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Watchman Warder (1899), 22 Aug 1901, p. 2

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A Fa“ in Watches and Blocks-â€" SCALES CARVER§ vâ€"â€" RAZORS POCKET KNIVES TABLE CUTLERY STANDARD GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES Ina-1;: fin Nickle case 10! Eight. Day Clocks for These are all reliable I fully guaranteed. A large stock always xeqt Street. South we JEWELLER- Side. Croué, SoreThxolt, QM '1 Mudeaindewm A; LARGE torus. no. Trains arrive and depart from Lindsay as follows : . 82. 21. 30. 23. From 54. From 24. From 56. From 60. From 13. From 94. From 45. From 84. 12. 51. 21. 22. 55. '43. 27. 33. 23. 31 For Port For Belle‘ For Whit! For Tore For Port. For Whitl For I. B. For Taro For Hali For Tore For Cobc For Port SOIL‘A‘ \- --__ CLO [HES {v'RINGERs TINWARE BRITISH From From From From From Toronto ........ -..o.vu v.1» From Whitby..-..--....-8.45 p.m.. From Toronto. trt....-..5.00 a..m. From Belleville-.........10.20 p.m. Way Freighbs. From Midland....-........3.10 p.m. p.m. From Belleville. ........ ...5.5O DEPARTURE. For Port Hope............6.00 tun. For Belleville................6.25 a..m. For Whitby....................7.00 a..m. For Toronto.............-..9.10 a..m. For Port Hope...... ...... 10.53 a..m. For Whitby ............ ...-10.9'~ a..m. For 1. B. O. Jct....11.00 a.m. For Toronto ................ 11.50 a.m. For Haliburton ............ 2.40 p.m. For Toronto.......... ......6.17 p.m. For Coboconk ............ 6.85 p.m For Port Hope ............ 8.10 p.m. Way Freights. Lindsay to Belleville....8.00 a..m U‘ V“ A He yelled again to the rescuers to pull him up. Slowly and carefully he Was raised. His pallid face, covered with slime, his staring eyes and heaving chest told of the horror he had gone through in the hours he had spent in the tunnel. He was William Curry ’of Canton. Hurry Up As soon as he could gasp, Curry1 said: ”They are all at the bottom of the shaft. Hurry up!" In quick succession seven others were brought up from the foul and stifling air in the tunnel. All were in a most piti- able condition. They reported two other men were lying unconscious at the bottom of the shaft. A work- Lind. to Mid. and 'l‘or.8.30 a..m [man volunteered to rescue thesegmen. Grand Trunk Time Table FINE IMPORTED 'â€" Belle-ville......-........6.25 a..m. Whitby....................7.00 a..m. Toronto.......... .-. ..9. 10 a. m. Port. Hope"..- ....J.O.___ 53‘ . a. m. Whitby. ....-- ... ..745 p.m. Toronto .......... -.8 05 p..m case for $9; 50' ocks for 52-5 reliable SOOdS and ., tumble- WWW DROWNED. Thirteen Men Lose Their Lives at Cleve- land, 9hio Five men were burned to death. 0 drowned. three and possib- four wer several 1y four were suffocated and injured as the restilt of a fire which r‘ncfr‘nved a temporary waterworks \ Five four we 1v four injured destroy crib t‘ [our \VUIU s... v n--- ly four were suffocated and several as the restilt of a fire which injured waterworks destroyed a temporary crib two miles off the Cleveland. Ohio, harbor earlv on Thursday. Twenty-six men obeyed the Manager G.- C. Vanduesen, when the flames broke out, and took refuge in the water on floating pieces of Four of them lost thief rail floats and sank ach- wreckage. holds upon their f ‘ beneath the waves just as help re ied their comrades. The crew of the tug J. H. heard the fire whistle blown crib and raced to the scene harbor. She picked up 18 of th vivors, who had drifted to the west of the crib on their floats of boards and wreckage. Spankle from the from the e sur- " ‘7 :- .