The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-05-27, Page 13; WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th, 1959
RAIL CROSSING INQUEST
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(co4tinued froukpage 1).
• , lying at the west =si4e of the read
-. • /war thefence in a severe state
of 'shock and with a severe lac-
eration on the forehead, Mr,
galmiton spoke to Dr, ,Corrin and
told hiun he had been looking,
the other way along the . track
when struck by the train. A
hospital examination of the man
. revealed multiple 'fractures,
Assumed It Would stop
'John Fraser of PalmerSten,
'fireinan on the train at the time
of the accident, said that he had
been driving the train at the
.:.time Of the collision, He • stated
that, he was also a qualified en-
gineer ancl.P it . was ' cOmnion to
"spell off?, the regular engineer
He said, that he had blown tbe
whistle arid, turned On, the bell
about, 80 reds from the icrossing
where it IS marked on th.e track.
: He estimated • their speed • at
about 30-35. m.p.h. -1Pie' Hamilton
truck Was noticed approaching
at a slow speed and because of
,this Mr. Fraser assinned that the
truck would Come to a halt: It
was not until the . edge'. of the
Crossing that the driver of the
train realized Mr. Hamilton was
:not . aware . 'of the , approaching
train. Be said about half way ov-
er the, crossirig.:the nose, of the
irnck, came in ,colhsion with the
front right of the. engine. The
brakes and:•ernergency had been
.applied at the edge . of. the. cros,-
. sing and the train came to a stop
in a very short distance: The
traimnen found Mr.. liainilton at
the West ,fence lying on the .back
cushion of the. truck Which appar-
ently had been thrown from. the
' truck with lin* .
..T.ohri •Church of Paltherston,
.
engineer on thetrain, Stated that
he had not seen the 'accident and
. was nottAware of the approach-
ing, car until the emergency
brakes were applied. ' • •
Constable' Reeds stated that.
windows on the truCk had been
/rolled' , tightly at the time Of
/ the •Collision. ,
The.jury. returned a .verdict of
accidental death with no riegli7
gene& on the ,part of the CNR'
train Crew. jurymen Were Ttar.
nard Ackert, 'foreman,. Parish
. Moffat, Harvey Houston, Frank
Colwell, !Frank MaCKenzie,
6.
PARAMOUNT rivnivrit
The Paramount Institute met
at the home of NLr§. Fred IVIartiit
Mere were 15 ladies;8 children
andone visitor present.. The pre-
sident, • Mrs. .Emile McLennan
was in the. chair. The° .meeting
opened. with the Singing of .the
Opening_ Ode and i'repeating *Of'
the 'Mary Stuart Collect 1Vhrs.
jirn•Itetchabaiv read a very in-
teresting ,atory from the .Family
Herald, a story of just one of
the niarly.: things the Salvation
Army is doing. , The, business on
• hand was dealt 'With and the pro-
, *amine cointnittee took -over.
, There were some very nice read-
ings by Mire. HerrEnsign, Mrs.
' Marion :Brooks _and. Mrs. grant
Parrish.• There Were two con-
tests by 'Mrs, 'Eniile McLennan
and Mrs.. Walter Dexter., The
meeting closed with the Queen
and the Institute Grace. A' lovely
• lunch was .giVen by hostess' and
committee. The next meeting is
•at the Horne: of Mrs. Bob Reed
on June 17th. *
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, ' LTJCKNOW, ONTARIO
RAILINER l'REVIEW TRUCK -DRIVER ABSOLVED .
(Continued from Page: .1)
gAmong ciNft. officials on the
Preview run were: j.- A. 1itredi.4
special assistant to Passenger
traffic maxiager; George Han-
ccicks, Public relatithiS depart-
ment; F. B. Burns, superintend-
ent&of the Stratford division. and
A. Ir. 'Craig, sUperititendent of
the express department. •
The interior of the ,car is de-
signed for utility and 'additional
.weight saving as well as for com-
fort and .attractiVeriess, Use Of
modern 'lightweight colour -im-
pregnated plastica On ,sides,' ceil-
ings- :and floors Mean ease in.
cleanin.g- and Maintenance. Foam
rtibber. seats. and laQe ''picture
windows , are other features for
passenger Comfort, ,
Travel time • to Toronto and
other Southern Ontario points
will be tut up to an hour an a
half on June 22nd when the
'Canadian National Railways in-
augurates: a fast Railiner service
between . God,erich„ Stratford;
Palmerston, ' .Kincardine, South-
ampton, Owen Sound arid
Guelph..*' • .
