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“ATTEMPT RECOVERY 3 MINERS' BODIES,” Montreal Gazette. August 7, 1942. Page 13. ---- Two of Five Bodies Located at Cadomin Mine After Worst Disaster in District --- Cadomin, Alberta, August 6. CP - A double shift of miners, working their way through huge masses of coal and debris, late today sought to recover the bodies of three of five Cadomin miners killed last night in the worst disaster in the mining history of the district.

The accident occurred when water which had accumulated from old workings, swelled by recent rainfalls, burst into No. 9 level in the Cadomin mine shaft, about 150 miles southwest of Edmonton.

Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. They were identified as those of John Wallace and Victor Alleggretto. Bodies of the three other men have been located, but have not been reached because of the difficulty of removing debris. They are fireboss John Logan and miners Joseph Dorobrowski and Carl Stocks.

Several miners working in the shaft escaped into another crosscut of the mine by running ahead of the flowing mass of debris. These included Pete Laghi, Michael Kapusinski and Harry Pyson, all Cadomin residents.

A. A, Millar of Edmonton, Chief Mines Inspector for Alberta, said today he planned to leave at once for Cadomin to investigate circumstances surrounding the accident, and that he will report his findings to the provincial department after the investigation.

(William Goodwin, Mines Inspector for the Cadomin District, was at Cadomin in the course of his regular inspection work when the accident occurred, Millar said.)

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“Larsen Makes Desperate Dash for Liberty and Is at Large in Woods Near Edson,” Edmonton Bulletin. September 5, 1919. Page 01. --- Throws Himself from Speeder When Being Brought from Mountain Park to Edson, Between Miles 4 and 5, and Disappears in Woods Before the Machine Can Be Stopped --- A telegram from Detective Campbell at Coal Spur received by Chief Hill late last evening conveyed the unwelcome information that Larsen, who had been arrested by Campbell yesterday at Cadomin mine, was again at large. The prisoner was being brought by Campbell, assisted by Constable McElroy, of the provincial force, on a railway speeder to Edson. When between mile four and five, while the speeder was running fast, he threw himself from the machine and before it could be stopped on the down grade, he had disappeared in the bush,. The hour was about 7.20 and the evening was dark, with rain falling.

He was dressed in a blue coat, over a blue and white striped peajacket, khaki shirt, light duck trousers, hobnailed high laced boots and black hat.

The late start was because a large part of the day had been spent in attempting to locate the place where he had hidden his weapons. He took the constables to a place where he said he had concealed them, but they were not there. He then said they had been stolen.

The country is rough and wooded where Larsen made his escape, but it is not likely that in such a country he can get clean away. His re-arrest is only a matter of time. But his escape shows that he is desperate and if he gets weapons there may be further tragedies.

The city and provincial police have both sent men to assist in the search. ---- JOHN GUNDARD LARSEN --- Makes sensational escape from Detective Campbell and Constable McElroy, throwing himself from gasoline speeder when near Edson and disappearing in the woods which bordered track.