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1. -v 2. Bessiii. Denies' 10 frTOE OTTAWA 'y -V A rsl Towards Nelms WirhMand -r SrniNOHILL, NS, Oct. 24.

CP Two gaunt miners lay aide by side in a makf shift armouries hospital today. Twelve hours carli.rr they had Uli half burled beneath coal and rockJJRfKW mine here: v'7 Henry Dykeni turned his head and manaprd a toothless gjin through a cut and coal-blackened face. His rescuer, 44-ycar-old Jim McManaman, grinned back. 1 Jhey had dug thelrS-ay out with bare hands and come to the surface. iiio rremortmon.

got up at nine yesterday .......1 Dykens. felt shaky all morning. wT, went down at three o'clofiL "Stanley Kenwood was. with me. He said, "This place It due for a good hump'.

I fueta he wit right." His son, 17-year-old Art, was fitting beside' him. "My wife Margaret hasn't been ftere. "She's the nervous Jtind but she'U come. Crying. Mcfvfahaman'i Claire 3.1, had come to the hospital to are husband.

Their three! children. Theresa, 12. go and Jimmy, 2vi. stayed home. "She couldn't say anything St McManaman said.

"She was crying then the first thing she said was. when I got word I Just fin ished saying my rosary kissed ner gooiry wnen I lert yesterday, we always 00. I guess the never get used, to it. They've always jot: that dread on their minas. "it hard to say' if I'll go back.

Claire will have a lot to say." Clawed Way Out. McManaman and, Dykens'said Dykens. "But when things ere working together-, when the mine floor heaved, bnng-' ing coat and rock down on them. "1 thought it was only in my said McManaman. "1 hollered for help, then -f started to dig'.

"I clawed my way out by hand. lit found Dykens buried under the debris. List Missing, Survivors Of Disaster SPRINGHILL, NS. Oct. 24.

rr)The official list' of men missing in No. 2 Colliery: Wimam v-ormirr, iifrrorn Fidele Allen. Ralph Cumminf- Andrew Backa. Edward Boh- bit. Bliss Bourgeois.

Harry Brine, Henry Brine, Percy Bnon. Charles Burton. George Canning. Garnet. Clarke, Cec.l Cole, Clyde Corkum.

Hance Crowe. Embfee. Harry Harold Fraser, Bernard Gerhart. Garley Kempt, Gus Gillis. Kenneth' Good, Hugh Cuthro.

rison. Isaac Holloway Frank Hunter. -Hiram Hunter. Wilfred Hunter. Wvlie Hunter.

Warren 11... i inhn i.rimn nM.oiu Jewkes. William Jewkes. Urrynald, J. McCarther.

Leon Leadbetter, Abbev Ublanc. Al- Melanson. fred Lecer. Gilbert Uvinestone.i Arthur John New- Eldred Lowther. Arthur McDonald.

Ed Mc- Donald. Harold John "McDonald, McDonald, Joseph McDonald Rav Klac- Farlane. Frank McKenzie. Ed- win McKinnon, Charles mc rl. trim, v-imciiic imvlciiu, ward Mcwoti, frank MCLeoq, Robert McLeod.

Varley Mc- Mc- Lend, Harold McNull, Bowman Maddison. Jack I Madd.ison, rri a a n. Robert about a 30-degree angle Byron Martin. Theodore Mich-jCharles Embrce. Ira Narnell.j from the surface or more than mak.

Bernard Miller, Levi Mil-! Carl Mooring, fred Nichol- on. Harry O'Ttrien, Herb Pepper 1 dine. Robert Perron, Sterli Torter, Harold Raper, Percy tjnr tnnh Ceift ninn Rose. Philip Robert 'Ross, St. CUire Ross, MorniRud dick.

