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Bell Island Submarine Miner
February 1958
Heavy Sleet Storm
Disrupts Operations
The intense sleet storm which hit the Avalon Peninsula on Saturday, March 1st, caused severe damage to electric power supply and telephone lines in the area. Bell Island suffered a complete blackout and a breakdown in telephone communications with the mainland, due to the storm compelling a complete shutdown in mining operations at Wabana and disorganized community services. It may be several weeks before all sections of the community receive normal electrical and telephone facilities. In the meantime, everything possible is being done by those responsible for maintaining public and community services to improve the situation. A 60-thousand watt generator was brought here from St. John's to service Bell Island schools which depend on electric power for heating. Auxiliary power units are also set up and the situation is improving. A number of people here are still using coal ranges and were not inconvenienced in regard to cooking and heating facilities. A sleet storm of about the same intensity was experienced here about sixteen years ago, causing much damage to power and telephone lines. Employees With Perfect Attendance Months of 1957 Records For The Last 6 No. 4 Slope (Continued from last issue) | |||
Frank Burke | Henry T. Bickford | ||
Henry McLean | Albert Atkins | ||
Thomas Reardon | Peter Power | ||
Bernard Galway | Bernard Lahey | ||
James Hibbs | Thomas Bickford | ||
James McDonald | Wm. Nicholle | ||
John Parsons | Richard Hawco | ||
James Young | Robert Sweeney | ||
Llewellyn Mercer | Patrick Lahey | ||
Andrew Dobbin | Wm. Atkins | ||
Brendan Hurley | Woodrow Boone | ||
James King | Kevin Stoyles | ||
George Bickford | Ambrose Parsons | ||
Robert Power | Kevin Hammond | ||
John Brown | Stan Hussey | ||
Daniel Kent | Matthew George | ||
James Crocker | Ray Robbins | ||
Leo Peddle | Harold Bickford | ||
John McLean | James Quinlan | ||
Martin Butler | Reuben Bickford | ||
Edward Kavanagh | George O'Brien | ||
Stan Bickford | Wm. P. Stone | ||
Augustus Coombs | Fred Meadus | ||
Kelvin Decker | (To be continued) | ||
Obituaries
Deepest sympathy is extended to the relatives of the following deceased employees: Albert Slade, Salmon Cove, C.B., who was fatally injured in an accident in No. 4 Slope on January 28th. Dennis Murphy, who passed away at his home, Town Square, Bell Island, on January 30th, in his fifty-fourth year, following a short illness. | |||
"Reprinted courtesy of The Submarine Miner"
A publication for the employees of the Dominion Wabana Ore Limited. Any monetary or commercial gain from using this material is strictly prohibited and subject to legal action.
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