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Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist

 

 

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DEVASTATING WHIRLWIND

UPERT REJOICES REGINA IS R

UNDER IDEAL CONDITIO

PRINCE Rupert, B.C., Tuespay, Juty 2, 1912.

 

ON BEHALF OF US ALL.

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From South
Prines George. . Wednesday, 10 a.m,
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! Victoria, July } Pry
SWEEPS FAIR PRAIRIE - ma ‘ r.
CITY the citizens of Br i Co
luimbia has sent a sage
f sympathy to =©Pretnier
ones Scott deploring the disaster
ital of Province of Saskatch 5 aes , which has overtaken Regina —_—
Capital of P skatchewan is Visited by a Terrible Tor- In Splendid Sunshine From Early Dawn Till Latest Evening Citi
nado Which Cuts Swath of Wreck and Ruin Through Central >/"ector o> mor strano| zens Celebrated Dominion Day With Sports by Land ye |
ys bpp id and
Streets, Destroys Two Million Dollar Provincial Build- Rumor Around Early Yesterday Water, With Picnic Afield and Parade i To i
; d D | D th d D . Denied—Vessel Anchored. ’ cnic 1eid a arade in lown, With
ings and Deals Death and Dreadful Injury to Scores Excellent Athletic Achi t, With Good
if Not Hundreds---Esti dL Yatardig “Gietiins 0 femal etic Achievement, With Good Hum-
. s---Estimated Loss $5,000,000 Jealeulated to shake contidence in or, Gay Entertaiuments aud Merry Dane
THE DISASTER IN BRIEF. Winnipeg, July 1st—One of the most appalling disasters a oe wht a F y °
Known killed, 29; missing history f Canada oceutved les , . ; -" me _— ers in the o" s fine harbor was running - min m Day dawned ay f epeatediy left George West iInanaged to capsize their canoe
os rr last nigh hen Regina, the beautiful] | around It was stated that the} Prine: tupert, Nev were}on his father’s big gray thre>! just after the mixed double .
about 50 capital city of Saskatchewan, was entir ly destroyed by a cye} , | big steamer had gone aground in| weath miditions more ‘ gths the rear at the post,j/in whieh th ' se "eee
Financial loss, at least Scores of people are Killed. some re we y ya cy one. ok ron seen ty hae Oa Vid foe. a nee Wolide sai thoun uae ae ae | ich they took part. They
. ’ | perts stating that as high as ar oO , ere Was so Much disputing that) were some distanée from the
$5,000,000. five hundred perished. | tails have shown that the Diree.| SU" bathed the city and harbor| the results have not been officially; uearest aid, which was supplied
City under martial law to- . b merely dropped anchor to wait}from early dawn t ve declared Both jockeys left the| by three little boys in a ion Disk
ong Late yesterday afternoon without varning other than a dark-| for a lift in the morning mist ing. Amusements of a kinds} saddle, as a matter of faet, and! dingy, but Mrs, Mobley proved as
Big buildings wrecked—. ened sky that looked as if it might threaten a s immer eaten. | vere enjoyed to perfe Phe|led the mounts back to thelcool as she must have felt and
Parliament House, ¥. M. C. storm, a devastating cyclone came from the so ith partly wreck- athletic events and water spor starting point, which would make} held on,quietly te the eanoe until
A., Baptist Church, Metho- ing the two million dollar Parliament House and sweeping away WINNERS OF THE WATER noi ae ra pat tl the race informal at best. But}pulled out “into a ‘larger boat
dist Church, warehouses, many business blocks and apartment houses as if they were anneal, EVENTS. ye _ : \ | : | ” . . mi beyond doubt Babe” proved a/ brought up after the dinghy had
an k pla at 4:30 wood and leaving the streets in a tangled mass of debris from | do Indians ‘ . the , ran lasiy fe 5 commaaaeingl b sion
isaster too ce : shi : aiintin ' j ( on - ; ef i 'S @ B s nm ane
p ‘ee aun parties he hich " was impossible to extr cate one quarter Of the people | BR y Mi ai * . LM Z Prince ' sal POWER GOAT FINISH. kept an arm about his mother
boating on lake believed lost. | Sersousty injured. All night long in semi-darkness. the power | y. indeed until she was safe, Neither was
Aid is being rushed in rap- plant having been destroyed early in the evening, willing s srvivors | ss Singles Firs R. I Athletes Out Early. 1 Laura F one whit the worse, All the skiif
