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YSN. Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer The Oshawa Daily Tones ' "All the News While It Is News" aft I VOL. 6--NO, 150 en > ane Puta Hikers OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930 15 Cents 5 Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES . THREE TRAIN WRECKS TAKE 11 LIVES TODAY a @ pM oy " Above, taken at the scene of the tragedy show: (1) Part of the crew of the vessel, J, B, King, river, WHERE THIRTY OF BOAT'S CREW WERE BLOWN TO DEA TH WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK When a bolt of lightning struck a huge quantity of dynamite bencath the surface of the Bt, Lawrence viver in the Wrockville narrows, 56 members of the ovew of th e drill boat J, I, King, were hlown to death, and only twelve of the cp nw In the forefront of the group can he seen the herole police dog "King," which only Inst week was awarded a gold medal ror vescuing Jack Wy'le 1a st spring from the ley witers of the Both the dog and Wylie, one of the crew, are missing... (8) X marks the spot off Cockburn Island, where BO victims ave thought to have perished, and (8) is a photograph of the drill boat, J, B, King, with its twelve drills, taken before the explosion which blew it Ii» THR ITAN LLL TT IAT al | (3 ftevaly to Atoms, DYNAMITE escaped, The photographs Thirty Members of Ship's Crew Blown to Death at Brockville LIGHTNING STRIKES BOAT SETTING OFF DYNAMITE, ONLY TWELVE MEN ESCAPE ™ v Twenty of Victims' Bodies Recovered by Divers To- day, While Survivors Are in Hospital LARGE DRILL SHIP BLOWN TO ATOMS Heroic Rescue Work Under- taken by United States Coastguard Cutter Results|. in Saving of Most of Those Still Alive (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Brockville, June 27~Thirty men perished about 4.50 yesterday after- noon when a bolt of lightning dis- gtonation charged amite waiting, iatio r Vessel, the and utterly wrecked thei drill boat J, B. 'King, Of the crew of 42 aboard, only 12 encaped, Of the night watch sleeping h low all but ene, it is believed, per~ shed, . 'Divers wha. have Leen working. off the Pyke salvage tug about half way tween the docks and where the ex. plosion took place "have found about 20 budies buried underncath the floating wreckage, watchers at the docks here were told this mern« ing. : e first flash of lightning of a sudden thunder-storm caused the dis- aster, An hour sooner there would ve been no tragedy. The dynamite only heen placed in position he- low the 12 drill holes ef the vessel. A few minutes later and the vesse) would hav: backed away to a safe distance to discharge the heavy char. ges, The electric wires were placed in position, The thunderbolt provided e fatal current, i te fash frou the sky --"e fellows a deafen report heard for o (Continued"on Page 4) Scores Killed in Storms Thursday -- (By Canadian I'ress Leased Wire) Soores of lives were lost Iv thunder, hald and rainstorms which affected geveral northeastern states, Ontario and Newfoundland particus larly, Thursday, The more serious aspects were: Brockville, Ont,--Thirty were killed on a drill hoat when lights ning fired expiosaes In the rocky bed of the Bt, Lawrence River, Capreol Ont,~~HEleven killed in three CNR, tain wrecks, Sudbury Ont.---Beveral trains were stalled and many motorists stranded by landslides and wash- outs after a 14-hour rainfall, Lumsden, wAd~Threa fisher. men were drowned in a hall storm which sank 40 beats, Upper New York State, ~Two were drowned at Ruffalo when a gale overturned a boat, Buildin «a were unroofed, A 36,000 gallon oll tank was fired by meaning Olean, Pennsylvania. --8cores. of bulld~ ings were unroofed, telegraph and power poles levelled and trees up~ rooted by severe wind and electri~ cal storm In central and eastern part of state, A farmer near Cars lisle waa killed by a lightning bolt, London, England, ~The Duke ot York, second mon of the King, was In a slight automobile acel: dent at noon today hut emerged unhurt, , I -------------------- WEATHER Jorecastsy a. Lower . Lake Neglon and Georglan Bay=-Strong .norths west winds, partly cloudy and cool with a few local showers, Saturday Northwest winds, fair and cool, King Gives Fighting Speech | On Trade Pacts, Pensions Hy RAY BROWN (Canadian Press Staff Correspon« E dent), st dobh NB. ine 