April Daily Times
in Beardmore - based on reports in the Fort William Daily Times-Journal in
1938
Fri 1 Apr HOME
RAZED – Fire broke out at
12:45 a.m. Mrs. Fred Turebyko injured her hand while climbing out a broken
window with her daughter Olga. Her husband was at work. When the volunteer
firemen arrived, the fire was out of control. Only a few bedclothes were saved.
Tue 5 Apr BEARDMORE
BADMINTON CLUB – Held a
tournament for its members with an enthusiastic crowd as witnesses. Mr.
Erechook purchased a lot next to the theatre and planned to build a billiard
parlour. Home and School Club raised $32 at a very successful dance. “Hats,
balloons and noisemakers added to the gaiety of the affair.” Earl McIlroy of
Geraldton has arrived and “accepted a position” at the Northland Hotel. “The
Educational School of Music has begun a class for pupils in guitar.”
Fri 8 Apr WOMEN’S
INSTITUTE – The first meeting
on March 29th was held with Mrs. H. Smith in the chair. Convenorship
appointments: “Mrs. Cameron, education; Mrs. C.E. Robinson, current events,
assisted by Mrs. Kowalchuk; Mrs. K.C. Noble as home economics; Mrs. Donnelly,
home and child welfare; Mrs. McKenzie, Canadianization; Mrs. Bennett,
legislation. Mrs. A. Pleson was appointed as secretary in charge of publicity.”
A sick committee was chosen, as well as Mrs. Gustafson appointed in charge of
finances. Plans called for a bake sale on Sat. Apr. 9th at
Mitchell’s Supply Store. Mrs. A. Chadwell gave a short talk on
“Neighborliness”.
Thu 14 Apr EASTER
CONCERT – Sunday school are
practicing for Sunday, Apr. 17th, at the school. Guests at Beardmore
Hotel during the week including the following addresses: Winnipeg, Port Arthur,
Haileybury, Toronto, Fort William, Geraldton, Nezah, Jellicoe, New York,
Murillo, Renfrew. Lorne Gryts crushed his finger while working at “Empire
Mine”. On Sunday afternoon some young people hiked to Buffalo Beardmore Mine.
On their return they enjoyed “a delicious dinner” at the Northland Hotel.
Thu 14 Apr LOSS OF
LIFE – “A snowmobile belonging
to J.G. Burk, Indian agent, and driven by John Hardy, carrying a passenger,
David Laidlaw, of Wolsey, Sask., broke through the ice at the gap of McIntyre
Bay, on Lake Nipigon.” Mr. Laidlaw drowned about thirty feet offshore in twelve
feet of water. J. Hardy made his way ten miles to Grand Bay Indian Reserve to
seek help. Laidlaw was in charge of the sawmill and woods operations for the
Indian Department at the reserve, where he also had a brother. Pilot F.
Hawthorne of Port Arthur happened to be at Grand Bay and immediately took off
for “MacDiarmid” to arrange for recovery of the body and salvage of the
“snowplane”.
Sat 16 Apr
SUCCESSFUL BAKE SALE – The
Women’s Institute raised $25. The winner of “a log cake . . . guessed the
nearest correct number of matches on a bottle”. Two other winners got boxes of
chocolates.
Wed 20 Apr NORTHERN
EMPIRE MINER KILLED – Seven
miners fell when the cage plunged as the clutch on the hoist gave way at the
400-foot level. One was killed, six seriously injured. One miner, Steve Sami,
had a narrow escape. “Just as I stepped off I felt something brush my back and
before I could turn around the cage was out of sight.”
Wed 20 Apr MINERS
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL – Arthur
Kendall, manager of Northern Empire Mine, said the hoist mechanism passed
inspection three weeks prior. Canadian National Railways formed a special trail
to rush the injured to Port Arthur hospital. A baggage car was converted into a
hospital by the mine’s Dr. G. Hogg and three nurses. “The faces of the injured
were battered almost beyond recognition.” One was not expected to survive.
Tue 26 Apr ACCIDENT
INQUEST – Two deaths, Joseph
Barr and Tony Krill. The inquest officials examined the headframe and hoisting
machinery. “The steel cable had ripped a portion of the roof from the
head-frame housing when the cage went wild.”
Wed 27 Apr HEAVY
RAINS –“Rain has fallen every
day for the last two weeks in the mining country east of Nipigon, and the roads
and streets in the mining towns are almost impassable, with the exception of
the road to Leitch and Sand River mines, which was built by the Department of
Highways during the last two seasons and which is in good condition, and in
regular use by a bus line and private automobiles.” A washout between Nipigon
and Orient Bay put 80 feet of track out of commission. A Longlac-Port Arthur
train was stalled two hours while section men and train crew worked in driving
rain to fill the hole with ties and timbers.
Thu 28 Apr WASHOUT
ENLARGED – About one mile from
Orient Bay, the washout has deepened and widened due to a raging creek. The
regular train from Port Arthur and a special train from Hornepayne met at the
washout and passengers walked from one train to another.
Fri 29 Apr TEACHERS
RETURN – After the holidays,
W.N. Allen from Fort William and Helen McKinnon from Duluth and Fort William.
Women’s Institute had a successful tag day, raising $28 for equipment for the
school. “A farewell party and dance was held at the Empire hotel hall on Friday
evening in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, manager of Leitch Gold Mine, and
Dr. and Mrs. Kunkle, who are leaving shortly.”
Photo #1 > Not
dated, n.s. Snowplane at Beardmore – “Bob
Vera That’s my dads snowplane and he is the third guy on the right
with the salt and pepper hat”
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