HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-05-22, Page 15• N,:
wEDNESDAY, MAY 22r4 1968
!JUELummow srarnisrm, LIICKNOW, ONTARIO
• Paterson Inquesi
-'• r • (Contintied .Irolnri page 1) I Was all ,on fire; !inside arid out,
• the first witness, He, with his top ,to bottom", •according to
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family,*Wre returning on. High- Mr, Gaunt. As was the case With
•way 86 froM, Pine ' River .to other witnesSes, be described
14isitoWel .on the night . a :the the !tractor. as being backed (up.
. nheY noticed t*I. le refleetiOn, to the ..barn . doors, with the
• of the fire after cOming ,over 'seed drill attached tbeihind,, and
"Diekie's Hill", and upon inves-, the right Wheel of the tractor
tigating found" the barn a rag-. approximately at the sill of the
ing inferno. He estimated the barn. The trent • wheels: were
, time to be about 10!15 p.rn, turned' completely. Crosswise and
.wihm asked (if •'he was the first investigation later revealed that
011 the seene, Mr, Bell stated. a..pile of dirt, dragged about 18".
;that' as he, getting, out of his .h.ad .been 'Pulled up .behind the
car,. , a Volkswagen, later •• linden, front wheels. When, questioned • • '
tified as Garry . Chapman's of about. Mr. Paterson's habits, Mt: 'ii,.i.mui..,,,,, .
..' Whitechurch, Ptilled „.up; ••Mr. Gannt,stated that he 'had owned '''''''''ES SECOND
• tEAR, AT WESTERN). '
lien stated that no ' light. was a tractor for about 10 years, was •
• ' Visible in the. Paterson .house a careftil man Who was never in • : • Miss Mary Mary Lillian Mackenzie,
andthat no one was at.' the a hurry, but that he. had known '
daughter of‘f judge. and Mrs. P.
scene. At that. tithe, according to the deceased to 1-ia-ve had diffi- .
S. MacKenzie who has just
eVtiCiellee' giVeh !by the witness, Culty ..backing his tractor with - • , • _, .' • _, • • . ..
the ' roof ' of' the iba:in- had. not. an impleinent Oh behind. Mr. c9rniPlate her second year 'a L
caved in, .tihe.out-side 'boards had
• not, ..burr,ied off ad_ there fwaS
.• more fire. in the east end , of
the',barn than In the Other Por.7,
tions, although •there Was no.
. fire in :the stable. At , that time,
he 'Said:, a • third party. came
- ruining an ,th. lane; and. together
they ptished, Mr; Patenton's. car
away from. the tire. 'Thinking ceased had •suffered a compaund
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of the electrical °danger, . Mr • fracture of the/left .fgrearrn. that
Bell attempted to . shut off. the left bones protruding . thiongh.
•ipain.. hydro, switch, but found it the skin ,just. above. the' wrist.
' off; apparently , having "kicked .Three ribs, in the.. left side Of,.
• off" as •it was that type of .in- the 'cheat. were broken ' With
stallati•on. He described the po- ,bleeding .aronnd these ribs:. He
•sition'. Of. the .tradtor. with the
n, back wheels' at the entrance 'to
the barn doors,•. and -stated- that,
' intense • heat ''.ptevented them
• ' fr.oni, getting close to the ."then-
-• hui:iiing" :tractor. ''. lie Wis. not
- aware ofthe 'body being on the
gan.gway, beside. the tractor un -
,til •,firer,neri removed. it, .although
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(he had:been abput, 40, feet froth
it .When, attemPting to .saye, the
. . tt.actar. •'Mr..Bell.. stated that. he:
did. • net • •eriter. the Paterson
RECEIVES:. BONE EC •
DI1449.1VIA AT, .
