Disaster in Canada.
Ottawa, May 1. The disaster at Frank was due to the rock from the top of Turtle Mountain sliding on to the village below. The dust was mistaken for volcanic smoke. Of seventeen miners entombed two were suffocated. The rest escaped! through the debris uninjured. Later. The fatalities at the Frank Colliery .disaster numbered fifty-six. The damage is estimted at £300,000.
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Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10708, 4 May 1903, Page 3
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64Disaster in Canada. Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10708, 4 May 1903, Page 3
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