
Park
Still
Burning
At
Siwash
Rock
s
INVESTIGATION
ORDERED
OTTAWA,
March
7
Minister
of
Transport
Michaud
has
ordered
a
private
and
confidential
preliminary
investigation
into
the
ship
explosion
and
fire
disaster
at
Vancouver
yesterday.
There
may
be
a
public
investigation
later.
VANCOUVER,
March
7
(CP)
Two
members
of
the
crew
and
six
stevedors
are
reported
unaccounted
for
as
fire
fighters
struggle
vainly
to
check
the
blaze
in
the
holds
of
the
10,000-ton
Victory
ship
Green-hill
Park
which
was
ripped
asunder
in
forward
sec-
VICTORIA
MAN
OPENED
WAY
TO
ANTWERP
OTTAWA,
March
7
O'-A
B.C.
IXNDtW,
TUilrcIn
'MahM
washing
has
been
hanging
on
the
Siegfried
Line
for
some
time,
but
it
still
gets
a
chuckle
from
visitors
to
the
front.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
saw
the
words
of
the
British
song:
"We"ll
Hang
Out
Our
Washing
On
The
Siegfried
Line"
come
true.
Mr.
Churchill's
car
approach
ed
a
sign
saying
"This
is
the
lng
receipt
of
information
irom'Siegfried
Lmc
Beyond,
the
me
war
manpower
commission
relative
to
the
manpower
situation
in
each
community
on
the
basis
of
which
a
decLsion
will
be
made,"
states
Secretary
of
Alaska
Lew
Williams.
The
midnight
closing
went
Into
effect
in
the
states
recently.
LOCAL
TEMPERATURES
Maximum
39
Minimum
35
Rainfall
.36
Inches
Prime
Minister
noted
another
sign
saying:
"And
this
is
the
washing."
Several
pieces
of
apparel
were
in
view
at
the
second
signpost.
TO
SAN
FRANCISCO
'OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
Kin?
wilt
head
a
Canadian
delegation
of
twenty
to
the
San
Francisco
conference
April
25.
War
News
Highlights
Reds
Move
On
Stettin
MOSCOW
While
the
R.A.F.
bombed
Sassnitz,
Soviet
artillery
shells
were
hurled
into
SlctlMt.
Red
Army
infantrymen
arc
moving
on
Stettin
in
two
columns
north
and
south
of
the
Baltic
port.
The
Russian
drive
aims
to
seal
off
Pomcrania
and
prevent
the
Gentians
from
doing
anything
to
stop
the
coming
smash
at
Berlin'.
Heavy
Fight
On
lwo
GUAM
The
campaign
on
lwo
Island
in
the
Pacific
lias
flared
up
again
after
a
two-day
lull.
Three
American
divisions
have
resumed
their
drive
towards
the
northern
end
of
the
island.
Heavy
fighting
is
raging.
Tiic
Americans
arc
getting
support
from
fighter
planes
taking
off
from
the
island's
southern
airfield.
Final
Philippine
Phase
MANILA
The
Philippines
campaign
lias
entered
its
final
phase
with
the
American
invasion
forces
finishing
the
job
against
four
Japanese
divisions
on
northern
Luzon.
On
Cor-rcgidor
Island
in
Manila
Bay,
the
Americans
have
sealed
off
three
hundred
caves
and
tunnels.
The
Japanese
inside
will
die,
since
they
have
refused
to
surrender.
Fewer
Bombers
Being
Lost
LONDON
The
percentage
loss
of
R.A.F.
bombers
dis
patched
against
enemy
targets
has
been
reduced
to
approximately
one-quarter
of
the
1912
totals.
This
was
revealed
in
London
yesterday
b.V
the
British
Air
Secretary,
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair.
However,
he
disclosed
that
between
April
and
September
last
year
the
Romber
Command
suffered
heavy
casualties.
During
the
first
two
months
of
this
year,
bomber
losses
have
only
amounted
to
one
point
one
percent
of
planes
dispatched.
Battle
of
Italy
ROME
American
mountain
troops
have
gained
five
miles
in
the
rugged
Appcnines
southwest
of
Bolognc
in
the
strongest
advance
on
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
front
in
weeks.
explosions
a
few
minutes
before
noon
yesterday,
fire
having
spread
to
her
entire
length.