Caleh Rushtoft, Percy Spence. Currie Smith. I Cn.iiK FWrtn ti-en i. William Smith. Eldon Stevens.

branch in Ottawa will be ttollit Tahor. Montv Tabor.U 1.. i 1 Raymond Henr' TeM.pr branch the end of this William Turnhull. George tt. lirr--i 'Welch, Albert White, Carl White.

Maurice Herrctt, Joseph Jowav Jr. (Total M) INJURED. SPRINGHILL, NS. Oct. (CD A partial list of the jured in last right's mine 24.

at No. 2 colliery: Amon LvTon, arm iniuries rtoss. Richard, hand ChurchiO. Mylos, back injuries; Ciwrrmwics Tftrr, left lea 'and chrst injuries; Dykens. rnv iniurvi Gilhert.

Kenneth; undetermined iniurirs; Hahnen. I DM TprrTK 1 WMMJ mine ivi5a5rer National Tragedy rme nimkiw rwnhVer "said this mfcrrilng the? Spring- fit! I mine disaster wa not. a local' but aTtattonal tragedy "bringing to at! Canadian a reaJir.ation of "our. inter-de-H pendence''. had caused a "national feeling of deep Mr.

Diefenbaker extended Sympathy to the "loyed-ons those, who have died. and rf 4hose who wait, in' deep- anxiety as the rescue-pro- "It was said Dyk ens. "I eouldn'Pmove. smothering. I Botn miners were worKing fin neighboring No.

4 on vember 1, r9.6. the day the pit was wracked by an explosion that claimed 39 lives. But they finished work before the. blast. Will Go Back," "Margaret didn't like the'idea of me going tnat are going good it's 1 good job.

I don't know anything else. "I'll go back. She won't like It but shell get used to it." It's toughest on the w.omen, said McManamani "The kids it don't bother them. They don't realize tyet what it's ail aoout. 1 McManaman started as a miner in ITJ.Ifi, Dykens in 1 9.1V arm and leg injuries; Sertice, Steven, spine injury; Scott; John, undetermined injuries, and WtlsohT Alex, back injury.

SURVIVORS. Charles Alderson, layton Amon, Ben" Bacon, Donald Boyce. Richard Boss, Carlyle: tE. Charles Bird. James jCameron.

William Casey, Jo-j 'rnh R. Cumminsv Peter Cum-1 Churchtll. Myle nrnry vm pnnan Fraser r7." K'" yM. Joseph Holloway Stan-, 'fy Henwood, Percj C.eorg Hayden Fred Jtwk- Anhi James McManaman Hiltonj McNutt, Gerald M. lard.

James; (Murray. Charles Mckay. John Mirtln. Edcar McMasters. i Clvde Murray William C.

deadly gas blocked the. way Miller. R-Y Murphy. for 5.1 men working on th McPhee, Joseph McManaman. Russe ll MCLenan.

ercy imc- iman, William Phillips, George Tederson. James ryke. Annur Rector. Nelson Rector. John Scott, Bill' Stevenson, Kenneth; Smith.

James Spence, Ifarvey, Somers, Robert Sylvea. Steve tieoiora jpncc. uni, Tlkk.ila William Tnt ten a r- 1. i iuihuj, Arcnie wnue. Henrv Welsh.

Fred Wood. Alex Wilson. Rav Best. William Blenk- Fred Wood. Alex Wilson.

Ray Best. William Blenk-j horn, Frank Brown, Ronald; George McCallum. carl Herbert Porter, Ronald (Total JO.) fy.UUlirX Ul nUia JLUIIU Announces Changes jf, Rank 0f Nova Scotia an Cumming nrescnt manacer of its Bank Fmfrth avenue Starrak who is retiring. 1 The BNS branch at Carlcton Place, will also '-have- a new manaeer: -RusseU-. E.

