A LANDSLIDE
'COPPER MINES OVERWHELMED. MANY PEOPLE KILLED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn —Copyright) VANCOUVER, March 23. Received March 23, 9 p.m. A landslide overwhelmed the Britannia copper mines, and 52 men, women, and children were killed In their beds. Fifteen other were injured. The slide occurred at midnight, when the employees were asleep.
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Southland Times, Issue 17468, 24 March 1915, Page 5
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52A LANDSLIDE Southland Times, Issue 17468, 24 March 1915, Page 5
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