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train wreck survivors recoit scenes of horror mother who swam to shore with three children heroine of disaster most serious flood conditions in years over s a series of scattered storms across eastern canada and newfoundland took toll of 52 lives thursday des patches revealed last night at brock- tille the number believed dead in the drill boat disaster had risen to 31 in tho sudbury district 13 perished in train wrecks two were drowned near fort william an unidentified man was drowned near cobalt at least five perished in newfoundland and dozens of boats wei sunk sudbury juno 2c unprecedented flood conditions are believed respon sible for the wreck of canadian na tional railways train no 4 10 miles west of capreol rushing waters flooded railways and handicapped communication systems sudbury june 27 eyewitnesses of tho wreck ot tho canadian national train at vermilion lake supplied vivid descriptions tonight of a nightmare which will bo long remembered in the north country tales of heroism pitiful scenes where mothers cried in vain for lost children fathers frantically battering their way into twisted coaches to find their loved ones were mingled with praise for officials for relief dispatcher in record time still seek bodies four lives were lost all of them children a score were injured none seriously but passengers and rail way officials consider it almost a mir acle that the list was kept within that narrow limit the small loss of life in this acci dent stands out in sharp contrast to tho death of nine men on cn it freight train which was derailed at spidle 17 miles east of capreol here tho fireman was killed and the engineer fatally injured eight others girl swam to bank little miss lillian v landman who was returning homo to cardiff wales to enter a sanitarium after working for several months in the fas was able to swim unaided to safety sho weut down twice before breaking a window and shooting to the surface it all seems like a dream she said i was reading in my berth could not sleep i had just looked out the win dow and seen that we were surround ed by water and i thought it was tho rain then came tho bumps and the watcr started to flood in tell humorous incidents it seemed that not ouo of these wo men could speak to a reporter without recounting one funny incident and miss landman had hors we put all the poor men who live hero out ot their rooms sho said and when i landed along the man whoso room i took was having a bath ho had gone into tie bathroom without a stitch of clothes on and he had to say thero unil someone was rhoughful enough to throw him a pair of trousers he had to wait quite a while too for nobody was thinking of pantless men at that time owes life to slimness mrs denton owes her life to her slimness for she was hauled out of the kitchen window in the tourist car when the car upset she was pitched head first out ot her berth onto tho floor of the aisle after splashing around in a dazed way she found her way to the kitchen and someone out side seeing here there hroke the glass and pulled her through the nar row opening reight tra i d railed at 415 this morning freight train a striking photo of c f s gordon winning tho high jump in the meet between teams from the aaa and cambridge university on the university field thirty lives are lost as lightning striki chicago acquires new aquarium swlh marble building with med 1111 pi f all types of bodies likely to float free down the st lawrence to canals only 11 survive marine life chicagos aquarium a gift of john g shedd is now in operation a 3000000 building situated on the lake front and filling the gap be tween the fcld museum and the planetarium gives the city one of the most modern aquariums in the world more than a million gallons ot salt brockvllle june 26 thirty men tho shining yellow of newly -shatter- perished when a bolt of lightning ed timbers but in this tangle of discharged dynami waiting detonaj timbers cables wreckage and fresh- wa have been conveyed from the tlon and utterly wrecked their vessel i lyblastcd rocks eddie was forced to seaboard iu the aquariums own lleet the drill boat j b king give up his hazardous work for an- or j tank earsa supply stored in of the crew of 42 aboard only 12 other day tomorrow he wil again tallks oeneat tie building and suf- escaped of the night watch sleep- essay his struggle against the rivers flcj c to answer the aquariums needs ing below all but one it is believed eightmileanhour current and he will for alleen years willis h carrier perished only one body has been he aided by two more divers one from of newark nj has installed a mod- recovered st catharines and one rrom osdcns- ern rc and conditioning the first flash of lightning of a u1 vy j plant by means of which tho salt sudden thunderstorm caused the disi only shattered timbers visible water together with another 1000- aster an iour sooner and there the king