Bertha Blue, daughter of Mr,
and 'Ws. Donald Etlue, RiPaeY,
has been suceeSsful in PeSsing
her Jekaminations .in Home 'Ec-
onomics at IMacDonald Institute
in Guelph and received her
diplami, Graduation was in
Guelp on Wednesday. Her
guests from Ripley Were her
patents land Mr, and Mrs. Jack
Scott and Mr, Bill Scott,. '
Bertha his obtained a position
as food. supervisor .in Stratford
General Hospital, •
Gaunt stated that Mr.. Paterson the University of Western
tario, specializing in 'music,' has
enemies to his knowledge
Dr, • Ross MacKenzie, a path-
Severe4njuries
Was 'a good neighboUr with no accepted a position. as ,counsel,„
ologist frOM, Woodstock, related. trict.
Paterson as revealed by a .post. Mrs. R; V. IVIacKerizie ,of 'Luck -
the injuries suffered by Mr. ' She a .granddaughter of
niortem, He 'stated that th.e. de- now, .• •
lor at the. Midland Y Camp . On
1b0,111'. in the, Georgian Bay Dis-
Beausoleil Island. at Honey Bar-
. . ,
W‘ould be going for Siipper
'about .; that time.. Garry sat*, no
one else about Ithe premiSes. and
saw no light at 'the .houSe., or
barn as it gat dark abaut 8:p.m.
Suffered a tear in the left kidney The position of. the :tractor at
and the.spleen'. Mr. Paterson was that time, about seven o'clock,
WaS. the same -as' , was :found
in?etter the fire: . •
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HydroThought
,Itobeirt Leslie of Netistadt, an,
badly burned, • particularly,. on.
the left side.. His 'left' fifiger.s.
were burned, •off, •-his left :foot
charred, with bones protruding at
the .ankle and iha.face andjilead.
Were also 'badly burned, . .s. inspector With Ontario, 'Hydro,.
Dr,. "MacKenzie . stated. that .stated thatleis ' :examination of
sii.oh injures :'as. mr, Patelson the premises after the •fire..shOw-
reCeiVed must have come ftorn-ed the wiring in good' order. • All
necessary ;safety equipnierit. was
acrushing force ofsome type
. .' . .'
Such 'injuries'..are. Usually , caus, .found . in . the ...:•debris. .,..The•.
'wiring Was • inr-e-kcellent
ed .when."an.alutothobile or tr,dc- h°PsP.'
• ' ,,, :Broke Door Down '.'. . .tor Would: 'pas.s. over :a ,person,
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Garry.. Chartie
pn, 19 of 'White-. or ifa '. person were.. pinned' be -
church, described 'how his fath tween a- vehicle . and 'a ,Wall.
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er had natiCed 'the , ...fire , from :When, 'asked ..by :the coroner if
. ..'Whitechurch &built'. 10:35, ,and, he felt such injuries' would be
• : thinking, it.. to be John G,aunt's caused - by c.ontact '. With another
, hen house,. sent•',Garry . to ..inves_.•human being, or from a fall,
.. tigate. Garry ' thought that a Mr: 'MacKenzie answered"Ari .the
. '.cOuPle..Of..people were tallitad of negative. . . ... .' . . ••
....,,him, _and made __partictilat men, ..'' ' IPiFies. •Caused Death . .
tion 'cilf a _6:y, Parked.. On the .-' Dr. ' MacKenzie; .stressed that
'Wrong .side . Of the, road on • High.: Mr • . Pat e?'son • had died ve'rk' ra'.
. - way 26, that .puzzled him: ,Find- •Pi'dlY: .s..a result Of injures re-
ing no signs of Albert Paterson; Cei.yed and ' that ' it.- Was dear
he ‘went to •the 'house end fi,nd_.'that the burping 1-ia.d taken place
.,: ing..it locked, • fOreed the• ..door. after death. This Was••, revealed,
Calling, he received no answer, by th (k 'fatIt . that•no CarbOn mono-.