The
blazing
vessel
was
towed
outside
the
entrance
of
the
har
bor
to
Siwash
Rock
where
she
beached
and
the
fight
to
ex-opening
army
officer
was
responsible
for
,
was
the
first
and
only
cross-
tlngulsh
the
flames
continued,
lng
into
the.
Scheldt
estuary.
damage
as
a
result
of
the
pocket
during
the
bitter
battle,
explosion
is
unofficially
estl-f
or
Antwerp
last
October,
head-i
mated
at
some
$1,300,000
quarters
has
revealed.
,ana
may
dc
mucn
more,
me
He
Is
Acting
Major
Michael
loss
as
far
as
the
ship
Itself
Li
Allan,
of
Victoria,
one
of
four
concerned
Is
placed
at
$925,000.
B.C.
men
in
the
list
of
106
Can-
,
The
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
adians
awarded
citations
for
Pter
was
also
extensively
dam-heroism
In
action
in
the
Euro-1
aged.
Most
seriously
Injured
pcan
war
theatre,
announced
to
-
J
was
Jules
Lanthlcr,
cook
on
the
day
by
National
Defence
head-
Greenhlll
Park.
Nine
are
In
hos-quartcrs,
Ipital
with
injuries
Including
s
burns.
Officials
Uic
Canada
of
Ship-
TAiiinrK
a
ws.w
i
it
skin
MM
AWf
HAN
ll
IN
I
WAH
Nil
PmB
Co..
operators
of
the
vessel
w
i
ii
1
1
nui,
iinuviiiw
it
ni
iiiiw
ON
SIEGFRIED
LINE
AT
LAST
for
the
Park
Steamship
Co.
of
Montreal,
have
not
.release!
Hhe
nam?'
of
(fie
members
of
the
Ifcrcw
,'Rtevedorcs
mtsslrur
are
Bell,
Michael
McGrath,
Walter
Peterson
and
J.
Brooks.
It
Is
possible
even
more
than
the
five
might
have
been
trapped
in
the
ship's
lvolds.
The
cause
of
Uie
explosions
is
not
known.
There
were
hundreds
of
barrels
of
sulium
chlorate
aboard
the
ship.
The
fire
in
the
cargo
followed
the
explosions.
Explosions,
said
by
some
survivors
to
have
numbered
at
least
ten,
occurred
while
the
Green-hill
Park
berthed
at
Pier
B
and
the
concussion
broke
thousands
of
windows
in
wide
sections
of
Vancouver's
downtown
area.
Eyewitness
accounts
of
the
cx-
!
plosion
picture
scenes
reminls-iccnt
of
the
Halifax
disaster
of
!
the
First
Great
War.
V,
Debris
was
hurled
far
and
wide
by
the
force
of
the
blast.
Pickles
ii
i
from
cases
of
bottles
were
scat-
-
j
tcred
all
about.
A
second
vessel
also
caught
fire
and
was
taken
out
into
the
!
stream
where
the
fire
was
put.
out.
The
Grecnhill
Park
was
built
at
North
Vancouver
Burrard
shipyards
a
year
ago
at
a
cost
of
$1,600,000.
Commerce
Chamber
Has
Large
Meeting
Douglas
Wood
and
Oscar
Hayc-roy
represented
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
the
regular
monthly
dinner
meeting
.
last
night
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
were
duly
welcomed
by
the
president.
G.
C.
Mitchell.
New
members
were
also
welcomed
in
the
persons
of
Robert
McKay,
G.
D.
Bry
ant
and
Neville
Ocrard.
The
meeting
was
held
in
Reid's
Cafe
and
the
attendance
was
one
of
the
largest
on
record
for
the
senior
chamber.
Repairs
to
the
provincial
government
section
of
the
Prince
Rupcri
Highway
between
Galloway
Rapids
bridge
and
Prud-hommc
Lake
will
be
undertaken
as
soon
as
weather
conditions
this
spring
make
It
possible
to
carry
out
the
work
satisfactorily.
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
advised
last
night
in
a
communication
from
the
district
engineer,
J.
O.
Brady.
Tim
chamber
had
written
to
the
department
pointing
out
the
present
unsatisfactory
condition
pi
the
road
surface.
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