. "The new schedules will be
Particigarly • convenient for busi-
nessmen tired of ,driving on busy.
• highways and .facing ''city Park-
ing congestion," said E.. P..Burns,
.q11 -p. superintendent at Stratford.:
Mr. -Burns added that in res -
Pons! to Popular demand, the
Canadian National would pi*
•jvide s ,Sunday evening serviCe.
'from Owen Sound and Kincar-
dine With Connections to Tolson -
to, . London and beyond.
.
Leaves at 5:57 D.S.T.
,The"suminer schedule has the
Railiner leaving Lucknow late
. Sunday afternoon. at 5.57 D.S.T:
Lucknow willbe a flag station,,
with the Railiner stopping only
if 'flag,ged. ,
.The Sunday •train replaces , the
Monday morning train..
' • On. the Goderich line' the Rail-
iner Will replace a •present :c4M-
Ventional train. .The • Kincardine -
Palmerston Mixed train will con-
-tinue to 'operate. .
Residents served by the lines
to .Kincardine and Owen Sound
will have a ' daily, return ,service
with connections 'direct to T
yr-
onfo. On. the. Southampton line;
running midway between the
two and only .6 few miles from
each, 1 a reverse service wifl be
provided : Railiner will op-
erate to Southampton in . 'the
morning, and return in the after-
noon ' with conneFtions to Toron-
to • .•
BORN •
SIMPSON,-at Wirigham General'
Hospital on Tuesday, May 19th,
1959, to Mr. and • Mrs. Donald
Simpson, Kintail, a son. •
• HUBER -- at Winghain General
Hospital on. Saturday, May 16th
1959, to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Huber,
Lucknow, 'a daughter.
TRASK' •at *Ingham General
Hospital, on Monday,. May 19th,
1959, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trask,
• Lucknow, a son.
McLEAN--it Kincardine Hospi-
tal on Friday, May 15th, 1959, to
•Mr,.and Mrs. John McLean, Rip-
ley, a daughter, Mary Lyn.
FINLAY' Ron and Betty Jean
(Sheane) Finlay, Erin; Ontario,
•are, happy to announce the birth
of their son, Shane Carl, on
Tuesday, May 12th, at 'Guelph
General Hospital.
MS. A PLEASANT TRIP. HOME AFTER
SHOPPING AT
eq.ris
. In laicknow.
WE, HAVE A SELF -SERVE PLAN to make you feel:
,at ease. Stock enlarged to include ail the "farmily, and
PRICED FOR OUR .PARMING COMMUNITY
0,1tr volume in cash business has brought a further re-
, ,duction of prices to you.
WATCH OUR SPECIAL TABLE
• JUST INSIDE THE DOOR
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ws.hujng farmer's milk to
the teesWater'k Itilreamery.. He
stated that he was travelling
south, and upOri reaching the
railroad crossing at the outskirts
9f Whitechurch he slowed to,
about 10 rn:p.h. Upon crossing
the •track, he noticed two Child-
ren .standing on the east side of
,the: road- in front of the W, J,
Watt home. As he neared the
Pair, the Seigner boy ran in
front •of the truck to the west
side Of the *read. •The :driver stat-
ed that . at this point he: was
about 50 feet froni the 'child and
he applied the brakes. The Seig-
ner 'child: rap about :11ciur feet
onto the grass in front of the
:United !Church and the:. driver
*Commenced to 'pick -up speed
again lest seeing. the child on
the grass. He estimated his speed
at about 15 ni.P,h. at ' this. tithe.,
After he had ,passed the child,
he felt a bump and immediately
Stopped the Artick :to findthe
young child lying dead on the
road, his bead .cri.tshed, .
Evidence by ,police officers said
that it appeared the ',Child had
been crushed by the rear. dual
wheels of . the truck. The police.
also , mentioned a car parked
(legally) in front :of the Watt
•
home which' would cauSe the dri-
ver to svving to the Vest side Of
the road before 'striking, the
child. "It was therefore assumed
that the truck was more Westerly
on the road than would usually
be the 'Case. • ' •
• Robert Taylor,' age 16 brother
of the driver, 'stated that he. Was
riding in the 'cab as company for
• his brother at the time of the
ner was talking ',with •, George
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YOU CAN SEE and SHAKE HANDS WITH
John iNintermey,
LEADER of tile ONTARIO LIBERALS
- this
THURSDAY, MAY 2
IN WINGHAM at 4:30 p.m.