Glare, fnrmerlvt Yorktnn. Sask. He; ill succeed William Cross, manager since 1946, who is also: retirinc Mr. Glaze is a member of ithe Canadian- Legion, the' Rotary Club, and at Yorkton rtive in the Chamber of Commerce and the Boy Scouts; A inn CALL FOR TENDrRS. The Ontario Department of uhwavs rs advertising' for; Georgt.

left leg and back in- tenders on both structural thoked gassy -tunnels. Juries; McDonald; Tercv, gss- steep and construction of the. of the first survivors Murray Clyde lr and Qi-ecnswy hridse, at Minn said last n'ght's Hump" "thouMer. iniuries; Mayor Nelms has ren the natne m'ner give to tin-tdgsr, nose injury; Totten. Wil- advised thaj.

tenders are to be' derground rock shifts of hvn, passed; vStevenson," Bill, in by November 12. explos'lvi forct smashed 1 1 1 ft CO.C55TE-i:CN. A--. A i I S. i i i lm.j -i i I 5,600 FTltVE'JVx VS- LEVELS JA 0-.

tt I LEVELS I i I Ttiis cross-section drawing VI I IR I NG 1 1 LL 3 1 1 of Sprinfihill's 2" colliery proyidrs cutaway view of shajt wher 'miners-are trapod some 13,000 feet below the surface: Adjoining No. 4 Colliery Tons of Rock- ContinueckFrom Page Ope. Through the and into morning survivof -trickled -m1 I- of, the mine pvtal and. through lines of, wating, anxious Relatives. There were smiles of relief on the faces those W.OO rff0fai7ed a loved one.

nrr-thne whof till had to wait for the 7,000 people of Springhilt. Nova eM 1 1 a hard-luck coal towjf 73 miles northwest of Halifax It was-the third agonizing ordeal in lest than two years. just a week short of two years ago 39 died when than. 100 men were trapped by an explosion in nearby -No. 4 Mine.

The day after Christmas last year fire destroyed a large part of the town's business The latest disaster placed SpringhiU's whole economy in No. 2 was theonl'y mine still operating here. It employ- ed about 900 men. No. 4 never re-opened after the explosion, Mayor Ralph Gilroy aid: TThis tnav be the end for Springhill." My Ust Shlft In the words of Don.

Per gason. 41 one.of the rescued miners: 'This is rnv last shift. This was the wdrst thing I've been in." Jhe bow rufk 0-, .1 .1. shook the depths of the mine. the deepest in North America.

The tremor was felt throughout the town and as ts 14 miles away. Underground the shifting trata sent tons of rock and eoal tumbling down from the roofs of mine passageways. Routes to safety were blocked. The mine ventilating system-was damaged and dangerous coal gases collected. barrier of fallen rork and U.mn inoi icvci, ii-inr rnu 01 a long slope more than 4.000- feef he ow the surface.

i Elsewhere some-men were able toTcramble out. Others, Including Ifi injured, were help-j ed or carnea out ry rescue, crews. No. 2 mine Is operated by the' Cumberland Railway' and Coal Company, a subs-diary of a sr a uominion Meci ana coai or- rwnra I iM in turn rAnlrnlln41 hu a V. Roe Canada Limited anada Limited.

WE "COULD HEAR ROOF BREAKING OVERHEAD William Cornier. (trran miner; rrnt otie-o i trhn icere-rescued early today Jrnm the Spring hill, This if. an account 0 his ordtaU By Wll llM lOHMim. x. SPRING'HILL.

NS, Octi A terrific vibration shook the floor and roof cf the level and e-tld hcAr.therfof Jbreakring overhead. The timbers began 'to crack area became fiHed with dust. You couldn't see your hand before your face. The (pit) telephones -were o'lt of order nd we went back Into the level. But ve.ran Into pas.

so we returned to the slope. One of the men smeiled, gas and one of the 6l(icials with. us tested it with a safety lamp, and confirmed that it was pas, The heavy concent ratiorr of pas forced us to Ynove to the west side of the slope which' was cMr-ar of fumes. We followed the main sir course to the 700 foot lever and met the draegermen0 who escorted us to the surf acr. the mine's ventilation system and that pockets 'of deadly fas 'were Draegermen used respirators In their search for survivors in trie mine.