.. and With. no ' hydr6, on oi the xide was fOund in' tl-ie 'deeeas,ed•
_____ • ti,nue ..i.t wa.s..11.nrossibi•.perscit's Wood It was revealed
&-.:-- ad
-.-"`• veStigate if tirtther...After ; circling-, itt'''‘m.'"Pserso '-an •
the. barn, and still net, finding l'arged. hedrt ' thi'd 'evddePee Qt
the body; he and a neighbour. chronic :bro.nohitis,' which was in
John' Askes searched the ''house noway _Connected with his death:
• MacKenzie s
but 'Could. not find Mr. Pater- Dr. summed 1:113'11)37
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To /afield- Youth
Ronald Ianies Petrie, 17, of
R.R. 1, pipoannion,.was (lead of
a rifle Wourid on arriVal at Al-
exaridra Marine and General
HosPital, Gacterich, Stiniday ev-
ening. •-
%Felice Said the • youth, son of
Mr, an Mrs. Charles Petrie,
was founddiazed iin a shed near
the family hoine by ,his •siater,
Lenore, and her by friend,
D.onglas Brown. ••
-A .Pathologist's report
ted the YOuith• died, of a
.calibre rifle :wound...Pa/lee said
rifle was found in the shed.
An 'inquest be held, but no
date has been. Set. , •
,Cp1; Robert Keene arid Can- • • •
stable Alex Tw•adclle, the On-
tariO. 'Provincial Police, are •Con -
tinning their investigation.
.Surviving are ,his parents, one
.brother, Cooksrville;
four sister,s,•• Mrs.- John- (Dor-
een) Carson,' Landon; Mrs., Will7
lam .(Ellaine) Meliek,.•_Godetich;
Mrs. Raymond: (Ann)
:Clinton, and Lenore at home;
his grandmother,. Mrs., John Pe.-
trie, goderich,' ,
Semite (Wee held .Wednesday
at the „Lodge funeral 'home, God.
&HAIL Burial was in Dungannon To • answer, ..inquiries• regard-
•:'• ' ; • , ion?. ,libohvee4Saofetnzs.•,and. whereabouts
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' trai ion is lso of Ps
• DUNGANNON t • °Ira
chalogical 'to . cuee
ViSitoiS •for • the -week-end hoilintsarle,,,,:iibsectraatuiten cwarhcil:11..iehleknfoiwil;9s
With Mr. and 'Mrs..' Herb that . at ;least sonieone knoWs
gan were Mr.'. C.. Durnin, .who • he is, and where he •
Kitchener and Atkin- ., -Registration • ' ••
son of Oshawa: . . . The ..general ;policy. . that :
those' evacuees have been
SeParated,', from other ..rnembers.
of their 'immediate family' by .
PAG FIFTEEN
IRA*ALL HEADS Ii1JRON
BRANCH ASSOCIAMN
The Ifur.on Branch of the Ci-
vil Service Associatinn 'of On- •
tario held their ,annu,a1 dinner.
and meeting, at Zurich Hotel
last Friday, May lg. Guest •
speakers wer,e. Mr, Harold Bow-.
en of Toron,to, 'Executive See,
of the Association of Ontario,
and Mr.' W.' C. ThomaS 'Ot• •
'Guelph, District director. The.
executive for the .coming year.
President, Mr. Ira . • Wall,
Whitechurch;•Vice President, Mr. -
Ed McQuilllin, .1...rucknow;'
Secretary Treasurer,. 'Mk. Craig .
Kerr of Exeter. , •
E.M.O. Deals With
Registration
. By,. Lrlaya' Jasper, E.M.O. :•
CO -ordinator Bruce County '
No' matter when . e,vaeuatiori:
or en attack .takes place; .farn- .
ily members are going to be
separated. N.aturally,',. ,people's
first concern Would be• to locate
•
their • loyed ones. The (purpose. .
•of .registration and inquiry :is:
' To, re -unite Members of Sep- .
arated •families.. as. quickly as
possible. • • - ,.• , .
Cemetery..
