ttawa
is
Faces
eminent
.Says
Is
Will
.Support
.
inn..
v'..i
UVA-
roiiiicai
tension
rrillllJW
UJ
'l.
vwin-
o-oncrutivc
Common-
Inlf
ration
Icnlcr,
yes-Ihal
his
parly
would
a
pnnrcssivc-Conscr-
vulc
ot
non-ccniiucncr
....tnMlfll
I
ulllf-li
IV
licics
in
Hie
interests
of
Minister
Kin;;
felt
lis
parly
was
the
only
tat
could
lie
considered
t
the
confidence
of
the
;
Any
tolhor
parlies
were
Mc
of
commanding
a
Ir
a"d
lie
would
hesi-L
advise
thai
lliey
be
pipnn
should
the
govern
ftuffcr
a
Parliamentary
:
Is
no
information
as
l
Hie
Social
Creditors
note.
Iouver
Sun
1
1"N
Eai
uics
UVTR
ICanarii.'in
Press)
the
Vancouver
Sun,
y
Island
weather
sta-
P"
miles
an
hour.
whlD-
Kcliun
of
roof
coverinir
li"g
of
the
Miller
Bay
puspiuu
at
5:30
this
'citing
in
a
flood
of
Nn
before
it
was
flnal-N
later
today
;fi
workmen
from
the
KPert
Roofing
Co.
and
auci
Currio
Construc-
Iwerc
rushed
to
tli0
Mll-
Jiospital
after
the
roof-
T
I'UVerlntr
llm
tl.,rr
...i,,..
.
c
oval
i
wilif,
Hital
had
been
lilted
unci,
U.
Galbraith.
hasnltal
rudent,
anticinatcd
Ih.nt
would
be
completed
I
Din
Klnlxlo
I....
at
decorate
the
.rum-
Flier
Exhibition
Build-Puoscvclt
Park
was
lop-
m
Its
nlimnnU
u..
ic
wind.
The
loss
Is
kecnly
by
the
city
au-
PuildinK
wn
i,,
i,
polished
anyway
so,
If
uuwn.
"
will
save
us
PVERNMENT
SERVICE
'
rc
cntiy
granted
by
the
colonies,
$120,000
njjrauve
and
technical
povnment
service
Politi
'deaths.
ica
the
pestilence
by
two
Catholic
missionaries
and
10
white
residents.
Pneumonia,
which
accompanied
the
is
said
.
.
.
.
.
I
y
ti
i
l
hllC
disease,
UWVIKV(
lO
OA1U
to
W
I
II.
Mlddlcton,
aged
341
ha
vo
been
responsible
for
six
3
ii
recarcn
ana
maricet
ATOM
LEAK
IN
CANADA
This
is
Suggestion
Made
al
Washington
by
Bernard
Itaruch
WASHINGTON
D.C.
(Canadian
Press)
It
was
reported
yesterday
that
Bernard
M
Baruch
told
United
States
senators
In
a
secret
session
that
there
Is
evidence
that
Russia
penetrated
to
sonic
extent
the
"wall
of
secrecy
erected
around
production
of
at
omlc
bombs
In
the
United
States.
He
was
said
to
have
added
that
Canada
had
"made
some
discoveries
In
plutonluin"
and
indicated
the
'belief
that
the
Russians
may
have
obtained
som
of,
their
Information
from
Canada.
MEASLES
TAKE
NATIVE
LIVES
FLIN
FLON,
Manitoba.
Qi
-
A
measles
epidemic,
reported
to
have
taken
the
lives
of
a
woman
and
five
children,
raged
today
among
Indians
in
the
Brochet
area,
180
miles
north
of
Flln
Flon.
Fifty
others
were
reported
lib'
Dr.
A.
J.
Jacobs
of
The
Pas
Is
'
being
aided
In
his
fight
against
Mlddlcton
Joined
the
WASHINGTON
AVALANCHES
Sun
staff
as
a
mem-
.SEATTLE
Avalanches
of
the
advertising
depart-1
mud
and
snow'arc
piled
across
Bent?
-four
years
axo.
M
Stevens
Pass
Highway
at
cv-
hirvivcs
I
cral
points.