The bump occurred at K. 05 miin away in Maccan: In 5pring- hill, dishes tumbled from 0'ne 1 1 a tnm tjtw.ifcor drives. Hundreds 0f horrified disappeared Poured into fw ironds streets Veteran miners said it was' the worst bump in memory. "Ev.erv house in town one housewife. m1.

i Survivor Frank 'i ihbetts said that underground the. bump was so sever drove me into the air, fin wnnn inn r.i rAiii reporters. The place 1 Sas- The min trftrht Hnun ward for mile from t-he1 bottom end of the, fortunately some kind soul slope is 4.400 feet below the hroughrt a she said, surface. The main body wa severely burned on the trapped miners was believed, legs while climbing down the to be between the 13.200 and n.R00-foot levels nearly three miles from the pithead. Nome MVSleriCS.

As the crowd gathered at iKi iiic hysterics. Several wives col' lapsed. But as the cold vigil passed it was jUst abovei su aegreej aunng tne nignt ithe pithead scene grew iuiet.il... Warren was on? except for shouts of mine oMlh- hlPftnv underground Access to working levels is through long sloping shaft that extends 14.000 fe.et. Working tunnels extend like branches of.

a tree horizontally from this slope. Harold Gordon, vice-presi dent and general manager of the coal company, sped here from Sydney to take charg escue work. He went rtonAH i Til a i saa stiiK there seven hours later. Down 13 Hours. MineManaeer Georee Caldrr h.H Ke in Henih.

for r-- re tbanl3 Among was Sir Roy Dobson. chairman ik. Ai-AniTatirtn Me and other company executives came here from Hai(ax where thev attended Dosco'iOannuaJ meeting yestetday A twlent crowd shiveredxn cold, drizzle through the with fresh memories disaster worst Since an IM I expsion took sl2S lives minds. hopes rested the frve-man Yescue teams, the volunteer draegcr- men who saved 'fift from No. 4 two vears ago and lost two men themselves in that trac- edy The draegermen worked underground In shifts to' clear rock and debris from rRS nigf thK ficials and the sobs of a womeni I i.i i a nrip nowea jryo frnrrl lb(t ntnriu lk.

armed services and I private in dividuals Cari i with headliSht.y lit --formed about a baseball field to mark the landing place for a Navy helicopter carrying blood plasma. Checking Ottawa's rinnnfinfl fUl 1 CLG Telegraphs To Springhilt Claude Jodo.n the 1. 000.000 member Cana- Wtor. congress irway w.rcd of ympithy the coal pring t. 1 i-o 1 1...

mil, fr. nu imii The text of the wire, sent to William Marsh of Glace NS, president of District 26 of the United Mine Workerl of America (CJ.C): 1 "I would appreciate it. if jou would extend to your, memher- ship in Springhill andtheir families our deepest sympathies in the known fatalities in last night's disaster. Trade unionists throughout Canada are hoping for the success of your heroic members who as draegermen are risking their lives in rescue efforts. The coal miners Nova, Scotia are very much in our thoughts at this 1 Two Classes Continued From Page One, "I told them that only yesterday the Civil Service Com-'mission had recommended cdjustments for two particu- lar elassrr and that these recommendations were now before Treasury "And whenever the' Civil Service Commission and its Pay Kcsearcli Bureau there is an appreciable di ity between salaries in Govern ment and private employ, fur t.

A ft A tM. tnr. 1 1 inn nr wr manv Civil Service were Sympathy mere in xnf.se wn cia.sr. tnrr)URr, Ottawa today on n'iWomen's Uague. She was ered in yesterday a recommen- wy t0 Edmonton where he memher of jhe League of tht Nation? receive the honorary de- Sacrf1 Heartland the Ladies' The Prime Minister did not tgrfe of-LLD on Monday at.

his. Auxiliary of St. Patrick's 1 alma mater, the University of the Sodalitv of St. 11 ti Mil, .11 irvu ir J.J if mendations to be made on nther rlasses would cover an Appreciable" number of Civil nis tiairmrni. Mr.

