Each month Ashlar Lodge No. 3 features one of our Deceased Brethren as a way of remembering our Deceased Brethren and highlighting the contributions they have made to Nanaimo and the surrounding area.
Our Featured Deceased Brother for July 2017 is Joseph Foy (died 9 February 1915). Bro. Joseph Foy joined Ashlar Lodge No. 3 in 1913. He was a manager at the South Wellington coal mine. He died on 9 February 1915 after going into the mine in an attempt to rescue miners trapped underground following a flood in the mine.
Nanaimo musician David Gogo, whose great-grandfather died in the Wellington Mine flood, has written a song about the events of 9 February 1915:
Joseph Foy is buried in Bowen Road Cemetery, Nanaimo.