' Mr. and Mrs. Alf :Hebei .of
Port, .CcilbOurne:"vtisited a feW,
days., last' week with her sister
Mrs. Alvin. ShetWood. the %emergency,willbe regis-
. :Visitors With ;Mr. and Mrs.' teredupon their 'arrival in re -
Ross -EedYfor the .week -end Ception • areas aheadof those
were .Miss. Rosemary •Skag. of who .have atrived as a farnilY •
condition and the assumed. that Dunnville and Mr.' Biad..Mc•Tav-, Unit. ,Regrsttation. will .take place
the barn would be equally good ish of Mount Forest. , in, the welfare' centres 'before ,
He said it was quite normal for Visitors with . Mr. eAcl Mrs. evactiees move:to. their''.plaee o..
the, neighbours:to -find the switch Jackson Reiye'•wera Mrs. Lyle exnergency .lodging., eXtreme • .
off at 'the,..main Pole as the "au, Ellis „ and spns Edward,, John, circumstances. such as .radioac-- • .,
tomatic..bre.aker" would' do this, Jimmy .and •'datighter:. Mrs. Pat five • fallout Make it necessary: •,
When. :quesitioned if he thought Moore as. Sunday guests. * for 'evacuees to take shelterim-
a tire could ;have • been started
by :wiring, he said that ,it Was
,always possible from 1 deterio-,
rated or rodent: .attapked
lations. Light's were 'the only
.ele.ctric,M equOrnerit in. the barn.
Ciuthhig .Cheeked.• • '
, Raymond Simnicins of the .0n -
feria Fire, Marshall's officet izt
Toronto, :aid that he, had in-
vestigated • the seem .of the. fire
four daYs after. He tailed to
- find evidence to properly- -deter-
mine the cause ,Of the blaze, He
.confirrned Mr. Leslie's testrinony
of the _Safety equipment in ..the
debris and said that no fuses had
le •
• son: They found two umnade
s,a stiaternent which later
'brought..Mrs, .J.iiin_Patemon, the
deceased's sister-in-law- to the
atnd to *emphasize...the 'fact that
ih all the years since the death
, of' Mr. ,Paterson's. wife, whether
corning expected :Or imexpetted,-
. they had talwnYi found. these
•.beas Made., Mrs. Paterson went
to :the Stand, when the coroner
• Conipleting the r,egUlar witries-
aeS, asked if anyone had any-
thing' further .1 to 'offer in evi,
• clence, • 6 •
Chapman and Askes made. tine
ter frorn • the fire. truck. He de- mentioned' al. the first of .the ant-
' s'earoh of -the ,house using Mat:
scribed. the 'tractor, 'when ei.ca- icle, he •completely • •separated
ches as light, arid when tthey Mined after the. fire, as 'being in the death and the' fire as two
. returnedoutside, h crawd that • .• • ,rin the idlinged that Allan Hackett be .rec
•-t, gear ignition , and . separalte' instances,' He
saying that he assumed' ...the been blown. In the. houte: he
uvrist and 'chest; were injured at 'found no food cin,„ :the table; all
the 'Same time :froin: the. sanee . dishes 'clean and , the nons.e in
wh
cause ich' was net thM
eUght to „good Order. r. Paterson's,...cloth
be a •falh.. wonla have to be. ing at ihe had Worn that night
'frorri' the tractor 'Passing -over Were taken to Toronto for exa-
him or by ram being pinned .mination to try. and deterinirie
between ••the. traCtor :and .the
, ,
wait,' he said, . • •
• ;Firemen:CaIJed
, • Allan liaC,kett and Alvin Bak6f, 'both Merabeis •ot ',.it;he Luck -
now Fire' Department, Were each
called as witnesses. Allan told of.
the ,bo dY on the • gangwayand
-of retrieving .it by spraying wa-
If tractor tire • marks .co41,c1, ;be.
