GREAT ROOK SLIDE.
A disaster, attributed to volcanic agency, has distroyed a colliery at Frank, North-west Canada, killing 100 persons, chiefly women and children, and entombing 20 mint rs. The valley was violently shaken at daybreak. This was followed by an eruption on Turtle Mountain, overlooking the town. Millions of fcon« of rock were thrown up, covering the entrance to the mine, burying buildings, and covring all persons outside of the workings. Some reports ctate tint the country for 20 miles is covered with lava and scoria and that the Crow's Nest River is blocked by lava. Latest reports state that the surface works at the mine are burning and that the nightshirt (numbering GO) are below. The river is dammed back tn a height of 100 feet and threatens to flood a wide area. The disaster at Frank was due to a rook slide carrying the top of Turtle Mountain on to the village below The dust was mistaken for volcanic smoke. Of seventeen miners entombed, two weae suflbcatod, but the rest escaped through the ((tin's uninjured.
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Lake County Press, Issue 1063, 7 May 1903, Page 5
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178GREAT ROOK SLIDE. Lake County Press, Issue 1063, 7 May 1903, Page 5
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