ST
WINDSTORM
OF
THIS
SEASON
HOUSE
ROOFS
AND
HEADGEAR
Art
rif
M,'ll,-
R.,
Un,n:u
Pnnf
IBIown
Off
Exhibition
Building
Is
doomed
Wind
Loosened
Float
'LANDMAItK
BLOWING
AWAY
iutr
litiprrl'K
historic
landmark,
the
old
Inhibition
'mire
of
major
community
assemblages
in
pre-war
days
1911
and
part
of
the
Roosevelt
Park
cantonment
of
the
I
States
Army
during
the
recent
to
be
war,
appears
.11..
.
.
.
.
...
.
.
"j
uiMiucgtaiing
in
today's
gale.
This
morning
a
had
gone.
By
this
afternoon
part
of
the
roof
had
been
!
off
and
a
backwall
was
being
gradually
reduced,
seem-
B'oard
by
bar,.
mason's
worst
gale,
a
.r0-mile-an-hour
.south-wove
down
on
Hit'
city
last
night
bearing
'Jin
an
inch
of
rain
which
turned
snow-covered
"uo
an
ocean
of
slush,
damaired
the
roofs
of
trict
build
Hirn
iiwl
l(ininrd
:i
flo:ii
inir
wnh'r-
'li;irf
fnmi
its
nioorintrrt.
"wiciaiiy
logged
by
some
extra
work,"
was
City
Engineer
Phillips
comment.
"The
building
Ls
crumbling
and
disintegrating
and
can
be
put
to
no
use."
waji;ki
kont
was
i
aiki.y
siii:i.ti:ki:i)
Tlic
waterfront,
which
is
fairly
well
sheltered
from
southeast
gales,
suffered
little
damage,
al-tliuiKli
boat
owners
spent
a
sleepless
night
standing
by
tiieir
vessels
In
case
of
emergency.
Only
reported
incident
was
al
the
F.
E.
Hunt
Co.
float,
which
was
dragged
from
its
outward
mooring
by
the
wind.
The
float
was
returned
to
Its
proper
place
ut
9
o'clock
this
morning
by
a
vessel
which
hooked
onto
its
outward
end.
Pedestrians
found
walking
difficult
because
of
the
exuberant
blasts
which
caught
them
while
they
were
concentrating
on
maintaining
a
footing
on
icy
sidewalks.
Headgear
soared
along
the
boulevards
with
abandon.
City
telephone
and
power
services
remained
in
operation
although
long
distance
telephone
and
telegraph
lines
were
put
out
of
commission
by
a
slide
near
Kwlnltsa.
Rainfall
recorded
during
the
24-hour
period
ending
at
10
o'clock
this
morning
was
1.32
Inches
I
Air
Is
Crisis
In
Gt.
Britain
Chancellor
Gives
Warning
Government
May
Kesign
LONDON'
Chancellor
of
Ihc
Exchequer
Hugh
Palton
told
the
British
people
that
they
must
work
harder
lest
the
British
experiment
fail
and
end
in
still
greater
distress,
Meantime
the
Conservative
press
speculates
(hat
conditions
may
arise
within
the
next
three
months
leading
to
the
resignation
of
Ihc
Alllec
government.
Mr.
Dallon
said
that
Britain
was
living
on
money
boirowcd
from
United
States
and
Can
ada
and
must
produce
more
goods
for
export
or
face
"a
lower
standard
of
life
and
more
unemployment."'
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
February
5,
11)17
Hiuii
1:22
20.4
act
Low
13:10
7:00
19:44,
23.1
reel
.
0.4
feet
0.2
feel
STORMS
ISOLATE
INN
KENDAL,
Westmorland,
England
(ft
-Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ion
Atkinson,
who
run
the
Klrkstone
Inn
near
Amlblcsddc,
one
of
"the
loneliest
hostelrlcs
In
the
country,
were
Isolated
by
hsavy
snow
1,500
feet
above
sea
lvel.
ATI
IKK
FORECAST
A
f.crlcs
of
storms
arc
developing
off
the
west
coasl,
the
first
ot
which
brought
Heavy
rains
and
gale
winds
to
the
north
coast
last
night.
These
slorriis
will
move
progressively
southward
and
arc
expected
to
give
considerable
rain
over
the
w1km
coast
within
tho
ncxl
couple
of
days.
Gradually
ruing
temperatures
arc
expected
throughout
the
Interior.
