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Port Perry Star, 1 Dec 1909, p. 2

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Laura McDonald, and a boarder ] lake, were found dead on in the home of Mrs. Flin- Il avenue here. The | ed discovery. of the bodies was about noon; . Mrs, O Soff, a niece of Mrs. Pintok dame suspicious that something wrong when she did not notice signs of life about the place. a neighbor she went to the hong of Flintoff, and after. knocking 'at the door and get! ng fio response an entrance was. forced. Admit- tance had to-be secured by @ réar se Re 3nd Sn .'W. Flin-| Drs opinion that the perso! ad eon dead at Be int Fre 4 { hours; An e {es indicated Xawinttion "and Coroner after makin) sideg that sn an ingu ANOTHER RAILWAY HORROR Car Full of Japanese Laborers Submerged in 'British A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says; Speeding through a howl- ing storm in the darkness, whilé the' of Vancouver and New West- or Wlumbered in thé long Sun: re morning rest, a gang of Japan: ese track laborers 'who had turned out fo repair the ravages the Great Northern : Railway had suffered during the worst night's weather in rs ts went headlong to death, the ridge near Sapperton collapsing under the weight of the heavy work train. 'At least twenty and perhaps thirty unfortunate Japanese are reported dead, and others more or leas seriously injured are in the hos- pital here and at: Westminster. The train left Vancouver in the morning at 5.30 and reached Sap- rton at 6.15. The track passes y a bridge over the Burnett Riv- or, and a heavy flood had submerg- od. the track on both sides. The teain was in the swirling waters al- most before those on board were . aware the bridge had been reached. ve 456, Engineer Columbia. Beatti man Kent in the cab, passed over ia Tfett but the first car, carry- ing eavy road-making appara- tus, crashed through into the tors rent, dragging the engine from one side and the car loaded with the men on: the other into the water. Many of those on board were en- tangled in: the and were drowned without a chance for their | lives. = Others were killed outs right. Three white men, 'the en- gineer, the fireman and Conductor Ellis, escaped, the two former with slight injuries. A white man named Davis was injured' and is now in the Vancouver General Hospital. Three bodies recovered on' this side of the river have been brought to' Vancouver, five injured have bsen 'taken: to 'the Memorial Hospital, while the remains of thé other dead 'and others 'of the ins jured have been taken to Westmin- ster. The Burnett River carried some poor battered bodies out to the Fraser. ee te ---------------- SHOT BY A LUNATIC. . Buffalo Maa Murdered in : Publio Library, A despatch from Buffalo says: Without explanation or warning, t with a deliberation that made e accomplishment: of his mur- erous purpose simple, Charles Strohl, an employee of a bakery, walked into the reading-room of the Buffalo Public Library on Friday, pulled a revolver and shot and in- stantly killed Franz Btendtz, boarded with Mrs. Decola on Broad- The murderer rushed out of shots they exe- Fommany Strohl but was finally cornered and caught. oe zg" 35s Wednesday at her home in Coom- er's Road, city. Bhe took her life by her garments in coal oil and inein- erating herself. Alexander Gillies found 'Mrs. Bishop's body in a smoke house. Jt was a mass of burned flesh and charred bones. A} note found among the dead wo- man's effects told of the writer's determination to end her life by fire. ITALIAN HANGED. Spanelli Pays Penalty for Murder © of Chinaman. Ad h from North : Bani pad orth Bay says: Sarly on Biiday at the throttle and Tire: a few miles from this Congo. eclare the population 8) that a vote on Bun taken. Jer Clara were Arrested om a oh ona J of perjury in 'connection with Barrie fire inquest. Mr. Guthrie | No. gave bail for them: 'Mrs. Cawthrop of Caradoc \ ship has been the object of a num- ber of annoying tricks ond It | an latest prank was to pour oat : into her The Nova Scotia Steel: directors' | : Bran--$31 || meeting in Montreal, on Friday, shorts, $23.50 in yok fo declared a stock bonus of 20 per cent. and a dividend of 1 per cent. to: holders of common stock; thus putting the common. on & 4 per cent. GREAT BRI BRITAIN. The Bishop of Heretord Kas 40-183; oxteacten 1hooe nounced that he will support the wo Tork pe budget because it means social wel- | and No. 8 at 13.50 to Ais on track, & aud oronto. % fr oat pp A lp rom 8; gatas ering 'at Bristol. rack To 5 to beg we ha - + It'is rumored that Bir Maurice] Polls x ¢ BE [ Debunsen may succeed Mr. James 15; per 1b. ; fowl, 8 to 9¢; 3 Bryce as British Ambassador to |15 5 17¢ Ib. ; hb. 1b., nn to i, © . Eman ot, for Gas FEE ic tag sta in his opinion the day. of high protec: : sua tion is approaching its end Butter---P. Ee one we, So The Ln accep o am s Jiowtn of Lonieto the ran ana bi 1 40 975, ad tolds, 38 to 30 : measure. Great Britain and Germany are Crges_ouss Tow, 90 66 3% dos. | said to have reached an -under- LE pei b standing for co-operation in secur- ing the rights of the natives in the Choose 19500 'per 1b. for larg, and at 18% for twins. ; Mr. A. V. Dicey, the eminent . Constitutional puShority, supports} z HOO: PRODUCTS. e House lieves the budget tends toward cor- | Sly Bacon Tong sleat, wu ke 4 ruption... 2 on short cut, $38 to $98.50. |] RCO, Light to | medinm, 15 to. UNITED STATES. 160; ae heavy, 14 to 14%c; rolls, Four persons lost their. lives|14 to 1430; shoulders, 13% to 13¢;| "8 through an explosion: on a gasoline { backs, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, | launch at Muskegon, Mich. 17 'to 18c. . Two members of a wedding party -Lard--Tierces, 16%c; tube 18%; : were killed in Georgia when thelr ells 66. automobile fell from a bridge. : elli, a young Italian, wis | morn No. 1 tirtothy. 915 to W160] Senteneed fo

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