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Oshawa Daily Times, 21 Sep 1929, p. 11

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Ante | News While It Is News" The Oshawa Daily Times [= * Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer VOL. 5--NO. 69 - \ OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, DRY CLEANING BLAST KILLS FATHER OF FIVE Terrific Explosion Injures Two Toronto Work- men PAGES 9-18 AUSTRIANS FOR SOUTH AMERICA Vienna, Sept. 21--Austria and Pol» and have turned to South America as a haven for their surplus in- habitants. Both governments have concluded specific agreements with Peru and intend to approach other republics continent which mav be in of strong arms, trained to agricultural tasks. The agreements with Peru result- from trips by European govern- ment officials, In each case the plans establishment of subsidized of Austrian or Polish na- 1929 15 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. Published at Oshawa, Ont., Canada, Every Day Except Sundays and Public Holidays of he hoe Toronto, Sept. 21.--Onec man was A killed and the lives of 200 endanger- ed when two terrific explosions, thought to have been caused by stat- ic electricity, burst through the walls of the dry'cleaning building at the E ii ; & : 2 | Sept. 21--The erstwhile Langley cleaning and dycing plant on : oh 5 | demure maids of Japan, like their Spadina road near Dupont street ? ital. isters in Turkey, are shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday af- derable distress in the if : t skirts. Time was ternoon. or ; $ 7 & 4 % Ee : ? 8 1 4 in : t wher a clinging kimona Two others were injured in the fic { 7 is . , ; : 7 ; : lin } ) b wrapped Japan- blast, but there would have been a : a kindly obscurity different story embracing a far great- accidental hosiery er tragedy had the flames which ught pitilessly 1 leaped through the building not been 3 the fact that the prevented by city firemen from nese girl would scarcely reaching the thousands of gallons of a Broad- oline stored but 15 fect away. usually Two hundred employes in the main building marched out to safety with the echo of the detonations still in their cars. There was no confusion no panic, In ignorance of what had i A nd Icon us, u happened,.the men and women from | but fumes filled the four compart FREIGHT Lie nm hand to welcome ny all departments filed out in orderly | ments of the chamber. A T With O l O many other prominent /c ens own Wi nly One |"V.i a wide district axpayer use, airport, fashion, leaving the plant to the man- Except for Mays, Sullick was alone ound it was evident it Cochran | BY A. R. ALLOWAY agers, the firemen and police. in the room. Three other cleani a centre | Engineer With Am Sever- Third Article on Editors' Trip to Northern Ontario Thomas Sullick, a married man | machines, cach standing six feet six| with five children, living at 581|inches from the ground, filled on: ed Keeps Looking for Mate Woodbine avenue, was the victim of [side of the room. Mays was at the the blast which started in one of the|other end looking over the machin- four cightton dry-cleaning machines. | ery. Sullick was standing close to onc 2] fireman | Legs of Japansse Girls Not Beautifu vent of \ br {publi n AVeragc nt row of here arc bowed. going to the sur- ted when Miss Hise to Aichi Medical 1 and emerged appearance that ge as a dan- * | qualify v Discmbarking from - The first picture is a glimpse of a Finnish family: er men at Iranz; 5--The Abitibi plant at Iroquois Falls ;0 Abitibi plant; 4--New Hamilton Spectator. Iroquois Falls: 3--The noonspell at the Spd] the HL.B.C. canoes.--Photos by courtesy 2--Resicential section of N | : A lot of flappers are now wear- | wi gocks who'll never darn their husbands'. ar itself 1s quite Ho railway sl residence, etc tance despite population is al operates here Wwe ind | milics, we, luscious strawberries, the Paper Mill Visited Fz to be found in rm Or The paper mill, h is an er taro ant, fully we all indi { cated its immor 1ts con sma > town farm, and { wratively Near tl 1 | experimental | : Fred Mays, foreman, and 19-year-old | machine, examining it. Richard McGoey, 31 McMurrich Withotit a sccond's street, who were passing through the room rocked in the roar building at the time, were injured. which shot from the machine. Flam No Gasoline in Machine licked the concrete walls and ther Death has scaled the lips of the on- | another explosion burst out, more fei ly man who could tell what happened than the first. In some manner in the room. Sullick must have been fumes in the machine had be- killed almost instantly, it is believed. ignited. Mays was flung to the He was onc the mechanics em-| floor and there partially lost con ployed at the plant, and shortly be-| sciousness. What happened to Sull- fore 5 o'clock he went to the dry-|ick, officials of the plant said later cleaning room to prepare the huge| they could only conjecture. He must cy: dindrical-shaped machines for the| have been killed when the first blast night's work. The machines are not | struck him. His body and face were used during the day. As far as is|charred and blackened when firemen known, there was no gasoline in the| plunged through the smoke and warning tl i pick of a bla 15 not much opportunity or | church goin ch farmer, petitions with regard to | town of Iroquois | 5 | over 3,000 § ious pl | respect, town | I paper party and, Abitibi | proved of 3 Ther cmployces : f vccasion for disputes, : counter-petitions, ete, public works in the Falls, IFor that town has only one tax-paver! Iroquois Falls is a "company the "company" being the pected Power and Paper Co, Limited, a huge pi thos who represer concern, having some forty-five mil ing link, as lion dollars invested in pulp and newsprint paper mills, power plants and timber | it is the equa south Mineral Development rth of Cochrane the " 13. miles, and « 1 HOW line for le the Onta g investiga- vering territory. the importan al was recently of Albert Ninette, killed and Montreal, 28-year-old other trainmen injured when a Canadian Pacific way freight rific Sept. the come was was : 1 end irther sSeriousiy Y 4 cotl- rail- ; two were of ct sO! IL the cont betweer public train crashed into three uncoupled cars, loaded with near the St. Vincent de Paul 'station last night. Frederic Manscau, of engineer the train, it wer nill and % rhing ery Sing that keer provide 3 cond stoue, view to di limits. This apart from other enor-| (ches to « f mous mvestments in enter anor prises at cight ten points ae ie in Ontario and Quebec. the enormous quantities of similar other Rivers, crious! ampu- Three was arm machine which Sullick was attending, fumed-filled interior to the rescue. t The word "Service" ed around until it has lost all meaning. Here's what we mean by Service-- "Anything from stock in any quan- tity anywhere in Oshawa in one hour. Correct us if we are wrong, that kind of co-operation is our idea of a pretty fine grade of service to ren- der--and it's Here's Our Definition! has been kick- but yours for the asking. (Oshawa Lumber COMPANY, LIMITED 25 Ritson Road North TELEPHONE 2821-2820 Sanitary Barber Shop 19 Prince Street Hair Cut = 3 EXPERT BARBER" Clean and Comfortable, Service, Courteous Attention. GIVE US A TRIAL injured and had his right tated, while Fred Alired Prefontaine, brakeman, also of Three Rivers, was in the hospital in a critical condi- tion from intertrial injuries. The freight train, commonly known as the "paper freight," was en rout to Montreal and was scheduled to pass another freight train on the sid- img at St. Vincent de Paul station, Three cars of the waiting freight, laden with stone, became uncoupler and ran down an incline to the main track in the path of thc oncoming train, The engine was thrown tracks amd two cars were one falling down an incline crashing into the station. Manscau, staggering from thie wreckage, his right arm almost scv- ered, itnmediately began inquiries for his dead fireman. An ambulance was rushed to the ne and after doc- tors amputated his arm, Manseau was from the telescoped, and SC | } Canadian | pected the VAwaiting Report and Inquiry | rushed to hospital where his condition was reported as critical. All Tocal traffic was diverted but Pacific railway officials ex regular service about midnigl would be sumed | ON SHIP OUTRAGE | Into Shelling of the Shawnee. Clark, Canadian Staff Writer) Washington, D.C, Sept. 21. While the treasury departmen awaited a report of the *'facts' in the firing by patrel boat 145 on hte Canadian motor-lip Shawnee. off New York harbor, official, Washington, withheld comment on the incident today. Secretary of State Henry lL. Stimson said his attention had heen drawn to newspaper accounts of the affafr. Coast-guard headquarters said | they had received no request for a | checking of the report made yes- | terday, as it was asserted the By Ken. Press | Shawnee had been given warning before three blan'.s ad two shell: were fired at her. Details of the | incident, headquarters said, would | be available at any time in the log | of patrol boat 145. The investiga tion announced by Senator T.ow- man, in charge of prohibition en- forcement, will be made, it is un- derstood, by the treasury's own | agents in New York. The Washington Daily News, an afternoon tabloid, under the cab- | tion "I'm Alone Not Alone', says: | "Before the I'm Alone dispute is complete, the coast-guard again | pitches us into a sea of trouble] with Canada by firing on another | alleged rum-runner. Bat the coast guard has no right under law or] treaty to attack even a rum-runncr on the high seas unless under the doctrine of hot pursuit, The chase | began witikn territorial waters." Loudspeaker Nuisance Owners and. operators of receiv- ing sets in a quiet neighborhood or apartment house should consid- er other tenants, especially at night. Reception can be softened by reducing the volume of the speaker or shutting the windows and doors, | of frame buildings, WASHINGTON UM A Model Town But unlike some company. towns; Iroquois Falls is also a model town Leautiful park like streets, laid out in curves and crescents, with central park areas, good architecture in houses and churches tel, ornamen tal lights, in fact everything up to a uniformly high standard made sible only by a determination on the part of the company to make the town a very desirable and attractive place in to live. Stores, thea tre, laundry, dairy--ecverything, ed for the well-being and comfort of the citizens. is owned and conducted by the company. No, not cvery- thing. There are three exceptions a branch of a chartered bank, a post and an Ontario Government liquor store "Come Over'--says Ansonville "Do not the people want to trade other stores than those the company?" we