AMERICAN CABLE ITEMS.
LABORERS BURIED ALIVE. [Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 12. 15 .aim.) Rio Janeiro, August 11. A rock slide occurred in a quarry at Porto Balls, thirteen laborers being killed. The men were operating a steam shovel, which fell over and buried them alive.
ACCIDENT TO STEAMER. Ottawa. August 11. The steamer Saint Ercnes was partially wrecked through being flung against a wharf while travelling down the Sunguenay river. A submarine disturbance is supposed to have been the cause. The tourists aboard narrowly escaped.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 83, 12 August 1913, Page 6
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88AMERICAN CABLE ITEMS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 83, 12 August 1913, Page 6
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