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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Brilliant, B.C., the tomb of former Doukhobor spiritual leader Peter (The Lordly) Verigin was blasted yesterday, creating a 10-foot-deep, 25-foot-wide hole—the third attack since 1944. Provincial police are investigating the incident near Nelson.
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NELSON, B. C., April 19.-(AP)-A hole 10 feet deep and 25 feet across was blasted yesterday in the tomb of Peter (The Lordly) Verigin, former spiritual leader of the Doukhobor sect.
Provincial police who reported the incident, said an investigation is being made in the surrounding district.
The tomb is located at Brilliant, B. C. 26 miles west of here.
It is the third attack on the tomb since 1944 when the burial place was left in ruins.
Verigin himself died of a dynamite explosion aboard a train in 1924.
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Brilliant, B. C.
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Yesterday
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a hole 10 feet deep and 25 feet across was blasted in the tomb. it is the third attack since 1944 when the burial place was left in ruins. provincial police are conducting an investigation in the surrounding district.
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A hole 10 feet deep and 25 feet across was blasted yesterday in the tomb of Peter (The Lordly) Verigin, former spiritual leader of the Doukhobor sect, located at Brilliant, B. C., 26 miles west of Nelson. Verigin died of a dynamite explosion aboard a train in 1924.