lies on the river bottom 000 gallons of fresh water can be would have been no tragedy the three miles upstream from this town sent slowly through the tanks con- dynamite had only been placed in and mo yards from the rocky shore of taining the fish returned to the base- position inflow the 12 drill holes ot cockburn island from trees on the ment revitalized and reused many the vessel a few minutes later the vessel would have backed away to a safe distance to discharge the heavy id degrees today just a fraction below a 15 year record not since june 22 1915 when an storm makes havoc almost record heat xin m rt l tt new orleans while people fray xc orleans june 27new or- i leans thermometers registered 1013 at least five dead an thirty fishing vessels sunk harbor grace nild june 2sat ha temperature been so high- least five persons were killed 30 fish- s m t l boat blown to atoms ing vessels were lost and thousands a t pe ilmhv wa3 wown to of dollars damage done by a thunder stnans 9hoes hoomas like l ay and lightning storm which raged over this place and vicinity last night hail stones weighing one pound tell miles people on shoje saw a sheet of flame fragments were hurled high all time record ot 102 degrees was pw fl thdrlll boat the largest of us kind in canada vanished com- from the sky and did heavy damage to buildings in this place alone five persons were struck and killed by lightning as they either dashed for cover or sat within their homes i thirty fishing vessels in the harbor suspenders caused trouble were sunk as the high winds whip ped mountainous waves in toward the town i and the sticky lar clung to pede- strians shoes looking like big- game hunters traffic cops appeared atoms the men were caught like on their beats today in tropical sun i rats those who were not killed in- helmets and shirtsleeves motorists i stantly by the force of the explosion i thought they were being kidded were blown out into the st lawrence when the pseudoexplorers held up in such a dazed state that they sank their hands to stop traffic j before help could reach them the cops said they enjoyed the rel heroic rescue work was carried out lief from the hot formal uniform but by the united states coastguard cut- complained that the order prohibiting j ter 211 in command of captain g b j lok of olcott ny and carrying m at 11 am the mercury read 95 and i tc rasmussen chief inspector o the at 215 pm 100 where it stayed unj buffalo district this boat was pro- til it set the record when it gradually j seeding east along the shipping ehan- island cables still stretch below the times lapping wavelets to tho hulk that was i all of the fish iri the aquarium will the j b king on all sides of these bo kept in water of the correct tem- charges the electric wires were trees lie masses of torn underbrush perature trout accutomed to tho placed in position llie thunderbolt uprooted trees and wreckage cool waters of mountain brooks and provided the fatal current j across the little island in a broad oriental goldfish from tropical wa- th flash from the sky was follow- pat destruction raced when lightning tors will be made comfortable ther- d by a deafening report heard for struck the king and detonated tho mostatlc control makes it possible to charges of dnyamite that she had just maintain constant vigilance over the tapped into holes drilled deep in the 132 glass tanks and skylights that river bed from the middle of the will not obstruct the rays of the sun river a glance at the island conveys have also been installed the impression that woodsmen had the building itself is of marble and hewn a roadway across it between the interior has been decorated to the middle of the river and the island carry out tho marine motif tho juts a timber three feet square and threefoot marble border around the reaching out of the water four feet base of the main hall gives the im- that is all that remains visible ot the pression or a waterline mil illuml- klng except for twisted torn planks nation is afforded by globej shaped scattered for miles down the st law- nk shellfish rence j recovery of bodies unlikely i no 401 from north bay ran into a tramps who were beating their way in j washout at a point about 16 miles east an empty stock car were crushed to ot capreol derailing the engine and deatli by a pile or lumber that tumb- j fireman mcleod was fa- led on them when the train left the tall injured engineer j mcdonald rai i who was pinned under the wreckage washouts were the cause of both i nu e released and taken to cap- accidents i reel he is seriously injured bodies of six trespassers as yet unidentified the lightning display was awful began to drop and many persons were injured either who were i train were i this accident preumably riding on the omul near the scene of nel about half a mile west of cock burn island when the j b king was struck full steam ahead was order ed and she plowed her way through the debrisstrewn water two