found on them. :HoweVer; they,
were,1 burned beyond. the point
Where tractor marks could • be
'observed. He estimated the barn
fire to be gaing about 16-20, Min:
.utes when discovered,' and felt
that dri 30:minutes ,the barn fire
wOuld be • coniplete 'Joss. As
Mr. and and Mrs.' Be il _Mole. arid ,mediately' on arrival, the. ervee
•Mr, .and .MrS. Gordon Smyth uees' Should return tp the wel-, •
spent the. week -end at Niagara fare .centre , to register as • soori.,
Fag:Is .and lalsoattendeclthe w'ake. . as condition's permit. F,arnilies:
of Mrs Bert Rivers at a Fun- can be re-tinited, and missing
_
persons located only if .there is ,. •
accurate .information :•available . .
regarding. their, imhereabouts,4- ' •
hence tvtip. of the probleins that •
would. face , this Service are:: '
The necesSity •of the speedy • .
proceSSing ' of large numbers of
eral Hcyrne. in -London. The de-
ceaaed's huSban.d Mr. Bert.• Riv•-,.
•ers is fbrniergy' of • the Durigan-i.
non., district. . . ,
Mr. Mathew Gray,
•,trinidad. W.I. has. just comple-
ted' his studies Seager
LOndon_ancl_a-._Lelas ,,,s=1-riate of -Rev:
John Kinig,; reOltor .of St:
Anglican •church. He as/a visitor'
with.. Rev, John King and, Mrs,
King will occupy • the. PulPit
next 'Sunday, may .26th, He will
leave for Trinidad iri june.'He
is 'not a stranger among the
:ParishonerS as he ..inet therri •at about .. relatives and
rps
a service and ' ,at St. Pau. friends, and would be sent to
_Christmas party 'and ; be the local • regis : for infotrni-
tiorrni,f. the. missing. 'perSori
not registered ,there,. the card •
sent, on to -the "Central Rekis- -
try" for. the target, area. 'Info;r-
Illation is written on th5.• .card,
and • it is re.turned to''' the wel-
fare centre from :Which ' orig-
inated. . . • ' •
'During the emergency 'period '
following the 'attack, priority ••
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,
--P-eop',Ie-registering -arid Making
inquirjes;, . . ,
That of obtaining a :100% re- ,
gistration• of the 'living, and a.s
many of the dead as practicable.'
• Inquiry Cards , •
These are white, single cards
Made out by .persans making in.:.•
welcomed. again. .
• Mr.:and Mrs. .Stanley Fenner;
Goderich, were visitors at the.
borne a' Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
in
Syth for the 'Week -end.
Visitors (St/6r the week -end
with Mr. ,and Mrs. Frahlt, Thom-
psOn and family were Mr. and.
Mrs, . D. G. ThorripSOn, Brant-
ford, ,i1VIr. and Mrs. W. W. Al-
ton„ Willowdale, Mr.- and Mrs. tshoul.cl. be ,,given to inquiries .
Harold' • Thompson, Kincarcline,A, corning tram fainily • •memberS
Mr. and Mrs: Ronald Thompson ' and relatives, This is. necessary
and Bonnie, Lticknow, Miss. Cor-. to achieve the primary purpose
of , the registration and inquiry
•service, which is ' to re -Unite
families as , ouleklY 'as .possible.
had gathered noticedsomething tl;
. ai.. 1. abelle T.i
Mss Barbara
Thompson, Miss
Lon-
s Elizabeth
' •Ilie throttle' .,' , 4vi
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lying on the gangway that pro- 'pit101.1, when , questioned, ' ,he ' led to the. stand :to ifutther de_1.1tearie
ved to be Mr : Paitet5on's. body. ,t,,,,,,,d. that ihis could have been velop evidence as to the opera-. don, mr, and. Mrs. H. D. thomP-
Both Garry. and Walter Elliott used as a slo re„ierse .speedtiori of. the tractor tin ' the,ancl M
gear L.sellioy, d.A
tliekshn,toown, and also„MofL
Mr aunedkntlVitirws.,,
ran up as dose as. they could', i4(? also described the earth 'piled it was found When asked is the. . • ,ark, Windsor; and
, .Gver ,the , . , , . . '
and coUld make. out • the ,b..o'dY 'up. bonirrd. the front Wheels. traCtor. .cotrld back DrHASVokesand Mrspheri
VOkes, Toronto,- were • we • ' • other relatives, *.Mr, and
tated that ihe (was tbody in the loW idling. gear it
of e cl ' Wh nest' .in -1
.. the •di cease : en. q (
• Alvin Baker s • : I •
. e it about the fact, Mr. Cha,pman
moved the ,body from, .the , garig.
