The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-22
issued: 1912-04-13
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note: VOL. 10 NELSON, B. C. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1912 NO. 312 IE BLAZES iriosity Shop Gutted—Business Blocks Menaced OHN BRADSHAW UNDER ARREST [utbreak Under Milling Company's Warehouse Burned Out iThreo fires, one of which gutted tho id Curiosity Shop, while another Imaged the buildings on Baker street fvned liy Mrs. Thomson of Vancouver 1 C. F. McHardy of Nelson, were rted early yesterday morning liy |c firebug, believed by the police to John Bradshaw. The third out- leak was in the Taylor Milling & levator company's warehouse and limed llsclf out without being dis- Jvered until yesterday afternoon, |hcn a hole in tlie floor of tlio builtl- and a heap of kindling used to lart the bluze were found. I The man under arrest, Bradshaw, • held by the police on suspicion I'ter the series of incendiary fires last ■Jiinmer. He is mnv in jail awaiting a arlng on an information laid by hn T. Black, chief provincial con- |:uble, who charges him witli starting i fire which damaged the two Baker Jrecl blocks yesterday morning. Curiosity Shop First. ■'The first outbreak was at 4:10 yes- lirduy morning at tho Old Curiosity hop and when lho brigade reached lie scene flames were Issuing from a piall lean-to building at the rear, un- • which tlie firebug started the fire, ■wo loud explosions, heard liy A, La- Idnte of the Queens hotel and others, ■tad to the view that some explosive Imterial such as oil was used. 1 The brigade worked with a view In ■infilling the fire to the oulsido of tbo finding but the flames crept up under es ami then, fanned by tlio fraught, made rapid headway under |te roof;. Holes laid to be cut to let i the streams of water and tor nearly |vo hours the brigade fought the blaze Succeeded In obtaining control bfore it reached much of the $0,000 |ot;k In the building. Second Alarm Calls Brigade. |Hardly was the Old Curiosity Shop hand when a second alarm ■illed the brigade to a fire which had J'eu started between the buildings Ivned by Mr. McHardy and Mrs. Jli…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0384727
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text