3 = 0 Pensions, development of trade wih the West nates. and the Aus. tralian and New Zealand treaties und prominent place in Premier acKengle King's Js) Maritime province speech here last night, Tt was a fighting #peegh, , Age Pensions _Deglaring that already there had n misrepresentation of Japon. n on old age # tha Prime nister summarized the Govern. ent's accomplshment in this re hl wad a Liberal Government! that brought in old age pensions", f ted My, King wit! emphasis, wl ai wl passed the old age pension legit lation, It was a Conservative ma- Jority in the senate that threw it out, It was a Liberal government which passed it through paciias mont and under whieh It' hecomey effective," Mr, King assdrted that Conservas tive speakers should nat 'deceive tie eid Jechiel ki Jeni tuti a roundof applause, ne i, I, Bennett, oppoxltion leader, knew Dorfeotly ail he He sould not ring in federal old we slong withoy{ an amendment: to the Cana dian Constitution, continued, the Premier. The Gaverumeut of Cane ada stood ready to contribute dollar for dollar to every province whieh pasesd an old age pension law, 1 was much amused and a little Sudbury Swept By Worst Flood In Its History Bridges Swept Away, Streets Covered With Six Feet of Water (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) Sudbury, June 27,-- Thousands of dollars damage was done hers Inst night by floods which followed the torrential reins of yesterday, It in impossible to make any estimate yet of the actual property loss, but it will certainly he In excess of $100,000, According to the elty water and light department flood waler rose two feet higher than ft has ever been in the history of the town, Police were called on at § a'alook this morming to rescue resi dents in the Mountain streat section of the eity when tho water threats ened to carry away many of the frame houses tenanted by miners of the Frood mine, At least nix bridges hate heen carried away In city, and It is pos: Alble that otlters have succumbed, Houses Menaced Residents on Drinkwater Streel, are working frantioally to save the foundations of their houses, Twen. ty=five feet along the hank of June. tion Creek has eaved In, leaving lens than five fest separating the floods from foundations of the houses A large portion of Elgin street is under alx feet of water and the damage to stock In stores is very severe, -* ' ALL PARTIES 10 UNITE IN FACING CRISIS IN INDIA ------ Party Leaders and = Author. ities on India Confer in Britain London Wng, June 27.---4n ef: fort to have Britain as a Whole, rather than the governing party, face' the Indian problem in the ap: toaching round table conference heye in October was seen today in a meeting of all pore leaders with the prime minister last evening Premier MacDonald, Rt. Hon, Wadgwood Reun, sesielary of state for India," Nt, Hon, Atanley Bald- win, Gonservative leader and for mer premier, Rt, Hon, David Lloyd George, Liberal leader and former premier; 8ir Austin Chamberlain, and the Darl 'of Reading, a former viceroy of Indio, attended 48 meat Ing whieh was held HA 6 prime minister's -ropm in the House of Commons. PETER Thera was no old statement of the proceedings whieh Ue derdtood to 'be concerned prinele pally with preliminary arranges ments for the Indian conference, the government being anxious to {naire that the British attitude V4 7 Xa ik, Wei) Aus. coasTay SCENE OF we WHERE ILLFATED RILL BOAT DISANTER Above Is a map showing locatipn of the drill hoat J, B, King, when ft gvas blown to bits yesterday, Posse Shoots Murder Syspect Youth Refuses to Put Down Gun And Is Instantly Killed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Duluth, Minn, June 87,-A 10. year-old youth, who with his father, had heen the ohject of & man haat in the 'wilderness ot northern St, Louis county for the past 'Week as murder suspects, waa ahot and Instantly killed early last night by a posse that surrounded the two fugitives 21 miles north. west of Gheen, near the little Fork river In Kooohlgk'ng county, The youth, Oharles Heath, of Hibbing, waa killed when he fail od to obey a command of deputy sheritfs to surrender and opened fire on the officers, The boy's father, Gould Heath, 40, obayed the officers' command to drop als gun and was arrested, i The two men, said to he want. ed in connection with the slaying {xe months hy of Norman D, atrbanks, ar, deputy state game warden, have heen. tralled hy a posse of Kt. Louis county depuly sheriffs and game wardens for the pant week, MIDLAND MYSTERY "STILL: UNSOLVED 'Whereabouts of Prominent Stock Broker Are Unknown (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Midland, June 27--The mystery of the whereabouts of Willlam Dun. can, largest stockbroker in Mid. 1and, prominent sportsman, ax. mayor of the town and present ggtiber " Ath wana Stites oom- minalon, It Al ved, 4 OUP BY rit the deepening mystery of his disappearances com- es information from Toronto that a receiving order against the firm was given on the patitiongot Willlam Campbell of Midland, i King i. aed gn nationl nou | .. Hr, Duncan han been winsl it Duncan has been missing 1 New York Lauds Aviators Today Kingsford:Smith and His Three Companions Given Big Reception (By Canadian Press Lessed Wine) nr New York, June 27-~Conquerora of Pacific and Atlantie and Just 2,600 miles from a complete vire oumnavigation of the globe, Major Kingstord-Smith and the erew of the monoplane Southern Cross to- day were honoured guests of the ¢ity of New York, At dusk last night, 6,80 standard time, tha Australian fiver set his big black monoplane down at Roosevelt Wield, completing a 4,000 mile flight from Port Marnock, Ive. land, an eplo journey interrupted only by a 34 hour stop for fuel at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, . A glgantio parade had been plan. ned for the fiyers today but Kinga« ford-Amith asked that a less ambis tious program he adopted, The plana then were changed for A police escorted vide to eity hall from thelr hotel, a welcome from Mayor Walker and a luncheon at the Advertising Club, The program at ¢lty hall was broadoast, er ------ THO PIGNIGERS DIE AT LAKEHEAD Slip From Log Boom Into Water and Perish--Two Rescued (By Convdian Press Leased Wire) Fort. Willlam, June 27.-«Two plenjeera wera drowned yesterday when they slipped from a log-hoom on the upper Kaministiguia river und were cartled away hy the swift current, They were rio Partridge; 21 and Louls Tobhonle, 1%, of Fort Willlam, A companion, Margaret Tobuie, 19, alsa fell Into the water but clutohed a ehalh from the boom and wan saved, Co ] ' Montreal Negro Shot to Death, Mulatto Held Shooting Follows Quarrel Between Men Under Ine fluence of Liquor -- (By Canadian Press Lonsed Wire) Montreal, Que, June 27-=Lester Tolliver, 48 year old negro, was shot to death early today on the premi sen of the Standard Club following an altercation with ldward Moreau, Mulatto 43, The latter is held by the police as a material witness for the corener's inquest According to the police report of the tragedy Lester Polliver, musician entered the club under the influence of liquor, He approached Moreau and a brief exchange of words followed then, according to the police, Tallis ver drew a knife and made a moves ment as though about to attack the other, Moreau whipped out a revolver and a single report rang through the club room, Tolliver sagged to the floor, blood spurting from his: neck, He was dead when doctors and pos lice arrived After the shooting Moreau left the club and surrendered to officers in the police station of the district, Thett From Mind Charged Toronto, ~On a: number of gharges of theft of money frown blind news vendors, Marry Holl Dorm, aged 18 years, 784 MoCaul Street, was arrested yestorday, YOUTH GATHERS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION MEET Two Thousand Delegates From All Parts of Amer« {ea Meet in Toronto (By Caadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, June 87.-=A gathering of 3,000 youth from all parts of the continent aye assembling in Trinity United Chureh today for thelr own religious education conference, The international convention with 4,000 adult delegates, experienced Sunday Sohool: workers, has heen meeting sinoe Monday at the Canadian Na. tional Bxhibition grounds, Today the young people, all under 23 yearn of age, begin a threesday din. ousslon of thelr pwn work In the ohureh, Saturday afternoon they will join with the main convention in the unveiling of a statue of Robert Ratken,' former founder of the Sune day sohogl movement, and. Hatus day evening at a great internationd good-will meeting, both conventions Will hear addresses from