HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-12-22, Page 6PT% IRTY-ONE BODIES RECOVERED
FROM RUINS .OF ORPHANAGE;
LARGE NUMBER ' MISSING
Few of Bodies Show Marks of the FlamesMost Perished
by Suffocation
C1-IILDREN ALL ABED
Roused From Sleep, They Were Carried From the Building
Almost Unconscious—Fall of Roof and
Walls Prevented Rescue of More
O
ua1ret.— fthe 31 Y
oung
c tldren
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apparatus. u
s. Ovex eleven
hundred were
all girls, and am 18 -year-old purl who in the betiding at the time, intruding
are known to. have lost their lives in 170 infants in the creche, infirm old
Wednesday Meet's tragic fire at the people and wounded soldiers, A
Hospiee St. Charles, 11 had been post- wounded sergeant of the 13th Battal-
tively identified by parents or rele- ion eaved Leri infants taking them out
tivee at noon Thursday, Two others two at a time: Nuns had to be pre -
had been -identified, but not positively, r venteddashing into the flames by
while the remaining 10 bodies had not policemen, and, several • were uncon-
been cir,iu ed, Six bodies were taken'selous from the smoke.
from the ruins I Thirteen young 'people at a For-
Acrerdirg to''Sisters St. Arnie and esters' Social in London, Ontario, were
Maris 'dos Anges, of the -Good Shop- burneal to death on Jan. 23rd last,
herd Order, who visited the morgue when tale building underneath caught
shortly lfore ' noon to identify the, it was believed, owing to an ex-
bodies, 27 , children remained unac= i plosion.
counted -Ser. 'A number of these :the The most disastrous fire in Ontario
sisters expect; are probably being occurred in Oct., 1922, when •seventy
. eared for' by relatives or friends in people are believed to have perished
rations parts of` the city, though it in Me Ilaileybury fire. Five towns
is feared that later inspection of the and 100 square miles of -territory were
raided hospice will bringfurther devastated,
bodies to light. Other great flees br America were:
THIRD IN A SERIES. 's Chicago, 1871, 200 dead; Brooklyn
theatre, 1876, 255 dead; Iroquois The -
acre, Chicago, 1903, 575 dead; Gen-
eral Slocum, 1904, 1,921 dead; New-
hall Hotel, Milwaukee, 80 dead; Ho-
boken shipping, 300, dead; Shiloh,
cjinrch Ala., 115 dead; San_Francisco
fire, 452 dead; Cleveland School,
North Carolina, 1923,. 73 children
dead.
The fire in the Hospice Saint
Charles early Wednesday is the third
disaster to take toll • of numerous
young 'lives' in Canada this year,
bringing the number of ehild victims
to around 120. The other two were
the fire and panic at the Laurier
Theatre, Montreal, Jan. 9, when 78
were killed, and the orphanage fire at
Lae La Flonge, Sask., Sept. 19, when
20 children were burned' to death.
Other fires in Canada this year
-claimed upwards of -10'vietints.
OTHER. DISASTERS,
Waterfowl -Attracts Tourists
The manifold attractions of ePrse,
in. Gaspe county, Quebec, influenced
some tetra' thousand tourists to vlait
that charming village during the past
Seventy-five infants were burned to summer.. Most of these, during their
death when the Grey Nunnery at Idon-stay in Petee, enjoyed a thrilling
treal was destroyed' by fire on Pelt- visit to the bird canctuary ou Rana-
. ruary 14, 1918. Part of the buildings-
vertture island and Payee reek, erose
was in use as a m litary`huspital, and at hand. One local boatman alone
the fire was believed to have origin-' took three hundred vleitors to see, the
ated in defective wiring for the X-ray 'bird -covered rocks this year.
r e.
"Santa's Toy Store In England
It WILL BEA GRAND CHRISTMAS WHEN 11" GOMEG!
Seldom have the Chrletnitus prepatations"thronghout the world et,(tialed
those of this year. These little English. children have fallen let love with
tite "Mascot" toys In a big London department store.
