Tuesday, December 4, 1934...Post Record, Sydney, Cape Breton, N.S.
Well Known Here - Aberdeen Miner Expires In Sleep
Unwell For Several Days, Charles Cameron, 64, Found Dead In Bed.
GLACE BAY, December 3 -
Going to his bedroom this afternoon to inquire how he was feeling, Mrs.
Charles Cameron,
New Aberdeen, made the startling discovery of finding her husband dead
in bed.
Mr. Cameron had worked last week, his regular occupation and on Saturday
complained
of not feeling well. This morning he was not feeling well enough to go
to work and
decided to take the day off.
News of his sudden death will come as a sad shock to his very large
circle of friends
throughout the Cape Breton, as well as in the mainland coal fields.
Born in Thorburn, Pictou county, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Cameron on
February 20th 1870.
Mr. Cameron as a young man first worked in the McBeam seam at the Vale
colliery
in Thorburn, leaving there he went to work in the mines at Springhill
and when the
coal mining boom started in Cape Breton, along with his brother, John,
he came
to Dominion, where they worked for a number of years.
He was a skilled and very carefull miner and held in the highest regard
by all with whom
he worked.
After some years with Dominion, Mr. Cameron came to New Aberdeen and
when the
Great War started, although past the age when most miners were enlisting he
volunteered for Overseas' service and was accepted, serving with the
British Expeditionary
forces in France.
After coming back from France, Mr. Cameron took a position on the staff
of N....? ....?
as a Shot Firer, after he became a Mine Examiner which duties he was
engaging in up to
the last day he worked in the "Big Producer".
He was a man of many fine traits of Character and an out standing
citizen in the community
where he lived. His support was also freely given too any worthy
movement and he lived
a life that was a splendid example to others.
He was a long and valued member of the Glace Bay Corps of the Salvation
Army and
took an active part in the affairs of that body and will be sorely
missed by his fellow members.
He is survived by his widow and four children, Wilfred at home, Milty
and Murray in Detroit
and a daughter Bessie, Mrs. Garret, who was visiting him and only left
for Springhill on Saturday.
A brother, John resides at Stellarton.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later.
[he was buried Dec 6, 1934 in Greenwood Cemetery]