http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0308913
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issued: 2016-07-26
issued: 1913-09-06
description: The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.
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note: ■v ry. , i '• ■ ■ ( :, ■ , ; , :,,.| s--7-^r:-l7x^ ■ ■• I-. j,<- ('•3' r> f- ,.,. A f- vs. {*",-.-H Industrial Unity, is Strength. The Official Organ of District No. 18, U. HL'W. of A. Political Unity is Victory. No. 2, Vol, vn. THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER 6, 1913 $1.00 A YEAR FATALITY AT COLEMAN MONDAY A sad accident occurred on Monday evening when Geo. Morrison, time keeper for the Davenport. Coal Company, Burmis, lOBt his life while attempting td board a moving freight train. Morrison bad been up for tlio Labor Day sports and, having missed No, 514, due here at nine o'clock, he undertook' to get aboard the freight train,' which would help matters ifl getting to his work Tuesday morning. The accident occurred near the International crossing, and tlie victim was still living when found,by the train crew, but died soon" after removal to the hospital, .Three of his Mmbs were crushed in a terrible manner, making . it practically impossible to save. his life. A coroner's jury., met Tuesday evening and returned a verdict of accidental death, attaching no blame to any one. -Burial took place on Wednesday at the Coleman cemetery, Itev. T. JI. JIurray officiating. The late Mr. Morrison was a native of Scotland, had apparently no relatives in this country, and was. of about forty-five , years of age. • ■ The two .' tenements, containing jointly 16 rooms and occupied,by 15 families, collapsed when the thoroughfare' was crowded and the walls, fall-' ing across the street, buried finder the bricks ahd mortar three little children who were,standing on the other side of the street. There is nothing , ,to indicate that there was any warning and many of the" passers-by had barely time to clear out of the danger zone, their attention to the impending disaster being called by persons on the opposite side of the street. GIRL SHOT IN FIGHT WITH POLICE Military Forces Again in Charge Patrols at Copper Mines—Situa- . tion More Serious of B. C. E. R. MEN WILL AVOID CAR S…

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