London Announces
Rubber Merger
Canadian Railways To
Build Jamaica Hotel
Halifax, N.S.—Worth has been re-
ceived here that the Canadian Nation-
Three Concerns Amalgamate al Railways of Canada has decided to
With Capital°of £4,500,000 .erect a $&00,000 hotel in Kingston,
�Jarnaica. This is in line with the
Landon.—A rubber plantation am- policy of the company which controls
algamation, with a capital of £4,s00,- the Canadian Government Merchant
000, announced here, involves the Marine, now operating freight and
p:as tenger ships from Hnirt:ax to e a-
Anutlgamated'Rubber`and General maica, and will he controlling the
Estates, Limited, and its suhsidiarv,,Canadiart National Steamships eLitn-
the Amalgamated Rubber Develop- ited', rite company that piens to have
nterit Co, Ltd., whish have agreed, i five modern de luxe. lines between
subject to the companies' confirmation, E Halifax arid Jamaica by this time next
with the United Set -bang Sumatra , year. -
Rublter Plantations, Ltd. Excepting One of the features of the Canada-
one small estate in Java, the whole , West India trade and transportation
properties Concerned, 100 square miles l treaty is the manner . in which it
in extent,' are 10 ,5mnatra. The Dutch strikes directly.• 'to the competition of
`territory voluntarily :observes the' American transportation 0onipanies
British output restriction systema operating inand out of British nos
-
:tinder what is known as the Steven- sessions in the Caribbean, especially
son scheme. 1 Jamaica, and the Canadian National's
The merger 18 expiated to reduce, entrance into the hotel bu iness is but
the costs .of production, 'thus. enabling another indication that the Canadian
it sueceeefully to meet the increased people and government are waking up
contpt.•tr[ion which.is anticipated when -Ito their opportunities in those emit -
ever 'unrestricted production is re- i tries which being under their own flag
stinted. It is described as the biggest should ,afford them, it is believed here,
rubber consolidation yet materialized, a tropioal province for commercial
and is expected to be the forerunner purposes at least,.
of other siinilar deals designed to re-
store prosperity to the plantations. '
Ex -Kaiser William
To Run Theatre
acorn, Holland—The former Kaiser
Warsaw, --It" is supposed both in is going into/ theatrical production.
German and Polish circles that the The Termer demean Emperor intends
trade negotiations between Germany, to run his own private theatre, new
and Poland promise better results being built within the grounds at
than the ferns r ones which were to Doorri House, his residence.
abruptly interrupated. The chief of The idea originated with bis wife,
the Palish delegation eves received at Prietess Hermine, who has long been
lunch by the German Prenier and a dissatisfied with the dallness of Dutch,
privals conversation was leer/Ica on village .life and the lac1 of enter-
or,preasing mutual goodwill and under- tainntcnt there ie the evening for in,•
standing. vited guests who are becoming more
A certain obstacle 15 presented by numerous. Pei-forma-nees by acorn-
the q'uostion o;f the importation of panes from the leading German thee
pigs, iz-gainst throe German agrarian's aters, especially Max lteinhardt''s, are
if/retest The President expr c sed the being arranged -
lope 'that
i rangetl.lope'that the treaty wouldbesigned
at latest in the first 2luarter of the '� !!
comifing year. By that time the ad- A buffer state is oflen a, little strip
vantages pertaining to Gelman Upper of sincerity between two bluffer
Silesia frons the regulation of ocene states.
omit relations bctwcen the two states A broad education is notiiocos'A
grill intents ovjd4ntt parity olid y slth ii p)ttaaiued itbrroail
, Poland and Germany
Discuss Treaty, Anew
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A MAP SHOWING GENERAL VIEW OF GREAT LAKES AND STFI. AG AWA BELOW.
The Tragedy in \
Brief
THE KNOWN DEAD.
Thirty-two children an.d one attend-
ant, Rose Anna Goudreault, who gave
her life in an effort to save her
charges.
TUE MISSING,
Thirty-five children.
THE RESCUED.
At least 810 children, ranging in
age from 3 to 16 years.
THE SCENE.