\\nf\ \‘andueson and threw u. “N were hanging in the water from a, line suspended from the e was burning men's hands a barge Wilhelm ‘ LAJ :«i’n twoâ€"inch crib. Just as the lin away from above. the ,vaw] boat from the away from above the men's nanua a. yaw] boat from the barge Wilhelm managed by two men dashed into} the heat and smoke that, enveloped the crib and rescued the four men on the rope at the risk of the boatmen’s The men picked up in the wat we brought to the city on the tug Spankle. They were naked. ex- hausted and badly burned. Awful Scenes 1mm pnnld be distinguished swim- a. skull and some n ies at two other 11) those that. were on it looked as though what happened. been suffocated be reached them. As soon as the nve UUuu-a "U- -7, ‘ cm'ered the tug Kennedy returned toi the harbor at once. and notified the coroner of the discovery. and while this was going on ways and means were being dmised to reach the men imprisoned in the tunnel. Whose air supply had been apparently shut off entirely by the burning of the comâ€" prcs‘sed air machinery. At times it - um -mna hp "IKbfivau -‘o, was thought that voices could be heard down below. and the life sav- ers and the firemen peered down with but the sounds ceased was like a furnace, and the iron work was red hot from the flames. Cries for Help Finally after a deluge of water had been thrown on the smouldering shaft entrance, a voice was heard from the bottom calling for help. “For God's sake throw down a rope. throw down a rope!” a man called. A line was quickly dropped down the shaft. and as it tightened a shout of joy went up from those about, for it was quickly observed that the man at the bottom was able to grasp it. i BURNED 0R SMOTHERED and three of his men ' in the water from o. Men in Tunnel LS the five bodies were dis- ! tug Kennedy returned to at. once. and notified the and he was shaft. In a. few moments men were brought than alive. One, a men. are supposed 1 3““. V In a few moments the unconscious men were brought up, more dead than alive. One, and possibly two men, are supposed to be lying dead in the tunnel too far away from the shaft to be reached. A Death Trap The tugs that hurried out to the n as the fire was dis. covered succeeded in reaching no fewâ€" er than 20 men, who ~were clinging ‘to wreckage and ropes tied to the burning structure. .The tunnel, which was under course of construc- tion for several years past, and is still far from complete. has been the cause all told of the loss of more than 30 IiVes. -_-_.1An:n“ {n ‘hn than ('U ‘LVV-I- ~‘our years ago an explosion in the shore section of the tunnel resulted in the suffocation of 18 men. Two years ago in a similar accident sev- eral more men were killed at almost the same plarc, and today’s catasâ€" trophe adds at least ten additional names to the list. In the days that. long have vanished. In the years that now have flown, All the lands in our Dominion Swarthy red men claimed to own. Woods and water, lake anu I'lVClâ€" Forest dense o'er hill and dale. “here the wolf and bear in madness 110th back the wild cat's wail. Where the deer in fear and trembling Fled before some heartless foe, Fed in quiet on the uplands Or in meadow rich and low. ‘ Where the beaver built it's mud-hutâ€" Made its mighty little dam â€"- Rivnlled only by the musk-rat _.._ ..-'on m l‘l'duc “.5 ““5““, _. Rivnlled only by the musk-rat, That in swampy waters swam. Where the silver skin and red fox Searched for food the whole night long: Where the warblers in the thicket Broke the stillness by their song. Where the bison roamed at pleasure O'er the great plains of the west; Where the rockies rose in grandeur, Pierced the sky with snowy crest. Where were wigwams and papooses, Where. squaws had the work to do For the bucks were lords and mastersâ€"â€" Builders of the birch canoe. Where. the snow and ice of winter Melted neath the springâ€"time sun: Where the Indian slept serenely When his day of chase Was done. Where the brave and dark-eyed maiden Looked at each with eyes of love, Spoke in tones of gentle zephyr Soft as sound of cooing dove. Where the red skin in his warâ€"paint Flung aside his calumet. Rushed into the bloody battle Peace forgetting, scalps to get. All the eastland. all the westland All the south and north as well Were the red man's by possession, But misfortune on him fell. Came the pale face then to see him. (‘amc from (fame the W1 Ca mo Mopped the manâ€"â€" THE INDIAN’S TRiBULATION But the white man is the best man. . nd the best man he shall rule, Foe the strongest live the longest Is what’s taught in nature's school The Transition The forest primeval is less’ning. ’l‘he Wigwam is fading in smoke: The paleface is building big housesâ€" Thc Indian believes it a. joke. He would not sleep up near the rom- 1 ing ‘ For fear that a big wind might ‘ blow, Then would come a most terrible dropâ€" . Dead Injun in wreckage. below! The great horse of iron is' snorting ‘And everywhere dashing around: "Brave" once tried to lasoo the monster And bits of him only were found. 