or three tenders belonging to the drill boat also rushed to the between them only 12 sur- few ing upwards of ten pounds struck in their locality the top ot an electric transformer was struck by one of tho hail stones and knocked to the ground windows in many houses were shat tered heroism and horror heroism and horror mingle in the story of the accident at vermilion lake as related by elwin d wilkins acting crown attorney of sudbury dis trict who was a passenger on the train women screaming in the rain- drenched night men pinned beneath tho water and frantic parents search ing wildly for children and then in the early dawn a babys body floating on tho swollen waters of the lake trains moving slowly tho train was moving slowly for old engineer was so seriously burned jjl i colr qrllfw raif omo time before the accident occur- by steam that he is not expected to re- quick dnake cfwaaljuwa uttsl red mr wilkins said it had stopped i cover when a cnr freight train several times in order to allow train- 1 crashed into a washedout piece of j men to investigate the track ahead tracking 17 miles cast of capreol at i with flares all evening thv rain had j 4 am ouo hobo escaped unhurt j nine killed in wreck records of a horrible tragedy and descriptions of one of the most thrill ing rescues in the history of canadian railroading drirted in from the little town of spiddle over telegraph wires entangled by the floods and telephono wires loaded to overflowing with the calls ot anxious relatives i how- eight hoboes and fireman alex j bush to the middle mcleod were killed and jack mcdon- j by lightning or falling woodwork as son and he comes they knelt by their bedsides proving for safety o ihe lmdbsrghs a bolt of lightning struck a hill euglewood nj col and airs south of here and ripped open a road charles a lindbergh are the parents to such an extent that it was imj of a son who arrived june 22 in the scene but passable the bolts which came with home of mrs lindberghs parents vivors were rescued a few men great frequency destroyed tho iele- ambassador and mrs dwight w mor- hanging to drift wood scattered de- phone and lighting systems soon after row bris tangled and twisted spars that the storm began news of the arrival of the lindi was all that remained of tho 100000 persons living in one section of the bergh heir spread rapidly to all parts drill boat and her crew of 42 men town reported that hailstones weigh- ot the country and to foreign shores gloom cast over city and within a short time a pdwul ot tne catast 0ile of tlie worst messengers with congratulatory mes- jn recent h qf ca sages and bearing flowers began to arrive at the morrow home radio stations interrupted their programs to spread news of the event the wreckage at the bottom ot the programs to test pall of gloom the total area of india about 1800- far will a rabbit run into a j n0 6raare m is more than twenty times the area of great britain dumps canoe and sinks j been pouring down in torrents women and men poured out in ter ror from the pullmans the rain was pouring down and in the lights which remained on in the train women could bo seen rushing frantically back and forth screaming for their com panions and children practically all were in night attire elwin wilkins went into the end of the first class car that was slumped over tho bank standing on a seat v halfway flown a woman wrung her bands and begged him to look for her baby cushions wero floating in the water that filled tho end of the car and peoplo were struggling frantically to gain the upper end mother is heroine every railroad accident has its stor- les of individual heroism and the capreol wreck is no exception in this caso the outstanding heroine was un doubtedly mrs hayes of hornepaync sho was travelling to parry sound with her three small children with out waiting for outside help or with out losing her head for an instantthis bravo mother broko through one of tho windows ami with a child under ech arm and an infant gripped firmly in her teeth swam strongly to shore n distance of about 15 feet mrs royalc had the same story lo tell of the grating noise that was heard before the car left tho tracks and then of the sickening sensation as tho car slipped down the bank into tho river the first i knew anything was wrong was when the curtain on the berth fell down on top of me she paid and then the car swayed and tipped and 1 saw the water pouring in i tho windows most of the windows were open for ventilation i then sho continued i heard a nan shout keep cool and we will all them american tourist parties got out safely and 1 saw him at the herculean etorts on the part of end where the smoker was the water both the great railways to make re- was up to his neck and ho had his j pairs have brought every resource of hands above his head encouraging these two great organizations into everyone not to lose his head i play but it was horrifying too she i washout en alnoma eastern