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hollinger mine visited by fire general view of the scene of disaster early friday fire was discovered in a disused slope toronto and pittsburgh help with supplying gas masks and expert fire fighters 1 1 rescued some 40 dead on friday feb 10th word reached the outside world that the hollinger bold mine at timmins ontario was experiencing the first disastrous fire that ever took place la the ontario miuiug field some fifty miners were entrapped in the workings though hundreds of minera were below ground when tho alari was first sounded train from toronto a special train from toronto ar rived at 950 saturday at tiromlus bearing equippient with which to car ry on rescue work in the gasfilled workings of hollinger consolidated gold mines j balych s maki a aho j kansas c johnson a kampala w y al- tare o chenier i p crabair 0 bastine j- aubray e leuarx f martin j n ingham zoib m gardej b kuranen f jackson iv lindsay g masonovich d nsioo i lfew m lozxr- o keat i vifc ney w- m stevens prohibition forces granted big sum washington a total of 12129000 was provided for the prohibition bui- eau in a supply bill reported to the house by its appropriations commit tee this amount is a decrease of the special train from toronto 591 r from the fum providea at made tho run in a little over twelve i pkaen hours a run which normally accuples twenty hours the cnr and t and ko hallway lines wero laid wide open to the special which shot along through the night at a speed uever before attained on those northern lines this train brought adequate provision for any possible medical or nursing emergency the workings of hollinger have a total length of nearly eighty miles and there are twenty shafts connect ing these workings with the surface this illustrates the very good possi bility of men finding their way beyond the influence of gas and smoke and being content to remain there until tho fumes may bo expelled from the upper workings us rescuers help therecovory of the bodies and the control of the fire is largely due to the efforts of the united states bur eau mines department crew and their uptodate apparatus some of these men and the hollinger men who have been working with them along with the two volunteers black and steven son worked till mouday to gain com plete control of the fire early sunday night tho powder magazine was reached and there were found s dunlop and o chenier near the magazine another man also was found o alivenkoski by name lit order to prevent any possibility of danger of the fire reaching the pow der magaiue the enclosure was clear ed of all explosives fuses etc when asked this afternoon as to ihe inquest into the disaster h mont gomery town clerk of timmins stated that this would not be fixed until all the bodle3 were recovered the funeral of one of the first vic tims ira p graham took place tbi3 afternoon under the auspices of the masonic order the body has been shipped to londonderry col chester county nova scotia for in terment the second victim w martin stevens will be interred tomorrow morning timmins was plunged into deep mourning when the extent of the death toll was realized tonight fire nearly out timmins ont according to an official notice posted on the police bul letin board tho fire in the scope finally had been got under control late in the afternoon after the efforts of the res cue parties had been concentrated on this phase of the operations for the greater part of the day a3 late as four olclock in the afternoon the smoke from the burning material was proving a stubborn obstacle to over come but soon after that reports wero circulated that tho rescuers were get ting tho upper hand although slowly the information sent to the police from the miro indicated thnt water vas being poured on the fire and ap parently this liiethod was proving ef fective although some doubts had been expressed with regard to the action of the water on the gas being sent off major j g mcmillan the mining inspector for tcmiskaming said that this gas beyond question was carbon monoxide ho reaching this conclusion from tho appearance of the bodies of some of tho men recovered little news was available through out tho long sabbath afternoon and tho watchers about the mnin shaft wero kept in a long agony of sus pense whilo tho work of combating the flames went onsfoadily underground noah a timmins president of tho company a f brigham tho general managorof the hollinger john knox tho assistant manager and c g wil liams mino superintendent wero di recting operations official tfat following is tho list of known dead ira p graham w m stevens o ahvcnoski f martin v t highnrh s dunlop o chenier d nadcau g mazonovich t grcnke a vale w- jindsny list of rescued d kraknna c h trevennn c levin n pctchiek a tesolin v kriisac g zolob b kuranon f jack son i lizzie m lozock 0 koat following is tho official list issued from tho offico of hollinger mines of minora entombed in mino calamity p hedo m swythy d krakana g aubery b towloy m whalen p klimko w- roberta il barrett c p trevennn c lovon n petchick a tosolin j kusac t gronko s dun lop c richards a volo c hacho 0 ahvenkoski 0 tittllt r irving i v- parre o tremblay t snrar the coast guard described as al most rivalling tho navy was given 20302000 for the maintenance of it3 force of 13000 men 450 boats and fivo seaplanes fire invades wealthy hollinger mine at timmins and brings death to trapped miners fhrf combus i3 b to h bee cause of a fire which broke out on the 550 foot level of the hollinger mine at timmins at 10 am th i f m and refui pl3nt whch fs the greatest producer in america is taken as it appears from the town of timmins ine main shaft vlsbe as the most prominent object in the central part of the picture is directly above the refill slope where the lire started below seen a view of the mine and plant at night rone ontario assembly opens with inte ceremonies legislative endeavors as outlined in speech from th to offer no surprises short session looked for gunfire in queens park anahobf edward was introduced then mr beats of mounted escort the lieutenj introduced the timehonored antgovernor and staff officer passing bi no j ltere the prime ministel down the chamber bctwetn rows of set prece by explaining to all beautiful gowns the speech the present the significance of this aopar- mace bill n umber one and adjourn- nt formalitv ment at 322 a twentyminute cero mony the 17th legislature of ontario has opened its second session ceremony explained on arrival at three oclock hen w d ross inspected the guard of honor and then entered the chamber pre ceded by col alex fraser official secretary and capt- eric haldenby aide his honor was accompanied by premier ferguson and then followed sir henry pellatt brig gen bell and staff officers of military district no after the governor had read the speech from the throne and retired mr speaker tabled his report on elec tion protests in south bruce and port led to popular govern ment for many years as you arc all awane he said there was a keen struggle between the grown and the people as to the right to dictate the affairs of the nation- as a re3ult of this struggle