Prince
Rupert,
Queen
Charlottes
and
Nortli
Coast
Continuous
rain-today
becoming
intermittent
rain
tonight.
Overcast
Wednesday.
Winds
southeast
(40);
today
southwest
(25);
tonight
south
(25);
Wednesday
Little
change
in
temperature.
Temperatures
.tonight
and
Wednesday:
mini-mums,
Port
Hardy
37;
Massett
38;
Prince
Rupert
38.
Maximums:
Port
Hardy
44;
Massett
44;
Prince
Rupert
43.
enchar
the
T
ense
WHITE
HOUSE
HARMONY
HANDSHAKE--President
Truman
conferred
with
the
Bit;
Six"
Republican
and
Democratic
Congressional
leaders.
In
the
first
meeting
aimed
at
averting
legislative
stalemates
between
the
white
House
and
the
G.O.P.
controlled
Congress.
Here
the
chief
executive
is
shown
in
a
harmony
handshake
with
Senate
President
Arthur
Vanderbprg
(R.),
Michigan,
left,
and
Speaker
of
the
House
Rep.
Joseph
W.
Martin
(R.),
of
Mass.
Senator
VandeTberg
said
after
the
meeting
in
the
president's
office
that
the
discussion
concerned
matters
of
an
"unpartisan"
nature.
The
meeting
lasted
for
50
minutes.
BRITISH
MOVE
Corfu
Chainel
Mining
May
Sol
Come
Before
Security
Council
LAKE
SUCCESS,
New
York,
-
A'l'jania,
assisted
by
Russia,
iiiPIH-urcd
yesterday
to
bo
successfully
blocking
British
efforts
to
bring
the
Corfu
channel
mining
complaint
before
the
United
Nations
Security
Council.
The
London
government
ac-cuskL
Albania
of
lowing
mines
in
Corfu
channel
where.two
British
warships
were
damaged
lasl
October
with
41
casualties.
British
attaints
to
gel
the
matter
brought
before
the
council
without
the
presence
of
an
envoy
from
tho
Soviet-sponsored
Albanian
government
encouter-cd
elrcnuous
objections
from
Russia.
Albania
has
ignored
requests
by
the
council
to
send
a
rcpres-entaUve
to
defend
itself.
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SPLITTING
PALESTINE
LONDON
The
British
put
forward
another
proposal
today
for
the
of
Palestine
in
three
ways.
INJURED
IN
BUS
CRASH
Spcclaculor
Collision
in
Bumaby
Hurls
Sixteen
Persons,
Four
Being
!
Hospitalized
VANCOUVER
'(Canadian
Pres.?)
Sixteen
persons
were
Injured,
lour
having
to
be
hospitalized,
following
a
spectacular
bus
and
truck
collision
In
suburban
Burnaby
on
Monday
when
the
vehicles
skidded
out
of
control
bn
the
icy
pavement.
A
Vancouver-bound
Pacific
Stage
Line
bus
crashed
Into
a
jfucl
truck.
Both
drivers
were
Injured
ulille
almost
all
the
passengers
bn
the
bus
suffered
cuts
or
bruises.
Bulletins
ANOTIIKK
SLIDE
Ixcal
railway
officials
ceased
speculating
this
afternoon
s
to
when
railway
traffic
might
be
restored
between
)'rince
Rupert
and
Terrace
this
afternoon
when
they
received
jvord
that
a
second
slide
had
come
down
half
a
mile
cast
of
Kwinitsa,
this
in
addition
lo
a
large
one
which
covered
the
track
at
mid-morning.
It
was
admitted
that
the
situation
did
not
"look
good"
and
might
deteriorate
If
the
rain
continued.
All
telephone
and
telegraph
communications
THROUGH
TRAINS
OUT
WLNNIPLG
Transccntin-enlal
railway
traffic
between
Winnipeg
and
Edmonton
was
halted
since
yesterday
account
-of
the
great
blizzard
in
Saskatchewan
and
Manitoba.
Canadian
National
Railways
was
making
up
its
westbound
trains
from
Edmonton
without
eastern
connection.
MONTREAL
I1KE
MONTREAL
Damage
estimated
al
$500,000
was
done
whena
wholesale
warehouse
filled
with
food
was
burned
down
yesterday.
