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Oshawa Daily Times, 26 Jun 1930, p. 12

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I 0 r [] ' i 1 5 THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930 ye dei BLUENOSE SAFE AFTER GROUNDING OCEAN SAND mil ride id Survives Disaster That 2 Befell 3 Halifax, N.8.~Bule at Burin, New: foundland, and only slightly damaged by more than four days on the sands at the entrance to Argentia harbor, the schooner Bluenose has again es- caped the fate that overtook all three of her Sannch hut unsuccessful coms petitors for the speed championship of the North Atlantic fishing fleets, as well as Ker predecessor in that honor, and the first Lunenburg con- tender for the title Esperanto, Elsie, Henry Ford, Col: umbia, Delewana---all have gone down in submission to the moods of the element on which their usefulness depended. Blugnose of Imnenburg along of the six schoonets that raced off Halifax and Gloucester for Inter- national honors remains afloat, sea worthy as when she carried the tro- piv 10" Lunenburg by virtue of tl umphs over the United States schooners llsie and Wenry Ford, sturdy as when she defended the honor in the unfinished series with Columbia, ' Some would have It that 4 jinx has | ad w TERT TR TRS SITES fastened on the trail of international schooner race contenders, Others place their credence in the hoodoo iden, and point out that many schoonr ers other than these of racing fame have Jovi down during the ten year period since the first contest was held, Be that as it may, for three days the chances of the Bluenvse to re main afloat and retain her title wer problematic), Grounding on the night of June 12 at Point Roche, a the entrance 10 Argentina harbor, Newfoundland, whither she wie bound to take on bait for the banks wl efforts to refloat the schooners fatled until the morning of June 17 when the government steainer Ar ros hauled her off (he sandbapk and towed her across Placentia fay to the maring slip at Burin, John Walters, hrother of Captain Angus who skippered the eraft in the In ternational races, was in eommand, Isperanto, of Gloucester, first In ternational ehampion and only Glow. eester schooner (0 hold the hiner, won the inasuguration series off Halls fax in straignt henid 3 0 0 toa Lave witli which had won the Nova Seotis eliminations, in 1920, Ueperanti, the first champion, was also the first wreck, going down off Sable Island in June of 192), less than is year aft er her victory, The Delewana sur vived until May of 1024, when her springestuy parted in heavy weather off the eastern Nova Szotin const Both crews eseaped Built In 1021 In 1921 the Bluenose was built in Lunenburg vards from the design of W, I. 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Her forecastle doo was open, The bait cutting hoard was ready, Thus, for the space of 9 half hour, the Columbia returhed to the surface, finally, with a ripping of steel trawl cables, to sink again for aver, schooners, surlace Another potential racer, the Puri | tan, built in April 1922 hy Gloucester wan wrecked before even competing in the elimination races, The Puri 1an went down two months after her launching, broken on the Northwest Bar of Sable Island, almost at the spot where the Esperanto had heen wrecked the vear before Of all the Internationulists, onl the Bluenose undisputed champion of the fishing fleets, sails on ' YWatarmelon contains three vita ming," says a selentific. Auding, Of course, If you like watermelon for | Me ewn sake, vou can eat. around | them Detroit News, CAPT, OHARLEN | the Southern Cross eaststoswest. Atlantic Harbour Grace, Whe sacoeastul pane landed at (2 EXPEDITION WILL STUDY OCEAN BED NEAR GRAND BANKS Engineers to Ascertain If Ocean Floor Changed * by Earthquake Hallfux NH, Detailed for summer services in the Hudson Bay region and to ascertain whether or not the earthouske which shook Eastern Canada and the United Mintes on November 1% 1020, changed the ocean hod around Hable Island and the Grand Banks, (he Canadian Gov erument Hteamship, Acadian, lars est and hest-equipped of the HY drographie Bervice 'fleet, sailed from Halifax recently oh LL ship, built surveying strengthened (0 fitted out In part. of May high-power neat and The pecially quirements, withstand lee, Was Hulifax the latter Commanded hy J. Ul, Beauchemin, und captained by ¥, H, Ryan, of Hulitax, her first operation will consist of carrying lines of sound. {ngs over the hanks in the neigh borhood of Sable Island, and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, to determine if any alteration has taken place in tha bottom due tu the earthquake It is expected that mueh yaluable oceanograph fen! Information will he obtained on the vovag » To Examine Channel Other work to ba done includes examination of the channel inside Inland at the western en to Hudson Mralt with n to obtaining a possible safe passage for shipping, and investi gution on the Labrador Coast In the neighborhood of Herbon to on tatn information regarding & suits able harbor of refuge and conling station The full establishment of (he ship in about 46 officers and crew, including the officer In charge anv six hydrographic engineers The equipment provided In- eludes the latest devices to pres mote efficiency and economy In charting, including the following! he latest type Eyroscople master compass (Bperry) with three re. peaters installed, in the chart raom, pilot house and bridge, re- spectively! a Nritish