welt and favou,rably ,known . in wiy• ,The badly burned : body
• the eorranimity and he kno,V of ..', :
ono of- tWo firemen 'will
stated th.at Albert Paterson, was ,
‘Vt114'. C(Ivei.ed tb,aWait. the arrival
no enemies that iht. might have;
' . The PoSition of Mr P'il ( or-. .. ''' r. ille C(1.1:9nr;' • '
' son..1 body on the gangway'1‘ - . ' Seen tt S' •
, Ges-,i t •k IX' Thirty ,
,e_ribed by re; all .wiAtt.tees.,; Garry llinfou,1„ who was work-
w.As. lYitig •at the :front of the,ling .in the field. t9 the east of
. Al-
tractorw,..this
head, at. .the ,frobt !..the ralvf•spn. pinee, 'noticed, .' heels, and .ialmoct lrili 1 t.j. bait returning to the barn via
,,,,,,. , i, a .n . „ -,. rpc. ,.. c ( 1 . , •,..„.... . , • ,..• ',
. the d:v'„Vion 10.10 aboutp.m.
. Soul , • ' • 'Garry, who) was about 40 rods
me i) r ,
. e 'Difficulty Backing' •
thl6hrl. Gaunt, ,a neighbour to rawaY.. said&Albetit 4*.a.'ed.
e tam 0 the pa torson, • farm,;!ustitil manner as he went pa•st.
g'aite,d lithtt, ai.rive.d. at. the•:A)).dout •016 rolnuteA..:ia,terhenot.2;
h , ice 110
trq Or backed ,ttp
ore
, • e;c, :against the ba.i'n and ;Garry felt
r,
was found, ,Allan stated that he
did not 'believe that it :could:, .al-
though',.the throttle could have
been set so as 'there .would be a
fasterthan average speed in id-'
ling position, •A•llan felt that
Uatially more power • was requir-
ed to back uP, •gangwaY,
'Constable Rob.ert sanl., ,bn-
taxi Provincial •Palice, Godetich,
repOrted (that .Mr: Paterson's
•gold .watch arict ibillfold 'contain -
tabling $37 and personal papers
Were found on ihin):. There were
no sign of vancialtini, nor any -
think missing to &Ili !knowledge
in the, •
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visitors among -former frieenkdsenodi
the village. . •
ilVtr. and Mr, DouglaS,Reid bf
pronto ,were weekend visitors
with Mr; arid Mrs. Will .0. Rejd
and jack,• .
Visitors. with Mr, and Mrs.
'Cecil' Blake were on Sunday
Mr, and ,Mrs...Roriald Storms of.
Kitcherier, Mr, 1-1q„naer Durnin
Arid six .children.vigted also and
also with Goderich relatiVes
Mrs, Fanny Durnin and Mr, Or-.
ville Durbin, .
Visiltors with Mr. and'. Mrs,
Jaek Chisholm Were Mr. and
Mrs, Murray Oke and sons Ste-
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Mrs. .rtayrnorid_ Chisholm' an'd
ltttle, daughter Susan Lyn, God -
rich, • and •Mr1 Hugh Chisholm
a cous,M, •
Mr, Tom, .Koviak and son, Tom.
Jr, of Detrbit 'spent. the Week -
.end with Mrs. .1<oVialt and .Pam-
ela.
7 Mr. and Mrs, David Durnford;
Irian and Cathy of Weston vis.
ited' he parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas,
Mr, and Mrs. J.13, Hesion and
Miss Clapa Sproul visited :\tVses
I Netde -arid Rebiria Sproul and
1Mr. and Mrs. Ilesvon lo vis -
Red . Mr. and • Mit... Cecil Illakt,
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