IIOSWIAL
BURNS
VALUE,
Alaska
One
person
was
burned
to
death
and
100
patients
were
thrown
out
of
accomodation
when
the
community
hospital
Dunicd
here
yesterday
following
explosion
of
a
furnace.
Three
adjoining
houses
were
also
burned.
Loss
is
placed
at
$50,000.
Emergency
supplies
arc
being
rushed
by
air
to
Valdez.
There
is
subzero
weather.
SCHOOLS
CLOSED
REGINA
All
schools
in
Rc-gina,
Moose
Jaw,
Swift
Current,
Assiniboia
arc
closed
as
a
result
of
the
greal
blizzard.
Food
supplies
arc
running
short
in
short
in
some
sec-lions.
BURNED
TO
DEATH
TORONTO
Two
women-Mrs.
A.
Wilson
and
Mrs.
F.
Webb
died
in
a
rooming
house
fire
in
Toronto.
W.
D.
Stephenson,
35,
was
burned
to
death
in
his
home
at
TO
CONSULT
WITH
CITIES
Provincial
Government
to
Call
Huddle
Willi
.Municipalities
on
Gohlcnbcrg
Report
VICTORIA
(Canadian
Press)
The
provincial
government
will
Invite
officials
of
the
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities
to
Viclorla
to
discuss
proposals
of
the
Goldenbcrg
Commission
report
to
provide
a
new
deal
for
the
cities
and
districts.
It
Is
Indicated
that
the
cities
will
be
consulted
extensively
In
in
the
preparation
of
legislation.
Ccples
of
the
report
have
already
been
sent
to
the
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NpWSP
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Third
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impress
ni
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
H.
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
2),
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
4,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
I
AukDY
Is
'ROVTNCIAL
OVERNMENT,
Provincial
Library,
299
June
31-47
VER
MOUTH
ICE
IS
M
No
Through
Trains
Beorc
i
Tomorrow
Night
al
Earliest
Snow
Turns
lo
J'.ain.
After
being
halted
at
Terrace
for
three
days
by
drifting
snow
which
blocked
the
railway
tracks
between
that
interior
town
and
Prince
Rupert,
travellers
from
the
westbound
passenger
train
whMi
was
scheduled
to
arrive
here
at
10:45
p.m.
Saturday,
but
turned
east
from
Terrace,
are
still
waiting
to
be
brought
in
and
cannot
arrive
before
tomorrow.
The
regular
train,
which
carried
them
from
Jasper
was
stopped
and
turned
around
Sunday
at
Terrace
and
sent
back
to
Jasper
after
It
was
learned
that
show
conditions
further
west
made
It
Impossible
for
it
to
proceed
through
to
Prince
Rupert
then.
Extremely
heavy
snow
blown
by
a
high
wind
has
been
covering
the
tracks
for
several
days
In
the
area
around
Kwinitsa,
despite
constant
use
6f
snow.
"
removal
It
was
stllr
Impossible
to
get
through
to
Terrace
this
morn
:
ing.
The
rotary
snowplow,
which
was
endeavoring
to
clear
the
track,
had
a
breakdown
at
2:30
yesterday
and
had
to
return
to
Kwinitsa
for
repairs.
After
-12
hours'
delay,
it
was
out
again
this
morning
to
continue
the
battle
against
the
deep
and
heavy
snow.
The,
situation
became
more
difficult
when
heavy
rains
started
falling
this
morning
from
Pacific
west
including
the
snow
area.
This
brought
down
a
large
snowslide
behind
the
plow
this
morning
to
further
complicate
difficulties.
No
definite
estimates
were
being
hazarded
this
morning
as
to
when
traffic
'might
be
restored
from
here.
There
has
been
no
train
out
since
last
Wednesday
evening
and
none
in
since
Friday
morning.
The
regular
train
from
the
East
will
be
turned
back
from
Terrace
tomorrow.
It
is
running
nine
hours
late.
There
wil
be
no
train
East
from
hero
before
tomorrow
night
at
the
earliest.
HOPES
DASHED
BY
BIG
SLIDE
Hope
on
the
part
of
CNJt.
divisional
headquarters
here
that
normal
train
service
might
be
resumed
shortly
received
a
setback
today
when
a
snowslidc,
reported
to
be
300
feet
long
and
30
feet
deep,
slipped
'down
onto
the
tracks
five
miles
west
of
Kwinitsa
station
at
10:30
this
morning.