Whitehouse said that the Prime Minister had stressed that "his door Is always open to the Civil On" the point of (he Federa bon sitting in itn treasury Poar(I on 8aary recommenaa tions. the wniteanuse tie Iment said "In relation to our suggestion financial aspects ssion be discussed with Treasury Board, the Prime Jr. Minister said he- wciild 1 runner- Fnr PVVrinP VCfpm he other would be-dissociated: of negotiating procedures, the '-fl tl toon Sunday on he; Wth birth-under-TUl- jUVdye mind Prime Minister replied that the 1,1 after. lay, days before departing mer Anne Sabounrt. died A.

M. Snider, -chairman of k. the Ontario Water Resources arrived in Ottawa 11j me-ciiy nnancing pian ror me $2o million' sew aee' disoosal minion sewage G.isposai system. was to spend, the afternoon in conference with the mayor and city engineers. One outcome of the meeting will be a denniro for a hearing before, the' commission of the city scheme to construct clcrse the door to-such dycus .11 Oj ValLllMr.1 st -t Donaldson May Run For Mayor Former Controller Roy Don- aldson today was measuring 'the' percentage on whether he from.

1952 until 19..6. has a background in municipal ar fairs. He was Sl George's Ward a nrrman rurn i.n.i uiuu ijii, ilaw tne university .01 Martin, at home; one aisier, I Alberta in 1928. and was called Mrs. Richard Lane.

Montreal; to the Bar of Alberta. After -four brothers, Frank of Dal-Isome years of private practice, 'housie, NB, Leo and' Aloysms, i he joined the Department of i Montreal, aria To- External Affairs in 1937. 1 In the course of more than vears'' of service1 with the' department. Mr. Wershof has Cooper street, Monday at 7.40 held a number of senior posts a.m..

to St. Mary's Church for both in Ottawa and abroad, (solemn requiem mass at Vnr time he erveH at leeal' ft'rlork. Interment- Will follow adviser to the, department and -i- L.J v-. w. ctrciary 01 t-Aicmei Mrs.

A. W. Ryan Dies in Hospital Mrs. AnthonyWilliam Ryan, 11 Prirrirose avenue, the for viv't Born ana educated at Kempt- viile. the daughter of the lt Otiver Sabourin -and the late Aay that Mr Diefenbaker prob-Kate Wlls.

she came to Ot- will "droo in" at the Con- tawa 40 years ago. servative convention in Regin She attended St. Patrick's Monday morning befrre return-Church and was a member ofljnjj to Ottawa. No Ipeech br the League the. Sacred; Mr.

Diefenbaker is planned. Heart She was-married St. rt th-n iert ih rariane construction company i srioula run ror iipara or con- 01 cooourjj. in Saskatoon university -nos-of of Picton. for paving ll'trol or the mayor's chair in daughters, Mrs.

T. R. 'Smith pitaL She has been in poor v'lia a auinoriues ti i t- u. -1 .1 rn an4 Mri 1.1. Farlane Construction Company should run for Bpard of Con- Cobourg; ing that Ocotber 31 would th) onfirmed as the date for, the meeting in Toronto.

I The' Federal District Com-' nvssion now is. considering Otttawa's request for financial; assistance from the Dominion T.u.: MISSING ON CRUIS'n. vif7i ft.t rxr i a Mr; and Mrs. W. B.

Tanner of Honglulu' today were" reported missing hetween amoa. ana in nette on icruise. m. it'unu i' iv ivi N'ER ft ft A ITK I was jcenc 1956 tragedy, which resulted in it sea-ipd I off. Tells of Panic Continued From Page One.

