The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2021-11-23
issued: 1931-12-24
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0405108/source.json
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note: Yankees Place 1932 Hopes in New In fielders —Pa$e Seven VOLCM se $01% i 200 Families in Nelson to Get Xmas Hampers —Page Five nvi cuts a cert ,. DAUY NEWS, NELSON, B. C—TUl'lUlUr MORNING, DECtMBM 14, 1}|1 nvi CBMTS A C6TT NCMMEB tit *>.') • _______________________________ I W«I_l*ed of New Disaster :£"*«. }'•-. Kaslo Mail Driver u^l •—■—»————— Passenger Escape When Car Plunges Into Lake H. S. Whellams and Miss W. Coleman in Main- lake Accident SKID OFF ROAD NEAR WOODBERR Y Mi.8 Coleman Rendered Unconscious in 40-Foot Fall Br only a matter of Inches, h. 8 Whellams, Kulo mall driver, .and Ml** Winnie Coleman af Argenta, escaped death Wednesday morning, when the mall car, a •mall closed ear, went off the highway near Woodberry creek, rolled over about four time* In going down a steep stope, and tben fell straight down for another 40 teet, Ian din* upright ln the lake .hallows in about five feet of water, on a small shelf of rock that Mted It from a direct plunge Into the depth* of the lake. UNCONSCIOUS In the downward plunge Ml** Ooleman, who had started In the front seat, wound up ln the back •eat- tn an unconscious oondltlon, Mr. Whellam*. however, escaping in- Jury sufficiently to he able to save both the young women and hlmeelf, though the water wag up to their neck*. Aa the oar was standing on four wheels, be was able to open the door on the landward aide, and get Mies Coleman to the shove. Ha then tramped to Woodberry, wben there l* a government road camp, and obtained help, and Miss Cblem-n was taken to the home' bf Mr. end Mta. D. H. Nell!*, where ahe was cared for until an ambulance arrived from Kaslo and took her to the Victorian hospital tbere. It wa* found tbat in addition to suffering from seven bruises and shock, sh* bad broken two ribs. WRECKER CALLED A wrecking car from the Hen- <_ricks garage In Kaslo wae called to salvage tbe wrecked car and the mall, and the wrecking crew found the oar tJ be hanging partly over the edge of the shelf of rock, and the …
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: 10.14288/1.0405108
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text