Hose -lee St. Charles, an orphanage
and school conducted by the SIsters- of
this ,Good Shepherd, Quebec City.
THE CAUSE.
Believed to be a furnace explosion.
FEATURE OF THE TRAGEDY,
Heroic rescue of more, than 800
'children by nuns, firemen and citizens,•
ea
Canadians Wear
• Fewer Shoes
Ottawa, Ont. --A deorease of 63,751
palm of beets and shoes In October,
1927,as compared with the previous
Montle, and a drop of 106,138 pairs
trent October, 1926, Is shown ht a re-
turn issued by the Dominion. Bureau
of Statistics on the" production of
hoists and shoes in Canada. Of the
177 factories in Canada, 173 made re-
turns. Their output totaled 1,713,244
pairs of footwear.
Flow. Muoh Per Pound?
Modern seven -room apart/lite/It; al-
so 'two large cooks.—Ad in a Pitts-
burgh paper.
Dreams that Come true never spring
out of sleeping on the lob, and usual-
ly are the result of being awake to
one's opportunities.
Flying Through 'F tg and Rain
Lindbergh Wins to Mexico
Through a Long Night, Overcast Sky and Low Visibility
Lindbergh Using'Instr'uments to Utmost Admits He
Was ''Completely Lost" Over Mexico
"MEXICO WENT CUCKOO"
In his own story to the New York
Times, Lindbergh said of hie recent t
flight from Washington to Mexico:
"This has been in some ways, the
most interesting flight I have ever'
made.
"For ono thing, I did more 'instria
ment flyiug' than I did in the At-
lantic flight, and I managed to get
completely lost in the fog over Mexico,
and had conaiderable difficulty in find-
ing Iny way again, It Is a rather odd,
fact that I kept a better course when a
I'was flying blind, for much of the
time during the night, than: during the:
day, when I hit out -from Tampico tot
Mexico City. Something went wrong,!
and I guess it was L
"There were 'some momeurs during
the two hours I was wandering around
over Mexico when there was not much
comfort in the terrain beneath me,
There were not many Minding fields.
"And somehow or other, the raihvay
stations are not marked as much as
they might he, and they did not al-
ways agree with my maps when they
were malted."
Bowever, he made his objective even
though some hours late.
THE RECEPTION,
Of the reseption Will Rogers, cow-
boy
owboy humorist and goodwill ambassa-
dor for the U.S. at large, who is in
He don't seettt very tired. Ile was
27 hours in the air. I sate over 200,-
000 people, including the President
British Tars in The China Sea
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP
A`TACKKS PREMIER
KING
Objecta to Thornton's . Visit to Mexiccj Saying Such Visit
Tiesinirches Canada Calling Mexico "Most
Infamous"of Governments
.;EXLANATION GIVEN
Pr. -ruler Issues Official Statement and Draws
Interesting Parallel
On Thursday was published in the appeared inthe press before the let,
daily press an open letter, . from ter itself was received.
Bishop Fallon' of Landon, Ont.,, to "The government of Canada l ad to
Premier Xing, opening as lollowsi mat's to do with the acceptance•hp Sir
"Mr. Pt•into' Mietitter t, Henry Thernton of the Invitation he
"I notice with some interest that received from the government of
Sir Henry Thornton, President and Mexico; than the government of the
General Monager,of the Canadian Na= United States had te'do with the ac.
tional Railways, after a sojourn of deptanco of Colonel Lindbergh of the
some weeks in the society of the rob- invitation received by hint frail the
bars and murderers who now form the same government. Before accepting
Government of Mexico, has returned the invitation extended to him, Sir
alive to Canada. In this achievetttent Henry Thornton matte known his de -
Sir Iienry'has been mueh`ntore fortun- sire to visit Mexico ,and his intention
ate than the thousands of innoeent of. `so sluing,: providing no obstacles
Mexieens who have been ruthlessly were put in his way by the gprern-
butchered ley the gang of venal 'rtif meat. The, ,government adoptedto
flans and treacherous assassins' who wards Sir Henry, in the circumstances
have displaced civilization by savag- the same course it would have adopted
cry, and have destroyed, the last ves- toward the president of any other rail
Lige of civil _and religious liberty in road in Canada.