I A group of women on thej street were yelling at the chil- dren not to laid Brous- irau. i ney ioia inem 10 wan for the firemen' to come later thev hzd in the smoke and talesladv who was livinr in an) apartment on the second floor ih md th fnine her hair when black smoke out her window arned her of th fire She jd' warning 11 ci mnru inruujn itumhiu he said she sawanoLher, mA ni'Wit "ntii. "I going to ump but, ladder. Defence Move Fails Mrs. Chapman said she had n'I'r 0-cfKk thf Mme djy on the; ground tioor wnen soe reiurn-: brorm she had 1 "I riever saw Merrill again" 4ha.d Mrs and the chi tha he heard children in the room above her wm jn about before the fire.

ihexlefence failed Thexlefence failed to get' arate hfintZ on the when protested jour ubmi that the defences were istic' towards one another. Mr. Assaly argued that a joint hear- ing would prejuaictai 10 fair trial. "The Federation will make Sauve. said that arrangements foruhese discus-another court was the place to'sions." ask for aeparate trials, and that.

To the plea of both the Fed-any evidence in Magistrae'ieratlon and the Civil Service Court inxne charge that affects! Association for the setting up jf $248,000 Road Contract Awarded Perth lalnnisville The Ontario Highways "Department announced tfday that a for J24S.OOO has been awarded. to the 1,1. J. Mc- iii.irs I'l inniiwajr iiinn llic Ulicinun i tii. rinnuu.

ncun iur lunir lin e. Perth to Innisville and six He said he was "95 percent Jlugh Pemberton (Ruth). Lon- Mr. Diefenbaker will -leave miles of the new diversion 'convinced" his greatest service don, one brother, Saturday noon and re-. roadifrom Terth to Drummonditri the city would be as mayor, inic, Ottawa; and four sisters, jturn Monday night.

His depar-Certtre. jBut-tiTi final decision would Mrs. Herbert Lake. Ottawa; ture for YorTt. onr the first Work will start shortly.

not be made before next week. Mrs. Charles Goff, Rome. NY; fg of his world journey it Four contracts "arebeing Mr. Donaldson, a controller Mrs.

James -Beckett. Smiths" irheduled for noon next fues- at once for grading 10 jmiles of. Itoghw.ayu4.0l feom Johnstown to. Iroquois and" 14 miiat rT in iimi enwav from. 1.3 miles east of St.

An- Qn Board of Control be hcldrom noon aiurcay unnt Mnn drew's Road to one mile east.lhe Creation ana lire oepan- -r ini a fnrmer 01 uincasier. inmnui.mnik w- rjv.i tervant with the Labor u-ith the idea of tneedins construction. Repartment. is ITlirrKO mo.iwimy wnn inirrmcm in -one daughter. ne to- to'- 04y -ul reacn its i ui Jes' than seveo das Ifft in the 7 Campaign a i rm a Ray- mond Labartte urjed caKvas- 1 rnmltl.lt Tb 7- mbnev is there, he 'laid, and aurce'ss or failure of te cam-) rests, with the canvaisers.

t. .1 i ninrti 4Rfi. This ii.H.2 percent, of the $752,100 objective only two Onia Community percent, abovf Tuesday s.tpiau::n"u;UB. "We1 art disappointed with the slow returns what have come in from canvasers In the last few La-barge said. "Whh so little time left, it is now Impera tive that all rcails be eom Immediately andt.re- turns- reported as soon as "From the returns now In there is no question that the people of Ottawa are as generous and more so than in other said Mr.

La-barge. "It would seen tben thai the success or failure of the Re4 Feather cn pa ign-lies with the canvassers. We urge them to finish their job as' soon as possible. Mr. Labarge stressed the im- portance of all canvassers andj He "would rebrodcast th captiirts making immediarte re- 'portion of his talk dealing w-ith ports to the Chest on the e- OTC on Saturday invitm Kiirns they now have.