Could be, at public school or on Main St.)
ON "FORMOSA MAIN STREET ,at 530 pan;
ON MILDMAY' MAIN. STREET at 610 par;,
He will be with your Liberal Candidate
RAE J. WATSON
but will not be in Lucknow or Ripley because Thursday
is a half holiday.
Huron -Bruce Liberal Association
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accident. Hegave, the same evi-
dence as Tom. Taylor As to the
accident. .
' Maxwell Seigner of WelleSley
. . . , .
Township; father of the accident
said•that he and his wife;
little Jimmy. ,and his . maternal.
grandparents Mr: and Mrs., James
Hart, ,were visiting at the Watt
home in Whitechurch .at the time
of the . accident. His 'child was
plaYing with Charles Thompson
, .
around the Watt home: Mr. Seig-•
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DU NGANNONITE
IS .TOP .DRIVER
It Was. a, repeat perf.
for Wayne. 'Brown, ' a Go • ch
Collegiate . student from Dungan-
non, When he .scored, 361 points
out of a possible 400 to win_ the
annual Junior Chamber of Com-
merce Roacle-o at Goderich last
Week.
For the -.second year the won
the prize ,of a' travel clock, •don-
ated by Imperial Oil for his ef-
fort in guiding ,a Standard Model
rough the obstacles. The pre. -
s ntation,Waa made by W. A. Tip-
ple 'Of Imperial 011
The son of Mr. and Mrs... Wil-
bur Brown, Wayne now expects
t enter the ro ial •f" ' t
0 , P v ne ma a
Windsor, '•May 30th. • -
The•roade-o is for person 16 to •
20, who hold a driving permit,
and have had no "moving" vio-
lations during the previous six
months. •
:Wednesday there were 20 con-
testants,. all Collegiate students,
and including three !girls. Writ-
ten. tests were given a week ago,
when the 'driving events were
rained out, •• .
Wayne Brown's drivin.g • score
was -277, written test 84.. ,Jerry
Weaver, second in the standings,
had 245 and 94 for a total of 339.
He also finished second 1st year
Thompson, father of Charles,: at
the south-east side of the. house.
'MEC:rest of the family, were in the
house. He thought the children
hadrun clown north into the
garden and then around the west
side of the Watt home out .Of his
sight. The first, thing but of the
ordinary that drew his attention
was the violent rattling of the
truck on, the road. It struck him, • ,
as being an unusual type of
noise. He commenced to walk,
then run to the ,roadway Where
he found his son dead, He, stated
that he could' not see the aeci-
dent• scene, from his position at
the side of the house but that he
Was 'puzzled at ,the _unusual.
bouncing sound of •the truck
. Crown attorney Freeborn ask -
if anyone 1•else wished to speak
in regard to the accident. James,
'Hart grandfather Of the child
Who was at the -scene of the :ac-
cident, queried • as to thecause
of the skid mark to the north
'ofthe. bedy, 'Abraham Seigner,
also ;a • grandfather, said that
from his f,observations of the
body following the. accident, he
felt that more than • the rear
wheels, .had .run Over the. bey.,
An uncle, Hugh : Hart, gave a-
shnitar opinion as Abraham Seig-
ner. ,
Jury for . the inquest was 'Ross
• MacMillan, :formean, Sam Farth-
er, Rosa Cummings, Herb Mc-
Quillin, 'And Ezra Stoltz..
WHTECI-IURCI-1
Held '/Pield Pay .
Field Day was held n the •
creation ' Park in Whitechurch '
last week' when many :sp6dtatOrs —
enjoyed bali games and races by,
young and pld, In the 'Midget
g^arne the hothe teatn, Won over
111eeswater but the bantams lost
out to ' their. opponents.
• ,Winners in races, were: Under
4, „Joyce. Tiffin; 5 .and 6, Neal
Ma -recall, Sandra .Moore; 7, 8 and
9, girls, Alma Conn, Sandra rish-
er; boys, Harvey Craig, Keith
Henderson; 10 to 12, girls,' Bev-
erley. Solomon, 'Edna Wall; boys,
Bevine Tiffin, Bert Smith; 3 -
legged rape, girls, Sandra Fisher
and Edna Vali tied with Alma
Conn And ' ,Beverley Solomon
boys, Bevin Tiffin and‘Ronnie
Moore; married womanrade,
Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. William
Henry and Mrs. W. Conn tied.
The ladies in the booth were
kept quite busy during the „af-
ternoon.:
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