said sadly there was one poor wo- 1 while nine washouts each of con- i man who lost her child and she hung siderahlc proportions within 45 miles i on to tho ventilator at the top of the of sudbury tho algoma eastern rail- car and kept calling for her child i way operating between sudbury and sho would not let them rescue her un- j little current diverted traffic be lli they got her child they had to tween sudbury and espanola over the tear her away by main force i canadian pacific sauk ste mario line the nine tramps were riding in an empty stock car when the crash oc curred th car immediately behind j it was loaded with lumber the slid- 1 den stopping of the train shot tho lum ber forward and crushed to match wood the car in which the men were 1 riding only the one man was thrown clear and survived the others wero killed instantly travelling at a good speed just be fore dawn along the edge of the high bank of the wahnapita river tho freight dropped suddenly into a deep holo in llie fill washed out by the heavy floods the engine noso dived and landed upright but the impact of the drop was so great that mcleod tho fireman was thrown out and crushed to death under the tender engineer mcdonald at the same time was pinned beneath tho engine his fool caught so that he could not move washout on cpr between sudbury and muray mines there is a washout on tho cpr lines all day buses hnvo been used to trans port passengers westbound passenger being taken by bus to murray mines and eastbound passengers to sudbury this has delayed trains and to night tho transcanada canadian pa cific train bound for toronto was just twentyfive miles east of sudbury at s oclock it was duo in toronto al most 12 hours before roads in ribbons bridges out damage to railway right of way pro vincial highways and township roads as well as private properties will mount into tho hundreds of thousands before it is cleared up between mark- stay on the east and whitcfish on the west it is estimated there are over 50 automobiles marooned over half of orillia suffering snakes when a throefoot black snake took the worm offered a rock bass off a couchiching point recently by an unsuspecting fish erman it started something neither it self nor the angler could finish wjien the snake struck the angler thought he had hooked a granddnddy among the rock bass tribe when the angler struck tho snako seemed to i think it had a mouthful of chain light ning for it shot to the surface of the water and progressively tangling the lino about its body attained tho tip of the rod and slithered down it into the boat in the meantlmo the unfortun ate fisherman was not idle finding that shaking the pole abjur ing the snake and invoking the gods had little or no effect tho paddle was recoursed to as a more potent weap on having laid about him with good effect as to smash his rod bend his reel split the gunwale of his canoe j them near deatl land shipping cast a over this city but hope springs eternal groups of relatives sadeyed and weary troop ed about the hospitals gathered at the docks and communicated constant ly with the local office of the porter firm to each query concerning the whereabouts and welfare of a loved one the answer was always the samo we have no further word seven brockvllle citizens are dead twenty three others are dead men who had lived here for months and as men do in a small town become known as friends and comrades thirty men of brockvllle are gone fortytwo men were in the crew ot the drill boat j b king tonight 11 lie in two hospitals here two of two bodies have break a thwart cut open his knee and b recovered from the st law smash his pipe he dumped tho canoe ren and 29 are missing ot these tho snake weighted down by the hopes late today were dwindling that t till anchored to it by tho hook n would he recovered sank the fisherman weighted by his i eddie mac boucher diver for the emotion came near to following suit i st lawrence wrecking and towing but land was achieved tho canoe righted fish says the fisherman ugh i company worked to roach the wreck age that strews the river bottom where the king sank below the flickering waters he could see dimly down to the sea river according to eddie boucher a huge jackpot of timhers torn like matches intertwined cables and rocks in his opinion few bodies will ever come out of that wreckage he is the only man who has been be low the surface and his opinion chills the hearts of brockvllle mothers and fathers and wives and children the king had drilled and charged four sets of lioles a set is the number ot holes drilled in one loca tion no one knows yet whether in each set she had drillel the lull pos sible number or les ttri rh- 12 all sets were looped lose by battery wires and only ne-l- h iiito of the batteiy handle o ca i e the deton ation duke says canada is land of promise no greater openings at any time in world fie declares london there probably have been no greater openings at any