SEVEN MINERS ENGULFED
LANDSLIDE IN CANADA 34 CHILDREN FATHERLESS U P A —Bv Electrio Telegraph —Copyright (Received 9th December, 12.10 p.m.) QUEBEC, Bth December. A message from the Thetford mines, Quebec, states that seven mirfcrs were buried alive by a slide following a dynamite blast in the Bell asbestos mine. Two hours later rescue crews found all dead. All were married men and 34 children are fatherless. Arthur Hudson, the lone survivor, described the sound like a hurricane. He threw himself to the floor of a railway car A moment later a huge mass of asbestos hurled the car to safety and engulfed the remainder of the men.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 9 December 1938, Page 5
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