The Miner
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Newspapers Collection
issued: 2016-07-29
issued: 1898-11-30
description: The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News.
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note: Daily Edition No 175. Nelson, British Columbia. Wgdesday, November 30, 1898. Ninth Year Leggings and Overgaiters NOT SETTLED AT- LILLIE BROS. ABERDEEN BLOCK GREAT HAVOG Felt With Full Force at Cape Cod. THE WORST ON RECORD Great Damage Done to Shipping in the Harbor and Property on Shore- Provinoetown, Mass., Nov. 39.���The tip end of Cape Cod received a visitr- tion from the terrible storm which swept over the Unpe Saturday night and Sunday and it was mtiob more severe than any in the recollection nf the inhabitants. Probably never before have the win cs swept over this natnral bar, whioh projects out into tbe Atlantio ocean, with any more force than they did while the slot in continued. The town was simply at sen, and the only way the m reeis conld 1 e traversed was in boats. All shipping was badly damaged and the loss iu tbis harbor alone is estimated at foC- 000. All tbe wharves, except the new one, owned by the New York, New Haven und Hartford railroad, were dashed to pieces. Over 80 vessels are ashore but no loss of life is reported at this port. A largo fonr-mastcd schooner is ashore off Bace point aud it is going to pieces. Tbe fate of the orew is unknown. Houses bave been wrecked at various points nlong the coast aud the wires are all down. After nearly sixty hours of complete isolation ou account of the terrible storm of Saturday night and Sunday, news of the situation at tbis town is started for the outside world by the only method of communication possi - ble at present, one of the Gloucester liali company's steamers. Twenty- seven vessels were driven ashore and totally wrecked. Prom the majority of these, tbe crews were saved, although several lives were lost. Fonr of five of these wrecks were coasters and the rest were fisht rnien. During the storm, the beach was strewn with wreckage, streets were flooded and wharfs drifted out to sen. Four ice houses and a lobster hatchery, situated at Bench point were de- stroved. MOST DISASTBOUS STOBM. Boston, Mass.…
note: Print Run: 1890-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0211564
language: English
lat: 49.5000000
long: -117.2832999
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : The Miner Printing and Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text