the Republic of Mexico."; i "Insofar as there was any actuating
Ile continues: "I write as a Can- native in the attitude Ofour govern-
adiem, to publicly inquire why .,you , mint in the relations of Canada and
have besmirched the 3ronor of Canada Mexico, 1t was solely that of goodwill,
and.}rave subjected my native land to something for-which'there is the high-
the most disgraceful, indecent and fn- est arnthority, as regards both the
defensible .episode m its whole his- actions of me/nand nations. I might
tory. in :asking this question I trans- add that this appears to have been the
press no principle of Truth or of tour motive as well as the effect of Colonel
test' „ - I Lizidbergh's Visit est the relations be -
The _Bishoithen quoted Pope Pius tMesita and the United States.
XI on Mexico, to some length, partly' tween
enl apo `$ishcrp- l mien should be
as follows: thanked for so tinting. the appearance
NO HISTORTCAL PRECEDENT 1 of his letter es to permit the public
and all his Cabinet, wait for eight
hours to welcome him, and even his
own country couldn't equal the wel-�
conic, They went cuckoo."
UNIQUE RECEPTION,
Lindbergh himself said:
"There is a difference in all the re-
ceptions, and I can only say that -that
of Mexico luta been unique, and will
be long remembered.
"I cannot say too much for the ad-
mirable way in whieh tho field nos
policed+acrd the protection given to my
plane. I- am grateful to both Presi-
dent Calles and General Alvarez for
the great courtesy and consideration
they showed roe,
"I have always wanted to come to
14iexico, and I ant glad to be here. The
frying field is one of the most beautiful
I have ever seen, and very smooth. I
hope I shall see more bf ;Mexico's avia-
tion rn the next few days."
Surely therein something in Pre-
mier King's view 'when Will Rogers
stye: -
"To give you an idea of the arduous
nature of these peopla in comparison
to Americans and Europeans: In
France and America they like to tear
up the plane to tear off souvenirs.
Here,, hundreds took it up, on their
own shouldere.. and carried it tie' the
hangar, •
WELCOMED WITH 2I,OWERS
"Here, instead of being bombarded.
with ticker tape the streets were' two
inches thick with\flowers."
f Salesman (tliscuesing details with
PIRATES WON'T PAGE 1=1GFITERS new motor owner)—"What kind of a
Ti Iroise, mall. Chinese steamer `was seized'by,pirates. and 1131,5. Delhi gave chase. One of the hooter. would you ince, sir?
The S:S, aC �C,a51 C
shells Trent the sumrin
bae L-4 bit the ship
r and caused the pirates' to abandoir it, but set it on fire, Of 2. ��0 on the The Nets:Owner—"One with a note
steamer all lint 74 were rescued. • of disdain," ---London Opinion
"Nothing like this persecution has to judge for itself of the merits of a
ever been known in history, not even somewhat remarkable parallel in in
-
M the first centuries of the Church. tee -national relations."
For then, even under Nero, Caligula
and Doniitian,'"' OTHER OPINIONS.
anti;— Rev. Dr. Tucker, rector of the An.
"'This people of confessors and, gliean cathedral, St, Paul's, declared:
martyrs finds hardly a soul to respond "I cannot see how we can refuse such
to their ery for aid to save them 'from sei'viee, to a gaverninoue with which
utter ruin, and to save all civilized we are in peaceful relations.
nations, and, indeed, the whole human "The Roman Catholic church is the
race, from •the infancy of a savage only church in Mexico that counts in
Persecution now being tolerated in the the life of the country. The only Pro -
twentieth century.tho boasted era of testants there are a few foreigners.
civilization and progress.' The Catholie church has been the
"INSULTS AND OUTRAGES" great spiritual force of .Mexico for
"As e Canadian, as. a Catholic, T three hundred years: and if the trouble
protest with all Ilia energy of .whish to -day is due to any spiritual force
r
I am capable
paid public services '
capable against your conduct in t'}s tine to the"Catholics themselves.
loaninoaf the Arty quarrel they may be having is
people of tFiis country to a Govern-'mscessarily a quarret between the
ment thatlent been describedby the Roman Catltolie' government and the
Father of Christendom .in the terms Roman Catholic people of Me ice.'