1The white boats walk over the waterâ€"â€" They puff out the hot steam and smoke: A Chieftain looked hard at his daughter And then in deep sadness he spoke: “Oh! white man he is a much great manâ€"- He everything secmeth to know He runneth the wide world as he likes ‘ And bosses the whole blazing show. He buildeth the town and broad cities, He crosses wide streams with a span. He streaketh the earth with endless trailsâ€" The palefacc a wonderful man. ' ‘I-Ie handleth the fireflas‘h of heaven, His speech is cannon-voice thunder, He taketh the wealth from field and mineâ€" The red man ceases to wonder. To Filled the tears. me with beads and bad fire water. fame with swords and guns and Reverie of the Red Man 'Tis strange in the annals Of-races That. natives have faded away, Withered at advance of the white manâ€" Mouldered and fallen to decay, The 'English-tongued nations are leadingâ€" Their prowess is felt far and wide: The banner of progress uplifting They sweep like an incoming tide. GEO. H. Fox. ycuu, this home land of the free. quickly lowered into the an far across the sea, white man with his Wam- ;on roamed at pleasure oat plains of the west; :kies rose in grandeur, sky with snowy crust. not sleep up near the roof- ,lakc and riverâ€"- or hill and dale. ,nd bear in madness :2 wild cat's wail. earth with noble red land with blood and en-ycarâ€"old 50“ ‘5‘ t enjOying 0. gamer Kenncbec, f engineer . Buffalo â€"n chic between 61’- war lady I“ fit, of a outing v-'~V ”drop 1n av 31'. was boarded at Marine City, the‘ lady haVi er the usual outâ€" fit of a. to t on enjoying an outing. to her own statement the only things she lack- ed to make the outfit complete were “a, bird cage, a. kitten and a. mork- ' “‘M‘fl'in is desâ€" ng with h urist intcn According Goodwin writ 09 am time boat is large a with iron ore. w strike bottom. hour. moving 10 wedged in between tw Finally we ploughed our way through the mud and tied up this morning at daybreak. The opera- ‘tions of‘ unloading were begun and you can form your OWn conclusion as ranceâ€"â€"â€"io to Gordon‘s appea me he looked like a dirtyâ€"faced Indian. He is sunburnt and on top of it, is a nd heaviL hich caused he 0 yards and were with coal dust. The sights are not charming and the smell of the dirty river is not at all nice for a sensitive nostrils. but such is life on a steamboat. Expect we mm imve to leave here tomorrow wedged in betWeen u“. Finally we ploughed through the mud and tie morning at daybreak. ' tions of” unloading were you can form your OWn co to Gordon‘s appearanceâ€" dirtyâ€"faccd I with coal (lust. smoke i Tho sights are not (-harmi ll of the dirty river is sme ostril nice for a sensitive n is life on a steamboat. will have to leave hen some time. Saturday evening we Went. up u"... and bought a supply of fruit, and took in all the sights, making a. visâ€" it to the "Soldier's Monument." nt to the Lakeview .‘ in company with the sec- We visited 5: Garfield memorial which stands on a beautiful elevation of ground. over- . looking the entire city and broad ex- 3 1panse of Lake Erie, the beauty of Q which fairly entranced me. for I esâ€" 3 cemetery ond engineer and wife. peciullly love and appreciate nature when decked in ha summer robes of many hues. It would be hard to describe the beauty of it agine if you can : after walking up abeautiful stretch of drive way-land either side with flowers of every all. so im- on variety and hue, climbing g a terraced Q lawn of probably 75 SJLt'pS in each : flight there being three in number. . and each marble side covered with a : beautiful vine shading from light to ‘ bronze and dark green, entering the 1 beautiful memorial of stone and mar- { ble, after paying an entrance fee of 1 10 Cents, climbing another long flight 4 of steps, only winding ones which 1 cause you to feel dizzy. then stepping ‘ a broad stone verandah I 4 I I I I I I out onto with a railing some 221:; feet high. trowded with sight seers and kodak fiends. and viewing the landscape. be.