The
slide
covered
the
rails
which
snowpiows
have
been
struggling
to
clear
of
drifts
and
snapped
wire
communications
out
of
Prince
Rupert.
Rainfall,
along
the
lower
Skeena
valley
was
reported
to
be
continuing
today,
adding
the
weight
of
water
to
the
deep
snow
piled
precariously
on
the
mountain
slopes
above
the
railway,
and
rallwaymcn
are
keeping
their
fingers
crossed
against
more
snowslides.
Despite
this
morning's
slide,
however,
railway
officials
were
still
hopeful
that
they
might
despatch
the
first
passenger
train
in
a
week
out
of
Prince
Rupert
tomorrow
night.
They
thought
It
possible
that
the
slide
can
be
cleared
in
time
for
tho
train
to
leave
at
8
p.m.
Wednesday.
The
westbound
passenger
train,
normally
scheduled
to
ar
FEARED
even
Native
People
issing
Almost
Week
Rail
Tie-up
Is
Stiil
On
MR.
AND
MRS.
PETER
SPALDING
AND
CHILDREN,
MR.
AND
MRS.
EDVARD
BENNETT,
MATT
WES
LEY
MAY
ALL
HAVE
PERISHE
Fears
were
officially
admitted
last
night
seven
native
persons
an
entire
family
of
i
mother
and
two
children,
a
married
couple
a
other
man
may
have
perished,
since
Wedne?
last
week
in
the
dangerous
drift
ice
in
the
m
the
Skeena
River
between
Prince
Rupert
a
.Essington.
Search
beg
!
riNF
HiiNDPFn
mt'
r:
ss.
THIRTY
ARE
DEAD
IN
FIRE
ON
SHIP
HONG
KONG
One
hundred
and
thirty
persons
are
believed
to
have
perished
as
a
result
of
the
explosion
and
fire
in
the
river
steamer
Saigon.
The
vessel
was
moored
at
a
dock
when
the
tragedy
occurred.
WIND
DAMAGES
RADIO
STATION
Ripped
from
a
nearby
building
iby
the
force
of
this
morning''j
gale,
a
board
struck
the
feeder
caible
from
radio
Etation.
CFPR
to
the
transmitter
tower
shortly
belorc
noon
today,
putting
tine
hour
while
the
damago
was
being
repaired.
COURT
DENIES
DEATH
APPEAL
Steps
Being
Takon
to
.Meet
Any
Emergeuicy
in
Palestine
JERUSALEM,
0
The
Supreme
Court
here
yesterday
rejected
an
application
for
an
order
staying
the
execution
of
Dov
Gruncr,
member
of
the
Ir-gun
Zval
Leuml
underground
organization,
for
whose
life
the
underground
kidnapped
and
later
released
a
British
and
a
banker.
A
Tel
Aviv
attorney
asked
to
stay
Gruner's
execution
for
his
part
in
an
attack
on
a
police
station.
The
court
ruled
that
the
death
sentence,
passed
by
th
highest
military
officer
in
Pal
estine,
must
stand.
Meanwhile,
British
authorities
are
hastening
the
evacuation
of
British
civilians
preliminary
to
adopting
strong
measures.
The
first
airborne
rJarty
of
British
women
and
children
evacuated
from
the
Holy
Land
were
due
to
arrive
in
England
today.
APPEARS
IN
COURT
HERE
John
Wesley
of
Queen
Charlotte
City
appeared
In
County
Oourt
here
yesterday
on
a
charge
of
false
pretences.
He
elected
speedy
trial
but
reserved
plea.
Wesley
Is
accused
of
passing
a
bad
cheque
at
Queen
Charlotte
City
earlier
this
month
SEVERE
PENALTY
In
the
17th
century
the
Turks
imposed
the
death
penalty
for
smoking.
jengers
and
mall
there
and
head
back
eastward
for
Jasper.
A
connection
delay
at
Jasper
Is
responsible
lor
It
being
behind
time
today.
