The Nelson Tribune
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers Collection
issued: 2012-12-18
issued: 1900-03-09
description: The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited 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. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune.
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note: DAILY EDITION BY MAiL FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR WEEKLY EDITION BY MAIL TWO DOLLARS A YEAR EIGHTH YEAR. NELSON": FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1) 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BURIED IN HiS TUNNEL May Be Dick Boetciicr's Fate. Kaslo, March 7.���It is rare indeed that a season goes by without a miner losing his life in the Slocan. Snowslides arc the chief danger to be feared at this time of the year, but sometimes a fall of rock will add to the casualty roll. Miners here are very much afraid that Richard O. Boetcher has died a horrible death, away from all friends, miles from all assistance. It is several days since anything' has beeu heard of Boetcher. He .went up to his claim on the south fork of Kaslo creek some time siuce. ���}IIo had driven a tuunel over 100 ��-, feet and was starting to crosscut. The man who is working a near-by claim, being surprised at seeing nothing of Boetcher for some time went over to find out'what had become of him. He found some tracks, but thoy were several days old. He went up to the miners' shack aud saw that it had not been inhabited for several days. Then he went into the tunnel. Some way in he found that the roof had caved in, aud that a carload of rock was "partly buried. Prom appearances it seems that Boetchei' must have been Avorking near the ore car and may have been buried when the rock fell. There is some hope, however, that lie may have escaped, as a short distance beyond where the cave-in occurred it is open overhead, and if ho had boon in that special part of the tunnel he could have crawled out. As soon as the news of tho feared fatality was brought to Kaslo^ a party of experienced miners left for the scene, which is near the Black Fox mine. They will get out all tho fallen rock and will be able to make known tomorrow whether Boetcher has perished or not. HYPOCRITICAL SPEECH BY who retired. Thereupon commandant De Kokwe arrived with a flag of truce. A magistrate who went from Kenhardt to meet him was immediately made prisoner, and the rebels…
note: No paper 1895-1896, 1897-1905 Frequency: Weekly Titled The Tribune from 1892-12-01 to 1901-08-14. Titled The Nelson Tribune from 1901-08-15 to 1903-12-19. Published by John Houston & Co. from 1892-12-01 to 1894-12-29; The Tribune Publishing Company from 1897-01-02 to 1898-12-31; an unidentified party from 1899-01-07 to 1901-08-31 and from 1902-08-30 to 1903-02-07; The Tribune Association from 1901-09-02 to 1902-02-25; and The Tribune Company from 1903-02-14 to 1903-12-19.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0188004
language: English
lat: 49.5000000
long: -117.2832999
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : Tribune Publishing Company
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