time in tho world for young men prepared to work than those presented by can ada today declared the duke of con- naught former governorgeneral of canada in his address at wellington college crowthorne recently the duke suggested that parents as well as boys might do well to consider the opportunities of the dominion those who went to canada were able to feel that they wero ot going to a foreign country but to a land imbued with the same ideas of loyalty as the mother country frederick g malim head master of wellington urged his pupils to con sider tho areer of an electlrcal en gineer especially in tho service of such great companies as tho one which harnessed the immense power of niagara tho task of uncovering tho vast mineral wealth ot a country such as canada also involved a great and profitable career there was an j from tn0 twln lako aad hls enormous demand for qualified en- fl time comblned wlth tlia of an gineers and chemis s and if britain uher pilot and plane used the same wero able to continue- sending a twcnty and steady stream of trained men to the t minutes dominions it would bo doing a great j radio taste urged harry a lafount has decided to re commend to the federal radio com mission of which he is a member that it sponsor test programs over each ot the national radiocasting net work to determine the type of pro gram the majority of listeners favor obtaining mass opinion by the ques tionnaire methods mr lafount thinks diffiult but he believes that the chain radiocasting organizations would gladly cooperate with the govern ment by allowing a onehour program to be presented over each of the net works some evening the programs should be as diversi fied as possible under the time limita tions and should include both classi cal and popular music educational and information features and any ad- ditionl factors of superlative program development deemed to be of public interest mr lafount says this plan the commissioner con cludes would provide an opportunity for making a worthwhile survey ot the tastes of the peoplo and would insure them of the commlsslon3 earnest desire to see broadcasting conducted in the public interest canadian bureau for the advance ment of music toronto aerial fireman flies 16 hours in days work a m delamere airplane pilot of stratford ontario established a re cord for tho aerial brush fire fighters by passing sixteen hours aloft in ono day during the recent struggle of the provincial air force with the stone lako fires delamere tookoff first at 330 oclock in the morning and was aloft except when refueling or taking time out for meals until 10 oclpck at night he made nineteen flights during one day transporting 4005 pounds ot lire- fighting equipment to different fires in the district tho flights wero made empire service canada comes third in car consumption canada ranks third among the coun tries ot the world as a user of auto- this is at once an evidence racing to gloucester mass with record cargo of mackerel schooner alice mildred struck a ledgo and sank pocabett capo cod crew were saved care of plants ono woman who has excellent re suits starts her seeds in shallow cigar mo boxes in tho house this enable her ot tho gro vf tholndustry and of to put them in the ground without tn0 general wealth 0i t people in disturbing the plants she just 1929 there wer ree canada breaks away the sides ot the box motor vohicics t0 tno mlmber 0 1- from the soil and slips the bottom 193 8s9i wlllcn wag nn increaso ovor off with a knife sho does this when lhe 19 reg ot 117070 or tho plants are about two inches high d pcr ccn registrations in 1929 as the roots aro not disturbed tho mauj an avcragc of ono moor vehl growth of tho plants is not inter- t0 mch s 2 persong in cana against ferred with and tho plants do not lose ail averag0 or ninc p0r3on3 per motor their vitality then when they hnvo von n 10 th avcragc wag attained a higher growth and are excocle1 on ty the unitci s stronger she thins them out and be- aml tnc hawaiian islands in tho ing acustomod to this soil thoy con- r tlie avcragc was 43 am in ul tlnue to thrive i s lettuce rescue i c w 1 to keep the birds from eating my or wales nice tender lettuco i made a dark will open rai- thread entanglement across the row london tho prince of wales i place two sticks at each end of been invllcd by the canadian gov lettuce row then take a spool of ment to officiate at the opening 01 th thread tie nn end on ono stick then hudson5s bay railway in 1931 tsn draw it around from stick to stick hudsons bay company will then p y then across from each corner length- the prince tribute of two black beaver wise tho birds cannot seo tho dark skins and two elk hides in token o thread when it touches their wings sovereignity according to a provlsi they get such a scaro that they fly ot their charter regarding tho v away and dont como hack again and of any member ot the royal family re unhurt sunshine jane to lhe hudsons bay domains