Admiralty pattern echo sounding machine; also th eusual radio equipment, Fine Kquipment ocennographie work, jm. Nunsen Rtopeock reversing tn Diggon trance view Por proved A ---- I -- ---------- KINGEFORDSMITH across the tie on the second ay we | in history: The whaler bottle are provided of 1% litres capacity, each bottle heing fitted with two Negreiti and Zam bri deep set reversing themomet ors registering from 2 derees to 2h degrees Centigrade, each thers mometer hearing a National Phy- sen] Test Laboratory Certifieats, The Rperry Uyroscople compass has proved a greal convenience, rendering the true meridian avail. able at all times which, In eon function with the well adjusted amriners' compass, makes IL pos able to note the magnetic varig-s tion as desired, The echo sounding machine has 6 record of from 1,000 to 800 fa- thos with a small operating ev ror of about 1% per cent, Thiy method of obtaining sounding Iv found to be a considerabls Im provement over th sold device of line and wire, especially in deep water, where the soundings be ob. tained in a few peconds, Through. out the cruise soundings will he taken with the above machine ad ding greatly to the avallable in formation After carrying lines of sound Ings over the hanks in the nelgh- horhood of Hable Islund and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, hte Acadia will proceed to Bydne) for coal From Rydney the course followed will pass through the Gulf of Bt, Lawrence, Belle Isls Strait and about 25 to. 50 miles off the Labrador Coast, te clear any flee folds in that vieinity, Hudson Htrait will be entered ax soon as possible, depending upon the lee condition eareful note to he taken of this feature for gen eral Information, Throughout tha eruise, at intervals of from BO to 100 miles, stations will be observed for obtaining water samples and temperatures at var lous depths extending to_the hot tom, hoth when procesfling to Hudson Bay and returning in tha fall Thus very valuable oceanogra- phical Information will he obtain od, vegarding which very little Is now known, It will he interesting to nota any alteration in the tem- peratures between tha early sum mer and the late fall observations Correct Bearings While passing through Hudson Btrait, the wireless direction find ing sgtions established there will ba calibrated, that correct bear ings may be avadlahle to ships en tering, On arvival at Churchill, the chartering of the coast to the northward will he procesded with, that the hottom contours may be clearly defined, and a safe passage laid down in this locality, This is of considerable importance ow: Ing to the fact that In the early summer, Churchill habor may be apparently inaccessible due to ico fields, still with westerly winds a safe passage may he avallable along thin shore inside the Ice PRc The magnetic declination will he carefully noted from time to time during the voyage, especially passing through Hudson Pay, where the close course followed orosses squarely the lines of mag- netio declination, which changes nhout one degrea every ten nau. tical miles, On the return trip the channel in side Digges Ialand at the western entrance to Hud- son Strait will be examined, with A view to obtaining a possible safe passage for shipping, A step will also he, made on the Labradir coagt In the neighborhood of Heh: ron, to. obtain information re. garding a suitable harbor of refuge and coaling station, EI ---- TS RECORD SEEKERS 326 HOURS IN AIR Seek to Eclipse Endurance Flight Mark Set by "St. Louis Robin" Chicago 11a, June 26,~-Nearing the end of ita second week in the alr, the refueling endurance flight plane "Olty of Chicago," had been aloft 34868 hours at 6,40 am, (CRT) yesterday. In notes dropped at Sky Harbor airport, aver which the plane Ia orulsing, John and Kenneth Hun: ter, brother-pilots, expressed con. fidence they would he able to better the record of 420 hours plus set hy, Forest O'Brien and Dale Jackson last year in the "St. Louls Robin." If auccesatul in setting & new re. ond, the "City of Ohloagoe" must remain aloft until sometime after a minute and a half past 8 am, (CET) next Sunday morning In claiming a population . of 3,580,000 Ohloago ia serupulously fair to her rival oitien, #he does not LOUNt gangaters reported missing. New York Times. ALL-CANADIAN HIGHWAY DREAM 13 NEAR REALIZATION Hoped That Road Will Be Completed by End of Next Year Vancouver, ~- Each year the dream of a trans-Cansda motor highway comes a litle nearer re alization, Work on the last West. orn link-from Golden to Revel stoke, B.C, surmounting the final barrier of the Selkirk Mountains was begun early in the spring, and will be energeticully prosecuted throughout the season, National Park engineers are building the Bastern log, Provincial engineers the Western, and it is hoped that the road will be completed by the ond of 1981, As soon at it Is open motor travel will be free to flow from the prairies to the coast through all-Canadian territory, Fivst Proposed It was first proposed thal the new highway should follow the Canadian Pacific 1ine across the Bel kirks, n scheme which appealed to muny Westerners, since such a route would traverse the @lacler, National Park and give direct ao cons to the famous Nakimu Caves and 1Mecillewast Glacier, The en gineering diMoulties Im this loca- tion, the high altitudes to be trav arsed, the excessive cost of main- tenance and possible danger to Ife from snowslides, together with the necessarily limited season dur- ing