Slocan Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-05-04
issued: 1907-04-18
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note: :;���*���. U .-;,- .��?��� Devoted to Advertising the resources of the rich Slocan Mining Division. . . Slocan Review. Sent to any address for $2.00 per ann. If you see it in the " Review," it's so. No. 34. Vol. I. SANDON, British Columbia, Thursday, April 18, 1907. Single Copies 10c. EIWB IN AN AVALANCHE. Body of John llilcliey Was Recovered After Two Days' Search. Alter searching unceasingly since the 12th inst., when the unfortunate foreman of tbe American Boy mine was swept away by a snowslide, his body was recovered on Sunday morning completely buried in the snow. The crews of the Last Chance and the American Boy mines engaged in tbe prolonged search, re uming each morning at daybreak, they being assisted by the efforts of the deceased's sagacious collie dog. '' Bobs," which ultimately located the spot, many feet below which his dead master's body was found buried in the wake of the avalanche. It was found that the body from the shoulders down was apparently uninjured, but au ugly gash on the head was groundwork for the supposition that the deceased was instantly killed by the flotsam when first struck. As the snow is rapidly disappearing, this riew is strengthened, as a trail of blood can be seen at tha point where be was overcome, and traversing the course of the slide. After recovering the body, manager Pratt and his men conveyed it to town, where it was placed in the K. & S. freight shed. Mr. VV. E. Zwicky, manager of the American Boy, who was at Victoria wheu the news of the accident reached him, arrived at Sandon on Sunday morning and took charge of the remains, afterwards taking them to Kaslo. The deceased's wife and three children, who are residing at Edmor ton, having expressed their desire that Ihe body should be shipped to them, it was accordingly consigned in charge of H. Tyo, who also took along the collie dog so highly prized by Hilchey. It transpires that the accident happened just as we briefly described in our last issue. The unfortunate man wa…
note: Published in Sandon from 1906-09-06 to 1907-10-17 Published in New Denver from 1907-11-07 to 1908-11-16.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
spatial: Sandon
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0083533
language: English
lat: 49.9755560
long: -117.2272220
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon, B.C. : JNO. J. Atherton
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