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Show M& JJipiL)!-MAIL -MiLLfj) -:1 mil... ; ii iLjiLn o SPOKANE, WASIL, APRIL 19. A PRIVATE DISPATCH THOU FRANK, N. W. T., STATES THAT A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE HAS. ' OCCURRED THERE, WIPING OUT A 1HNE AND KILLING 75 JUSTUS. PRANK IS A FEW MILES EAST OP FERNIE, B. C, "WHERE THE TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OCCURRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. . ' . . .. ABOUT. TWO TEARS AGO H. L. PRANK OF MONTANA BEGAN DEVELOPING THE COAL' FIELD, DRIVING IN - A TUNNEL FOR ABOUT TWO MILES. ABOVE THIS TUNNEL THE COAL WAS STOPED OUT FOR NEARLY 100 FEET. IT IS SUPPOSED HERE THAT THE EARTHQUAKE HAS CRUSHED IN THE WALLS OF THIS STOPE, IMPRISONING THE MINERS. ' THE OUTPUT OF FRANK'S MINE 13 ; ESTIMATED AT 500 TO 1000 TONS OF COAL PER DAT. , A DISPATCH TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM WINNIPEG SATS THE WIRES ARE DOWN EAST OF FRANK, AND THE LINE IS ' REPORTED TO BE COVERED FOR A MILE AND A HALF EAST FROM 10 TO 50 FEET DEEP IN SNOW. : , ' . .. " BULLETIN. " - , FRANK; B. C, APRIL ,29.-THREE ,29.-THREE EXPLOSI0N3 OCCURRED IN' THE MINES HERE EARLY THIS MORNING. OVER A HUNDRED, HUN-DRED, 1TLN WERE KILLED. BULLETIN'. ' FRANK, N. W. T., APRIL 29. AN . EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ABOUT 4:30 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, MORN-ING, AND THE WHOLE VALLEY ; BELOW THIS TOWN, FOR OVER A irnE WIDE,. WAS SHAKEN UP I! piEDIATELT AFTER BY WHAT BULLETIN. ; f . VICTORIA, B. C, APRIL 29. A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OCCURRED NEAR FRANK," ALBERTA, N. W. T., SIXTY MILES FROM FERNIE, ON THE CROWS NEST RAILWAY, DEVASTATING rTHE COUNTRY . FOR MILES AROUND AND KILLING KILL-ING OVER ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE. PEO-PLE. THE COUNTRY IS COVERED WITH LAVA AND SCORIA FOR TWENTY MILES, AND THE RIVER IS DAMMED WITH LAVA, CAUS- ' ING A FLOOD. APPEARS TO BE A VOLCANIC ERUPTION WHICH TOOK PLACE ON TOP OF TURTLE MOUNTAIN, WHICH OVERLOOKS THE TOWN, THROWING MILLIONS . OF TONS OF ROCK OUT 'AND COVERING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE MINE, BUILDINGS AND BURYING THEM HUNDREDS OF FEET DEEP. ALL THE MEN EMPLOYED ABOUT THE MINE OUTSIDE - WERE INSTANTLY IN-STANTLY - KILLED, - AND OVER TWENTY MINERS IMPRISONED IN THE MINE WITH LITTLE HOPE OF RESCUE.. SEVEN COTTAGES COT-TAGES IN THE TOWN WERE BURIED UNDER ROCK. THE LOSS OF LIFE IS ESTIMATED AT OVER 100, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. CHIL-DREN. A. LEITCH, HIS .WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE DEAD; 'HIS THREE GIRLS ESCAPED. THE MOUNTAIN IS STILL THROWING UP ROCK. |