Only by these-meaiureJ-XaftJJleCbest office issue, an accurate report v. nrntrMi frnm y- -bH(J vb (Canvassers io, complete meir.4 calls before that date. 1 Max Wershof. Home to Receive' Alberta Degree Max Wershof, QC. Canadian Ambassador to the United Na- 1 ons 11 ucnrn mu I atomic Energy vinna it nam rvrri Born ift Ottawa.

moved with his familv to West- ern Canada. He graduated in 3 1 II I i Y. A 1 I II MAX- WERSHOff I 1 'I I 'however, at the convention rick's 'Church in )92Q to f0'r the party. Ryan, who survives. xne prime Minister's mother, Also surviving re one sohJMrs.

William T. Diefenbaker. it Falls, ana Mrs, Mittnrw (cand. hemptvuie. 1 The body will be at McEvoy nay a.i am rr em mt will he rhanted in 'St: Patrick's Church at 8 a.m.

tiWin Dame cemeter'. laJtfc -L v. persAna? malice to'arri Mavor Ms statement came af-f oSj or ac frrr treW v- waott to buy 'the OTC of acirr.assant.rvftion"- chir -T-'" The mayor lhujrUy Mr. Ben by hmiing that" an' inouirv iritonxajgrtv riMi-" of e.ected representatives rbe Uunched was underm.ini tion. Mr.

Benin's rr'marki were termed In woen statement issued Mr. Bessin said 'n parti bear Mayor Nebns personal malice whatever. I feet, 'However, that am en, titled to resent the Irrespon tible manper in which poit ion regarding the OI bas been dealt with. "I think 1 stated the. position -quite fairly tw6 nights ago as (regards the OTC and I hut trior," heard "Word of rrrjiHtI on that score.

I regard thi Mr. Bessin -added that thtji' mayor had' confined his remarks only to the political as- pec'ts of his igrtormj completely the OTC issue Meantime, Controlier Sn whose views- "on iri flT(" tifnatioo often have CO- incided with Mr. hat 1 a k.maelf arainst charger based on ry" "rumor and Bet ger Disapproves. "I don't approve of the manner in which the Bessin allega- lions were made ne con trollrr-said. "I will not engage in any type of smear campaign.

lJ know of no land transaction during my time on "Board of Control involvint anv member of council in any way hatso- ever. "Because my name has been publicly linked with Mr. Bessm in the past. I want to make it -i k.a Clear 1 oissocjatc rnj kii 111 im Mrs. C.

J. Monaghan Dies in Hospital After Heart Seizure Mrs. Eileen. Aniv wife of C. J.

Monaghan of Canadian National. Hotels, Ottawa, died in hospital Thursday following a heart seirure at her home, 306 Fajrmont avenue. Born at Dalhousie. former Eileen Ann Troy, she was the daughter tf.the late Patrick Troy and his wife, the former Matilda Mcskill. Married at Montreal in 1930.

shf resided in Ottawa since 49.14. A parishioner of St. Mary 1 rhurrh Mrs Monaehan served rWmnirllf was a nail nrninfni 01 inr Liinnuc I amm nun. Besides her husband she Is Kv her daurhter Dor- een tw'0 Gavan and ronto. The funeral will be heM-from the Whelan funeral home, 513 at Notre Dame cemetery.

Of- .,.) PM Flying West To See Mother Before World Trip Prime Minister DiefenblAer will visit his-mother in Saska- rvn nn rrt nn-inpwnr a irirr. A sookesman in the Prime Minister's office also said tv jwhiCh will c.hoos a provincial. ROOF CAVES IN. NIAGARA FALLS. NY.

Oct. mf root 01 an aoam- "T'''; ,7" vesterdav. killirtf a so dier ana 1 irtianng two others. Killed rif Av'ilkes-Birre, Pa. vi 11 1 f'.

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