idly have been at the work of rescue, but dawn coming rather height-| Heathcote: second, Fred O Be ” e 0 fe fy — S. . Nerhbthone and canoe races were watehed
lened than minimized the terrible seriousness of the disaster 18 son race ‘ Campbell's of ee with interest. The crab race
, ee ott a, ster. Taian tlt ire Ciga th iy Was oF ; Snediniiie’ hikes proved exciting as ever, and the
oo heise Winnipeg, July 1---LATER---Messages reaching here | Young and Ross eo on 9a ; tee four oared a fine feature.
it Sewall has been/| today tell of the recovery of fifteen bodies from the ruins of Melville and Cha M . i 1 hund are pot 6. Sangra, The Power Boat Race.
I th the the buildings since day break. Twenty were recovered last|$ . »,.. oe ie foe corm Gpyrcrmee Sy. ¢ ; aa ‘ tee: i the és aoe at Ss
1 soldiers ar » a | ; : ule wateners vo le power bo ‘ace
he ruins and pat night. The last word received here up to 10 this morning | Skit D mal “th Ki x Hol wy 9. Just It, as well as for the pastininacilo ae
N ‘ ‘ said that the reports of the cyclone had been exaggerated ue 8 i 3 secon ‘ a hitch , i 10. Margot the performance of the beuraeky
x *"" and that the total list of dead would probably not exceed | Ae ice: a 1 . Phird avenue, the prize iy whien a a imate a coe a 3
: it ( ‘ : : ( i wet ene é ‘om eyel « ”
ull poir rhe fifty. Several blocks are still to be reached. The list of in-| ‘ M Doubles g the fadie : ane apt in sensational meade a oa
te ) ‘ jured will reach 200 Many of the injured are in @ serious | M { ° i M h ned up h toate auiaaants Ye i z i - sing steppe a ——— in so far ahead of the burnett that
a ; condition and will increase death roll Daal Mr. Me . ‘ ecord time and jerked hers if] Weston niatid more ae “ aa mye ne ee
eared that th Ae ’ und the wee papoose out ef] : 1o8 : the race and come home by a
i te ' Skifl Mix Doubles serious peril when @ horse and Water Incident. short cut.
Many young persons w ith gh at| First, Mrs. f son end I sulky took the sidewalk at Sixth | Tremendous crowds lined the} The order in whieh the boats
: ear he whe rhe ¥. M Phomps econd; Mrs street corner. Over thie race and| waterfront to witness the water[©eme = 8° Sle See eee
: Ame” up Sunday r ; ‘ \ i Method vel ‘ i Mr. MeLean the straight horse race, in which| sports, which went off splendidly but the official winner of the cup
about 4:30 lock Bay ! i ' i iss — , ; oF ee Me George Ambrose on Kelly's| One incident caused a little -x-| 8 not announeed at onee, as
certain to have/@!e & , e - - ; R ; fe. Mot wis Babe” afier sensational bucki citement That was when Mrs,
{ | cle The proy areh ‘ h soe " i a ’ Mad. pr nn feats in the preliminary cant Mobley and her stalwart sci | continued on Page 4.)
hree paddles only for half ; _ rs —
row rh irted ' ef five-a-sir hich he distance, The steamer Port Simpson, Princess May Arrivals.
FN) DEVIL HAS haze j f . is wl wing Four Oared Boats—Firs which is billed to sail through to} The Princess May arrived «| HAZELTON VS
hieh had | ef l ! i vith P . l gshoremen's team, W welton from this pert, fi} night at about 10 o’eloek with a 2
SAVED THE CITY \ G iking p t i Atkinson, |} Kruger, J. B "elegraph Creek on Sunday, en] large number of passengers for|
Phat £1.000 sh i be playes r to-|% Galland, E. Westland, beat en route to Rupert Ski gway, the following for Prince} RUPERT AT BALL
m seems a | With a . | et at club r > crew from the Quadra ae : ae Rupert: Jay Kugler, G,. Fergu-|
— good surang 0. K 7:45 sha Grab Race—First, K. B a SE sate iticod ae Cs ig son, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs, Kemmne nn
angerous First in the Heart of proj) you a i Leuty; seeond, J, Melville. Vv; Pas a the ae tates mond, Mr. Drummond, Mrs. Very Good Game on the 30th at
the Business District Swiftly il ry as } ! lina ; : “4 ee m rimeess! Goldberg, T. H. Hunter, Mr, Kil- Hazelton — Rupert's Pelicans
Controlied — Record Turnout ble caused | e. Be ad Delicious ice cream at Keeley’s May mer, J. B. MeKenaie, Mes. M-| Played Well, but Were Defeated
Made— Panitorium Gutted — \ ised | he experi hers Kenzie, A. W. Agnew, C. E. Bur- Fast Work Done.
d have a policy w iwess, ©. C. Stirling, James Stew- ——
aa erty by the Ins p PICTURED HISTORY (OF THE PRIZEWINNER ‘::: Mr. Stuart, Mrs, Stuart, D, G, Hazelton June 30.—In the fast-
mpt aetion of the| Tt Mack Realty ( i Stewart, Mrs. Agnew, J. G. Chris-|est and most interesting game