asked. we were town--separated only few hundréd acres of vacant land the village of Ansonville. The main treet presented a peculiar--almost a comical--appearance. «A whole row all shapes and in typical pioneer style, faced property owned by | company and which surrounds Iro- quois Falls in a sort of protecting fashion A one-sided strect, of course, and so arranged as to indicate that it was located with only one thought in mind, that of attracting the trade of the good people of Iro- quois Falls, Ansonville merchants located on this "front street" vie with each other for the largest sign on their places of business that their names may be read at a great distance by their prospective Falls customers. Reasonable Rents Houses in Iroquois Falls are cd to the company's cmployees -at from twenty dollars a month up They are equipped with all modern conveniences. And very neat, attrac- tive houses they are, cven the small- est of them. The churches--Roman Catholic, Anglican and United--are housed in comfortable buildings which were also built by the com- which office at by answer bouring For by a sizes, | the vacant sO rent pany for the convenience of its enthusiast for the north country, was | need- operated | pointed to a neigh- | | whelming the | | | | | pos- | | lengih als and ! country. made from our Canadia . Globe iM Newsprint to Circle Iroquois Fall 600 tor S01 \t the capacity of print, stretch around heient to print ion copics of a 16 pag Part of the output of this sold in Canada but the great of it goes to the United States 1200 men are employed in thi and "in the winter another 1500 2000 are employed in the woods erations. The $3,000,000 annually. operates its own railroac for loging pnrp temporary tra cach scason wood out. news NCO an edith or op payroll is in excess « dition Is get the Party Treated Royally the hospitalit party at Imost over tt the laid as required Just a word about which was extended Iroquois Falls, It was a We were met a Porquis Junction station, seven ] distant, by Mayor Ebbit and a larg number of town and company offici- conveyed in auton Then, after a AY a delightful luncheon the Hotel Iroquois, : enterprise, Entertainment i party ot amateur boys, wh life m followed, return te connections {fo our the town. the plant, served in company was provided by a entertainers, local splendid = caricatur woods. Brief specches we were obliged to Junction -to make Cochrane. And all too brief visit to one tiest and most frospitable Northern Ontario, was over. Cochrane a Nortiors Centre Coc hans the junction point of T. & N. and National Transe tinental Th s, was reached } o'clock in the afternoon and the local train for Hearst, to which our cars were to be attached, was wait- | ing for us, when we arrived. How- ever, it very obligingly continued to wait~ for. another three quarters of an hour to enable us to enjoy a drive around the town and surrounding Otto Thorning, the pub- Northland Post, and an ave a the then the for of the towns lisher of the V2 Wn "| LAST HEARD OF HERE. 'FLIERS. STARTED FROM HERE AS, CHESTERFI ¥ INLET~ The map here shows where five are beleived to be lost on aerial prospecting flight from Chester- field Inlet to Aklavik, via Baker Lake, Bathurst Inlet, Coronation Gulf and Fort Norman. According SEARCH Z SheRATION oh ob IK "RONGE oh 7 to reports the fliers, in two planes, are supposedly somewhere between Coronation Gulf and Fort Norman. The map also shows Lac La Ronge and Fort McMurray from which search planes will start for north in' effort to locate party, a most delightful but | about | the Transcontinen u h enjoyed and it the itinerary. did 1 p at K: pus 1sing, where Cpe mill is located farm, Th periencing the growth at TODAY'S LIST OF - AUTO ACCIDENTS PEDESTRIAN INJURED 21.--Struck by a| waited for a bus Max Cohen, suffered head late yesterday taken to Gen present Toronto, Sept | motor truck as he on Oriole parkway, 4388 Markham street, and body injuries afternoon. He was ral hospital. Police of North Yonge division did not: hold the | | aviver of the truck, William R.| Nye of 129 Glenholme, | BY AUTO Struck down she ran across | Bay last night, | rene Benfield, Charles street we seven old, received | severe head injuries and was taken | to the Hospital for Sick Children | for treatment, Police did not hold | the driver of the car, Albert Skin-| 30 Erindale avenue. STRUCK Sept, 2 GIRL Toronto, hy an automobil Charles | | at 16 street years ner, INJURED IN CAR COLLISION Sept. 21.-----When a car through Bellwoods | last evening ran into a tree, Clara Harty, 18, 135 Lisg | street, suffered injuries to her { band. Gerald Buffet, 18, 56 Bell-| avenue, in the same ca about the face and re several stitches to be put taken to the Western Toronto, eing driven ar woods | was cut quired in. They were hospital, WOMAN HIT BY CAR Hamilton, Sept. 21.--Mrs, 8S. 1. { Alvin, 2 West avenue north, was| seriougly injured late last night while crossing King street at West ' avenue, when struck by a motor- | cycle driven by William Russ, 86 | Argyle. Russ wag arrested on charges of criminal negligence and | reckless driving. | | | | | | sold TRAIN HITS CAR | wheel Guelph, Sept. 21.---Leaping to safety from his autoniobile which | stalled on the Duke street level | ! crossing in the path of an ap-| | proaching train James Bowman, | Guelph township. 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