students representing Canada, the United Staten and Mexico, ; Gordon lap of Toronto, elected president of the youth cenference at Birmingham, Alabama, four yon ago, will preside over the meeting i CARS PLUNGE INTO RIVER AND FOUR CHILDREN DIE; SIX TRESPASSERS KILLED STORM FILLS THREE IN NEWFOUNDLAND Immense Property Damage Caused by Wind, Hall and Rain ---- fat John's, Nid, June 87 Three lives were lost and immense destruetion was caused to property this aftrneon in Lumsden, Rona- vista North, by a thunder and lights ning storm of unprecedented vies lenge, according to a message Lo the Minister of Poals, The storm, ac. gompanied hy hall of immense aire, struck the rettlements in the North and South Arms, Roofs and window glass were shattered to fragments by lumps of foe sald to weigh ten pounds, which orashed from the heavens, Thirty hoats were sunk in the harbor and three fishermen wore drowned orkilled; the bodies were recovered, The whole popula~ tian were panlesatricken hy the phenomenon, whieh came suddenly following a perfect Summer day, U.S, UNEMPLOYED NUMBER 2,268 588 Washington, June 27-«1f unem- ployment figures lasued hy Hecpe- tary of Commerce Lamont ave re presentative of tha entire country, the number of persons out of work who ave able to work and ave seeks ing work, ia about §,208 688, much smaller than has wenerally been believed, PMguren were made publio for 760 counties and 78 cities, not ins oulded n the counties, for an area covering one-fourth of the popula. tion of the United Btates. In this territory. unemployed numbered A74,047, or 2 per cent, of the pop- wiation, whigh {x not regarded by offolals an much above normal, Injured in Wreck of Passenger Train, Part of Which Sinks in Vermillion River WASHOUTS CAUSE OF ALL WRECKS Engineer and Six Hobos Die When Freight Train Ia Derailed--No Casualties in Third Wreck, That of a Pyssenger Train Twenty-two (By Canadian Press Lonsed Wire) J Toronto, Tune 20---Floods withi an aven of 20 miles in the district of Budbury. and Capreol took mn death toll of 11 lives In three train wrecks on the Canadian National Railways last night according to an ofolal statement issued at noon t0« ve Four children were drowned when the colonist and day conehes of train No, 4, bound from Winnie peg to Toronto, were partly subse merged in the Vermillion river when seven of the train's nine cars were derailed, Nix Treapassers Die The engineer of freight train No, 401 from North Bay was fatally {ne Jured when the train ran Inte & washout 10 mile 'cant. of Capreal, and the bodies of six trespassers, prosumably riding on the freight train, were found near the agene of this acoldent, : The engine, tender and ba Ll oar of train No. 3, Toronto to Wiha nipeg, were alio derailed when that train ran Into a washout just south of Rudbury Junetion, but nos pass aengors or employees wera inj s Twontystwo Injured Twentysone persons suffered from injury or shook in the des ralimbnt of Thdth 'No, 4, while' the (Continued on Page 4) Ie. H War With India Talk Is | Scored by R. B. Bennett GREEN t Canadian : (By THOMAS are Proms Montreal, Juno 7s=From thous ands ol lusty throats Hon, Richard R, Nennett received acclaim in Mons tren! last night, Starting at Champ de Mars, the Conservative loader was the central figure fn a parade of hun dreds of automobiles which accomps anled him to Maisonneuve market garden, in Bast Montreal There the Opposition Leader made an earnest and forceful speech; "Our prime object within the Empire," he sald at one stage in reference 'to res marks of Premior King, "ix ta des velop aUnada fest, and to that end we, Will bend every eneigy, Mr, Hengetl had sharp ateletures i \ for the remarks of Premier King in Nova Scotia on old age penstons. "We say," he exclaimed, "that if the Federal Government could = provide one-half of the cost for old age pons slong, it ean provide the other half without wrecking. the Constitution," The Prime Minister, he went on, had advocated a conference while in one of the Provinces which eould not very well a to enter into the present scheme, "His conferens ces," Mw, Bennett declaved, "are. so many that they are becoming world known" i Again, the Conservative Chieftain spoke of the rumors in Quebea Pros vinee of war with India "There ia an effert" he declared "to induce usd on Rags 1. wa | \ ------ 4 E 5,