wheh the road could bes kept open over the high passes, led to the abandonment of the plan, and a somewhat longer but much more favorable route following the Big Bend of the Columbia was adopted When this section is completed the motorist who wishes tu uross the Canadian mountains will have open to him one of the most spec taeular seenie highways on this or any other continent, For the whole of its 760 miles It will pass through mountain scenery of the highest order within sight of snowfields and glacleis and all the other charms of a truly alpine world, The éast- ern section will cross the Banff and Yoho Nationa 1Parks, with easy side extensions to Kootenay and Waterton Parks: will touch the great resorts of Banff, Lake Louise, Meld, and the Yoho Valley, and will traverse the thrilling Kicking Horse Canyon, The western portion fol- lows the spectacular Fraser Canyon route built in part along the famous old Cariboo trail, admittedly one of the finest and most throlling soenfe routes in the West, The Rig Hend section will pass through a region rich in history and romance, Here went Navid Thompson, Ross Cox, Gabriel Franchere, Simon Fraser and many other ploneers, overcoming, though with inered- ible hardships, the difieult passage of the river to the sea. The road will mean much to the development and prosperity of the West, 1t will not only provide a direct route for the people of the prairies to the sea level climate of the comst, but it will bring Banff and Lake Louise and the National Parks within easy reach of the people of Vancouver and the Pacific Const, send will ajso tend greatly to increase tourist trafic from California and other Western ftates, As is well known this travel is niready fast hecoming an important sconomic factor in the West, / Last your 182,000 cars entered British Columbia from the United States, an increase of more than 20,000 over the previous year and nearly 30,000 cars entered Alberta, Motor cars entering the National Parks in the Central Rockies total fed 110,000, This travel is increas ing each year and when the through route is open may reach a volume at present undreamed of, ------ a ---- INPROVE SECTION OF TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY IN NB. Bad Curves and Sharp Grades Are Eliminated by New Construction Fredericton, N.B The new Pig Shiktehawk River (Mouth) bridge to he constructed across the river of that name near wheie it empties into the Maint John River at Bristol, parish of Kent, Carleton County, will sliminate one of the few remaining danger spots on the Trans-Canada Highway along the $aint John River in New Bruns- wick, Contract for the new structure, recently awarded by Hon, D, A Stewart, New Brunswick's minister of publie works, will extend half a mile and will take out twa had curves and a steep hill approach to the old bridge. Chief Bridge Engineer C, A. MacVey of the New Brumswiok Department of Public Works, in his ofela) description of the new structure, says "This structure spans the Bkik tehawk River near {ts Junetion with the Saint John River at Bris tol, The new work will consist of two reinforced concrete arch spans of 80 feet in the clear, With stone and earth embankment approaches The total length of work is 5,280 feet, This structure for the greater length of work Is on an entirely new site, and replaces an old bridge, The new work will greatly improve the roadway alignment on this important thoroughfare, elim. inating two very dangerous curves and steep hill approach adjacent to the old bridge." The location of the new work is such that it ean be completed without interference with trafe over the existing structure and ap- proaches, STREET CAR MEN'S NERVES UNSTRUNG Suffer Unduly From Rheu. matic Diseases Also, Says Doctor Sydney, Australia, ~Sydney street ear conductors and motormen: suffer unduly from nervous and rheumatic diseases, acoerding to a doctor who testified in the Federal Arbitration Court, The New South Wales aRil way Commissioners have applied for an Increase in working hours of street ear employers, The railways show a loss for the year of about $14,000,000, Dr, Cresswell Howle told the court that he had examined nearly 2,000 employees in the teaffic department, "They were generally suffering un duly from various complaints and conditions which may or may not have been due to their occupation," he said, "Chest troubles were in evi dence, and rheumatic and nervous conditions were noticeable," Of 1,50 men examined, 1066 or 71 per cent, were suffering from ca. tarrh and repeated colds, one running into another," Many have a tuber cular condition, and 5 per cent, have a form of rheumatism, The tubers culosis he attributed to dust, Mod ern traffic was a great strain on the motormen, said Dr. Howie, and this wis responsible for the prevalence of nervous diseases On the other hand Dr. T, O'Reilly, Chief Medical Officer on the Rail ways sald there was no difference bes tween the health of the street-car men and that of railway men gener ally, A motorman who testified said that card are now required to travel faster than ever before, und this meant & great nervous strain in the heavy traffic. It is claimed that Syd ney street cars are the fastest in the world BABE IN COFFIN IS FOUND ALIVE Tunis, Tunisia, June 26, Math» lla Guez, two-months-old, duly cortified as dead, was found by a physican Tuesday to be breathing when she was taken from a casket tor burial according to loon! 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