IN CANADA.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2873, 17 February 1916, Page 4

IN CANADA.

'PIIE UUKNT I'AItHAMJiINT

SOME TIUULLINCi I'ISCAJ'ES

A FALL OF KIFTY FiiET

N'anootivor, JVobrnury 7

A inossaye front Ot/Uiwa .states lhal. Mine. ivil'o of the Speaker of tho CuiKiikau House of Common;-,, \ra.s yroally attached 'to her guests, Mine. iVI or in. and Mint. , . Hi ay. She speaks highly of their lino eliaraok'r".. Had they luvdeil her warnings they would have bi'uu saved. Sim aettially pulled fheii.r skirls ami Irit.d to ilraK them dmvn a small Iliglit of stops -uiioro Lhij two uere sil'tiiifj;. II lho t<w(» liKlii<'s ha<l (inly follmwd liii, instfa,d of n'l.tininiiLjj; fur thi'ir furs llu'V udiiNl have hocii .^afc

■Sovcral limes. \\\\i\v nlill dixl rau;;lil, Mnio. tl'U'<l In tell Iki\s she anil lior husband nai'fouJv cscajicil siilfoca-tiuii. Her two baliics wvvv rushwl from tli<>. buikling by luo mtrsfs. Propped up will) pillows in :>, private lHxspiliil. Walter IliM, pni vn U-.sitrua-nl to , I'lie Deputy Spcaluir, Mr IMiodes, (.old the .si<try of his osra.pe. He was i.n a .soctiiul-lloor n«ini when (.lie. liro Inoke out, and uas lirsl de aware of it. by hearing a noise in I lie corridor, lie. ueint oiit-side. a.iul foiiiid Die buihliiiu - f"M of MHoke. He (ri:> t.iifu;tiLsuo<l a- man's yi'opin;.!; aboiil. hliiiully. He believes it was llie assi.sta.iit i'lajito. He managed to the man i.ustulo and olo.S(.'d the door. Mia I escape was impostble by t.he ltalk, he lied the eurta.ms (og'eUier and made a rope, which he -liune (> u4, of lho window. PJt> llien .imiiloiTil (he man to risk 21 broken a.nd u<) <loavh tho. rope. Tlie. man would not. no. Unable, to sta.nd t'ho heat any longer/ Hill, was forced to leave. Looki'iiji back, he saw tho nimi on his knees, praying. The drop -was uOfl. Ho laiuled unconscious. A message from OW«.wn states that Sir Wilfrid Limrjor, in the course of a short speech, sa« : <l: "When wo look at tho mass of ruins there on the hill, aiWi whoiii w<} IcnoM' it was the .result of an acciidont, we are remiiKletl of Hie ruins of Louvai.ii and Rlieims caused, not: hy ; ;i.n accirloni, but by flic wickedness of a cruel foe. Ff i'.u.vMiinp:. the calamity .should impress on us tho net/ossi'ty 'for cotiitinuiiig irif> uiirk unt : l we soo jnstico don*. , * Afa.ybo. Sir "Wilfrid T/iUiner saw n« closi'i' analogy bot.wei>n the luo MluaLionis; hn.fc it is rortnin that Ins hand crashed down white utte-'if/ Iho last words, and t is equally ceitan th;.! lho House consixlordi tlie an;i'< 11 \ a closer one, .iinl fhoer.'<l till 'lie ( lia:n her raim. I hr- - 1 u:i t' >n K-cHine in t i',!<-i).s(>' as ."ill' 1.-'ok-i: (■'■'•o. Sir Wilfrid La i; : ;r ii.a.l- r< !• >eiico Ilho dead. Fl»s \->'i <• r...<.. m v.'nn 0 .•I. lho -it an I rauj, hk • a 1 nrion.