wo received the advant age of popular government by tho people through the elected represen tatives in the legislature so that all over tho british commonwealth today wherever our type of institution pro- vails and responsible government is in effect we have tho practice of the people asserting at each session their session before they take up the speech delivered by tho crown for the crowns representatives and it has been the practice to introduce a bill and it has been for a good many years a bill respecting the administration of caths of affice to persons appointed as justices of the peace it is dono pro forma as an assertion of poular rights speech from throne mi- speaker and gentlemen of the legislative assembly it affords me pleasure to welcome you to the discharge of your legisla tive duties once again we offer our devout thanks to alnvghty god for a founti- ful harvest and for the many bless ings we enjoy as a people the extension of the leca lines into the rural districts enables greater ad vantage to be takeiof this important railway arc building up the north my ministers are taking step to main- mous ontario is destined to occupy an tario to the water powers situated in this province sufficient headway has been made by tho group settlement along the transcontinental railway to warrant further settlements of a like nature which are now under consideration arthur and mr colliver of prince right to deal with the business of the the extension of roads and the con- struction of additional lines of the temiskaming and northern ontario railway aro building up tho north country for which the outlook is ex ceedingly promising indications point to the fact that in addition to the gold silver and nickel mining for which the province is fa mous ontario is destined to occupy an important place in the production of copper through the medium of the for estry board for which legislative pro vision was made last year a special study is being made to ensure the con tinuity of our forest ied the adop tion cf improved methods of detecting and extinguishing forest fires has been followed by a marked reduction in the fire losses the work of re forestation attracted increased atten tion during the past season- highway improvement occupied an important place in tho activities of the government the provincial sys- and strengthening of the staffs of tho tern was considerably extended by the j mental hospitals will lead to tho ap- addition of many miles of country j plication of curative methods in th roads undor tho contracts entered j treatment of the mentally afflicted into the completion of the permanent the arrangements made for dental highway from windsor to the quebec treatment and additional sooiul se educational methods and more effect tivo supervision of traffic in education the development of the correspondence courses and tho travel- ling scrools are meeting with marked public favor there are gratifying evidences that the adoleseent act is operating satisfactorily vocational training is enhancing the usefulness of our educational system the ie partment proposed to establish new facilitiesfor the adequate training 06 public library assistants indusf ria lresearch scientific industrial research off era an important opportunity for public enterprise closely associated with tho manufacturing agricultural and com- mercial life of the community one of tho social problems which is engaging the earnest attention of my ministers is tho better care of our dependent aged population it is hoped that the reorganization border is assured good results will doubtless come from the efforts to en sure the safety of the public both by quest for gleaming metal sometinies leads through perilous paths ice work in connection with the men- tal hospitals give promise of benefi- cial results the legislation of your last session providing for tho establishment of the liquor control board- during the comparatively short period the act has been in force there have been many encouraging indications of pub lic support and cooperation during the past fiscal year li treasury succeeded in obtaining a balanced budget for the firt time in a number of years notwithstanding the fact that the debt retirement plan requiring substantial payments was inaugurated the improved financial eituaticn of the province was reflected in the advantageous terms secured in lecent borrowings to extend university ave legislation will bo submitted for your consideration to make further provision for the development of northern and northwestern ontario to amend tho workmens compensa tion act and the mining act for the purpose of increasing the protection of minors respecting general hos pitals and charitable institutions to provide for the establishment of a research foundation respecting the registration of stock salesmen and brokers with a view to the proper regulation and control of tho salo of securities to simplify tho jjroceduro for- the incorporation of companies respecting apprenticeship un certain trades for tho extension and develop ment of university avenue in the city of toronto as a boulevard drive nnd for other purposes in conclusion i desire to commend all these matters to your attention and to express tho hope that your de liberations will under the guidance of providence result in measures that will advance the moral nid material j welfare of our people j rjote your paper will have t j non political resume of the proceed- j inga of the local legislature concise- ly told in pithy paragraphs under the heading our local legislature the session week by week- watch for it it will tell you about your members activity 9 palestine saved from locust plague an artists drawing visualizes disaster tho drawing is not intended to he a scientific scale drawing but shows in- breaks through 1 o barrier tho photograph at 2 pictures miners waiting to no 1 tho main pit head at the mouth of tho main shaft with the anxious go up to fresh air and freedom in the cago that rises and dosconds in tho linos of minors outside oagor to help or consnmod with worry over tho fato j main shaft the x indicates iho shaft at no 3 tho luro of tho mino th of relative and friend five hundred feot below ho site of the fire is hearts desire of strong men a nugget refined from holllngor oros worth imaglnod tho smoko rolling forth to tho terror of the miners who realize th a kinds ransom in itself at current prices 25000 this photo is nsod thr at thay aro cut off from llieir way of escape until help immune in gas masks ougii iho courtesy of the motion lieiuro branch of tho dopartmont of minos jerusalem a suddpn chango in tho wind has saved palestine from a destructive inroad of locusts which had been expected this spring and to combat which the government mado elaborate plans recently vast swarms of locusts ap peared in waddy near petra waftod on a wind blowing toward palestine the government immediately began to mobilize for dofonco including fiamo gunn when suddenly tho wind chang ed tho locusts wero carried by tho wind to the southeast n barren rocky part of tho desert say what you ilko about ovoningr frocks our modorn girls are showing the staff thoy are mado of ri