hich made a d 4 linneon, Miss 8. W. Gray, D. Al-|ever seen on local ground Prince
resected nuded. ‘int VANCOUVER ADDS eulienianemnes ———EE lan. Rupert Pelicans were defeated by
ea ‘ i es 4 “ ce Hazelton Tigers by 4 to 2, Ibwas
. ee... (va Prince Rupert’s Greatest Coming Industry is Fittingly Foreshadowed in the Prize LOCAL JOTTINGS a pitehers’ battle, Johnson's ter-
ws are wollte = | Taking Feature of Prince Rupert’s First Calathumpian Parade —a ritic speed bruised the champion’s
Sixth atreet. elhse bs T0) DEAT R li John Frederich, Peter Aukland, hands until they swelled double.
et iMr. Smith and Dan Grossiand, Excitement was intense and Neld-
the alarm the red] : jall Indians, wer ip before Judge}ing on both sides spectacular.
ad full streanie | Canada Th:s Summer Is Still roli- | Garss this morning on the charge] Owens pitehing in @ pinch saved
pouring onte the | ing Up a Sad List of Drownincs lof being drunk on Dominion Day,.| the game for the Tigers, Follow-
—Winnipeg and Vancouver i The ease of theft charged against; 8 ts the seore: R, H, EB,
Add to Dominion Day List. | William Crosley will be heard on|Pelieams ..........45. 25 4
nutes later the Friday, eR ane as ae Te)
er eontrol, Phe Specia Daily News . ' | sli Baileries—Johnsen and Cham.
eiutted, reduced to Wit : ' ’ PRI Pantorium Opens. pion, Owen and Lofquini.
but the fire wus ' , ; \ ~ | The Pantorium will open for| Umpire—Neil.
ace of origin.| wit Oe : : : Attendance -Six hundred,
ae Ps sa uh nat 4 hh iA } busingae at the same old stand :
hoes . othe hetag oman morning, None of the} Ghampien’s hands were se
are rc customers’ clothes were damaged! bruised in the game that he was
ongratulated by ‘he , by the fire today. The loss was!tnable ¢o cateh in the Dominion
riyv } renee Chadwi wd John W jeontined entirely to belongings | Day game, Tohy pitehed for the
ony BOR though a 08 . todas the Na of the proprietor and to the} Petieans in that game,
nh @ash was saved)“ hp i r i building, Yesterday's game resulted in a
ne Luilding, About|" , , ‘| ' Nove }Win for Hazelton by 19 to 7,
er the damag it ooo oll py Jay Kugler returned from the _ pment
Unfortunately . jsouth on the Princess May, ' Mooney Trial Today.
oe ura AY on he : an 2 ‘ re | i Ye \guew was among the} Judge Young will hear the trial
- — al y arrivals last night, jof John Mooney, charged with
4. and thal they! Launch A nh. W & Pantorium Pionecr Cleaners.|the theft of gasoline tanks, this
W Phone 4, afternoon,
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PRINCE RUPERT THIS TIME LAST YEAR
PRINCE RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO j NC
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f Ruperit’s dressiest | ; \/ Nicholson wins the ten mile,
fire roin dows wi ; onl Azalli, charapion of Ttaly, walks off wiih tirs! for the walk,
1t owners still pus ; —— Many other par seen in present year's d. d. prize Dist
of the Laura | Laura feature alse in last year's
\midst the lavish throng of pleasures, sports by land and water, concerts, sideshows, outings, and Nows of Spokane wreek reaches Rupert
paddock and street still wraneli ; . Houston Ward” «Pablet arives.,
bitehenp. eomient eneral good times right up to the coneluding dance in the K, of P, hall, there must not be over- Pennie courts at. eebeol ready for ples
one and all sympathetic b prot looked the spectacular Calathumpian Parade in which our best known local firms figured so finely. Grant of $5,000 for Rupert's Fifst Methodist Chureh an-
pent Dominion Day in Rupert rato Everybody was talking about George Frizzell’s “‘Oh You Young Prirce Rupert’’ autocar feature, nounced,
Mabel says that if some of th ; and the magnificent float decorated by the Prince Knpert Fish Market, which won the Calathumpian G, 'T. P. sends eily cheque for $30,000 in payment of two
Se ere ; iwipst Prize, stood on view for the rest of the day on Second Avenue. The hundreds who saw it will years’ taxes under assessment agreement,
en Ove Chih bbad OCI s : ; * ;
ven yout Rog > be much interested in tne above picture of the display made by the same firm two years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
         
     
       
      
     
     
     
            
          
       
       

 
 
     
      
        
      
          
        
   

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