The
rotary
snowplow,
which
left
Prince
Rupert
at
9
o'clock
Monday
morning
trailing
a
passenger
coach
in
which
it
was
planned
to
bring
travellers
from
Terrace
and
which
was
delayed
at
Kwlnltsa
when
a
rotary
blade
broke
at
2:30
yesterday
after
noon,
being
repaired
overnight,
rive
In
Prince
Rupert
at
10:45
is
working
again.
It
was
hoped
tonight
from
Jasper,
on
nrrlvlng
;
today
that
it
might
return
by'
in
Terrace
nine
hours
behind
j
tomorrow
with
passengers
ana
schedule,
will
unload
lt
pas-
mall
stranded
at
Terrace.
by
the
Indian
Departf
er
Naskeena
ana
crai
by
the
British
Colur"
,
Jr
as
soon
as
current
st
tions
subside.
The
missing
perr
and
Mrs.
Peter
Spaine
aXid
children,
Mr.
and
Bennett
and
Matgian
vei-
all
of
Port
Esslng.
Fcb
Prince
Rupert
We
ny
noon,
after
purclrders.
here,
In
their
giupert.
B.C.
for
their
home.
'T
ported
passing
Invei3i.
vslri
nery
in
the
Skeena
Slough,
some
pert,
about
three
hours
later
but
10
or
12
miles
Irom
Prince
Ru-have
not
been
sighted
6ince
then
unless
a
light.
which
Port
Essing
ton
people
are
said
to
have
seen
off
Point
Lambert
later
the
same
evening
might
have
been
the
darkness
in
the
ice
floes.
Alarm
was
raised
in
Prince
Rupert
when
word
got
through
from
Port
Essington
that
the
party
had
not
reached
there.
GALE
HALTS
SEARCH
TODAY
A.
50-mlle
an
hour
southeast
gale
"today
halted
the
search
which
began
yesterday
for
the
seven
missing
people.
However,
Indian
Agent
F.
E.
Anfleld,
who
is
co-operatins
with
the
provln-
.
cial
police
In
the
search,
said
that,
as
soon
as
the
weather
clears,
a
comprehensive
search
will
be
made
of
the
lower
Skeena
and
the
off-shore
Islands.
Hie
Spalding
party
left
Prince
;
TLiiiwrt
nt
2
tvm.
Wednesday
judge
j
january
29
In
Mr.
Spalding's
new
1
30-foot
gillnetter
N.F.B.
5.-The
boat
was
recently
bunt
at
nelson
Bros,
boat
shop
at
Port
Edward.
In
addition
to
the
passen
gers,
it
carried
30
sacks
'o!.
coal
and
two
barrels
of
beer
for
the
'Port
Essington
Hotel.
.
j
At
4
p.m.
tho
vessel
was
seen
passing
Inverness
Cannery,
and
has
not
been
seen
since.
It
may
have
been
sunk
by
the
grinding
drift
Ice
which
makes
winter
navigation
on
the
Skeena
perilous
and.
often
isolates
the
village
of
Port
Essington
for
days
at
a
tune.
Later
last
Wednesday
night
when
the
light
was
seen
in
the
river
off
Point
Lambert,
five
miles
below
Port
Essington
on
the
south
shore
of
the
river,
an
attempt
was
made
by
Henry
Reld
who
operates
the
Port
Essins-ton-Haysport
ferry
to
reach
the
light,
which
he
believed
might
have
been
a
boat
in
distress
'his
was
made
impossible
by
the
jammed
drift
ice.
On
the
small
boat
were:
Peter
Spalding,
age
35f
his
wife
Martha.,
age
(21;
their
four-year
mid
scn
Kepneth,
and
their
baby;
Matthew
Wesley,
age
59;
Edward
Bennett,
age
47,
and
his
wife
Lucy,
age
42.
Word
of
the
disappearance
of
the
party
was
brought
to
the
city
Monday
by
James
Bolton
and
Peter
Brown,
Port
Essington
natives
who,
in
Bolton's
boat,
were
the
first
to
get
through
the
Ice-packed
river
mouth
since
the
Spalding
party
left
a
week.ago.
Bolton
informed
Titus
Campbell,
who
lives
at
MiUerd's
Cannery,
Seal
Cove.
Campbell
passed
the
information
along
to
Indian
Agent
P.
E.
Anfleld,
who
communicated
with
the
provincial
police.
A
search
was
begun
in
the
area
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