- yond: oh, its beautiful. Down beâ€" low is a lovely green lawn and fur- ther down lies the beautiful city of the dead, while rising up to view here and there are tall pillars of mar- ble marking the resting place of some loved ones. The pillars appear small you downward gaze. but high, massive and beautiful as you stand at their base: now look further on and down. where the busy city nest- les in the arms of the lake which you see through amist, as it were. of smoke and dust, turn your eyes to the left and view the elegant homes and streets built on the heights: the fine carriages and green lawn with he stylish dressed people sitting in friendly chat (and you are many feet. higher than they), then the picture is iis complete, as it appeared to me. As the busy noise of the city floats up to your ears, its restful to slip back inside the memorial 'and look at. the‘ beautiful statue of Gen. James A. Garfield standing at the entrance as if to protect, Visitors, and now look at the fine stained glass windows had each one representing a.state.. The whole is one perfect blending of col- a ors which never fails to draw forth as expressions of admiration. But I . 5 must hasten on e1 beco' se , 'ou wear.“ 3 me It 3.19 lo {10 nd (82 at he ANfUPPER LAKE TRIP Just across the river (which is not very wide) from where we are runs the long grade ‘of the lake shore route. and a few minutes ago a. poor tramp fell from the car and had his arm out, off above the about. The grade is very long and steep, and I never saw such long freight, trains, 70 and 75 cars with two eu- ;gines pullipg: and two shoving. ,_ _.AA_I,, A c"rho boat is ready to go and you ought. to see the gang of shovels on the dock and the dirty, red-skinned, half-dressed men, drinking beer which they buy in pailsiul. Some times they use a. flipper, but usually all grab for a drmk as the ’pail is flagged around. 1rday evening we w nought a supply of fr in all the sights, making a, vis- thc “Soldier's Monument." we went, to the Lakeview in company with the sec- \\'9 visited em, up town nit, and ery "H“ «m4 wife. Goodwin is desâ€" * well, being "fat 5 This is what Mrs. about. tho pretty the western end of .A Pretty City a and her sev- n, are at pres- .A frin on the LOTTA. ’In order to‘clear out my large Stock of . Grade Bicycles, 1 will sell the whole lot at “‘9 one=half the usual price. ah“ $Y0u’11 Have Comfo large stock of Pianos, Organs an Machines. J. J. WETHERUP, Slaughter in 310ch §The Gurney Foundry Co., Limited. 083366363338383383333333368663 We will sell the balance of our not d5 Belts and Belt Buckles. We will cribe them, but simply say they ' newest and upâ€"to-date. Come 0 want a bargain. Every Wheel Must (jg, are going fast. They are the W“ 5‘: for the price. Accurate time-keepersf ing us many new customers. , we engravmg and repairing. We dunk the best work in the count)” As long as “my last . CAMPBELL, Milne's Block. UGUs-r WARDER, A I‘m an 22nd. M DINNER and TEA SE‘ THE JEWELLER The Oven Bakes Perfl IMPERIAL UXHJHl] HAIE‘ Kent sto. LINDSA‘ mm and VW Athylludi Dayilthel'fl Kent” 0cm stooxuaar s: WA'XL It! again. 1 repor' captain. and he l we:- removed and s Westigate. “'9 we ith car; . and it di main that no 0 h two or three op haway been sec {would have been i name up. but the k beonvince the sail En deceived by a s The next night at mm reappeared. Id the watch. and IE; was reported 1 ship. two of the 3‘ I2 hurrying 21ft x] to. strange man w ward. The men I]. and on my par: l a. Stowaway o: In to secure him a I my watch has! an it was reported dd not be found. lied. The inc-Eden a- during the da ese new men bad : deed they had pol her watch for a 1 '9 man at the Wm kout and the 01m 5 about waiting {4 ranger sudden! y 9-in- He was in hi “1 ‘3 apron and e apron were a l Igled as he walka Mn aft and wana l't side. and. the en Shouted after lnse. The sailors 81103:. but yet we; w. 00“ here, mat let us know ho .his h00ker and at- V n’igl

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