I have quoted above, THORNTON. IS SILENT.
"1 remain, bIonttreal.— It was stated at Can-
"Yours faithfully, adian Natienal headquarters that Sir
"iMicliael Francis Pa}leti, Henry Thornton did not leer it le-
"B•isIloit 02 Lonalon:" cumbent on hint to' make any resffir'to
SITE PREMIER ANSWERS Bishop Falton's letter regarding lil;ox-
"Bishop F al}on's letter is an oport ice, He had gone therb with the per -
letter, 'and as such does not call for mission of the government and it watt
any pereotutl reply. It was pot writ- to'the head' of the government that
ten for that purpose, as is evident the bishop's letter had bean addressed,
from its tenor, and the fact' that it and so the matter closes. ��
Back To The Land.,
PEACE TRAINING PORT. ATKINS
Clrrlstntas "Crackling" with the squeal still in it. At the new army
training center In Wiltshire men about to leave Ills majestys earvire are
being fitted for agricnitrral work. This particular jolt Is "earmarking"
New Afghan Policy
The present Afghan Govcritment
has departed far from the exclusive
-
noes that marked its predecessors a
generation or more ago and is seeking
to cultivate friendly relations with all
the. world, This change in policy has
led to the teaching of European
languages, partiaulaily of French and
German, in the hightchoois of :Kabul.
Also, groups: of young Afgharis aro
being sytematisally sent on tot: •s of
ot:1ervetibtt and study to the conn ries
it liwope, including Great Re/ mi s,
cratire, Hely, Germany and Russ.a,
Insulting Squawk.
'Tug .Frees drn,j,riscned.Seamen from .ice -Coated Freighter
British .Americw
Film Groups Unite
Pictures Mac ee in England to
HaveWorld Distribution
Now York. --An alliance of British
and American notion picture Sont-
paisies, with total :assets estimated at
more than 3150,000,000, has been
formed' for the purpose of producing,
distributing and exhibiting famein
the Kited Kingdom. it is anrmewedt
in London and lciv York,
The American interests en(oriug
the 'combination are Fleet National
Pictures, Inc., :end the Stanley Con/ -
Petty of America, while the British
companies include the Standard Film
Contpatty, Ltd., and the Film Invest-
meet Company; Ltd. The Br•itislr
ter'asts aro eontroited by lard Ash-
field, Lord Beaverbrook and their a
sociatee.
The new producing emieern, to be
known as First National Pathe pro-
ducing Company, Ltd., will snake lime
in England' :for distribution through-
out tine world, it was announced, Its
original capital will be 31,000,000
with the British companies holding
51 per cent. interest.
Grange Master Urger
Rigid Enforcenlezi
Concord, N. H;.,-.Kecoiumendatien
that a state and 'rural police fore
similar to that in Massachusetts an
Maine be established in this Stat
and the Gea nge insist upon a mor
rigid enforcement of rho prohibitic
laws, -narked the address of James 0
PICTURE' TAKEN JUST AS -THE GENERAL ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH AGAWA
_ Farmer, state master of the No
• r . , . f Manttoslin Tslaud: The the a tonin
' � • photograph f tho tug General, establiehiu;; contact wttlt•,tee _fi�iecicecl freighter 11l,awa o y Ha•ttpslaue Cxtanga, at l .
Above rs e stakes and exclusive ter, front
a t a
t 4t bugStrati/bogie. ic. 11 shows Lite General (at Cho lett and the Agawa behind It nisi ou rite rixItt, session of etre fifty-fourth annul.
apt was taken by a Star reporter, frail aboai�c t e S a •.- ;•
photofitTi ht meeting leer4, • e ,
.I,he iceeeoged eilot souse. of the Agatta is cleanly visible at the rigat