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LUCKNOW. , QNTARIO 'WNE'SDAY,, JULY 29th, 1959
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Train Wr:eck Victin.r F�rrre:r Luckr..c..wit•e;
Burial In Greenhill Cemetery . Saturday
Mrs, Gordon R. Moore, a 16r
-
Met 'er Lucknow resident, and nat-
• ive of East ,Wawanosh, was in-
tantly killed , in a train wreck
at Bronte; some ten miles. east'
• Hamilton. en • Tuesday . after-
'
hiami.l •
' noon of last week
A • broken rail pierced the. bot-
. torn of -the coach, ripped through
the' seat in" which Mrs."Moore . and
a lady from ',Ntorth Bay; Mns.
'Gertrude Doran, were seated,
side by side, .and penetrated se. v-
eral feet 'through the roof, im--
•paling the coach.
Mrs. Mooreis believed to have.
died instantly: Another :passen
ger in the :coach,, a nurse,, :said,
shecould find no pulse shortly
after the wreck. occurred. Mrs..
Doran died. after admission to.
Joseph Hospital, Hamilton. •
On Way To Daughter's
Immediate members of Mrs:
Moore's ` family •were not aware
• `Nirs. Moore was on. that. ;train.:'
She had:' been 'visiting with her
• two sisters in London' and• was
on the way 'to Oakville to pay a
surprise visit on her daughter,
and from there 'would have: re-
turned: b •Y motor to her : home in
Acton ' Mrs: ` Moore had .been
visiting . in London ' with,. her
sisters Mary• and .Jean, and the
.previous Sunday all three had
spent the day in Blyth with their
sister, Zora "
Identit'� Unknown A own: For. Time
• y
On Tuesday Mrs.. Moore . had
the CNR Chicago -to -
Toronto.,
boarded
Toronto train'. , and, ;was -within
minutes of her destination at
Oakville when the tragedy
struck about 4.00 'pin. 'The. "train
wasdue, in Toronto . at 4.25 In
the turmoil and confusion' that
followed the ; accident;' '; Mrs.•
Moore's travelling 'case could.
.not be " found, and efforts -to.
identify her were' unsuccessful•
for some Unit. was about 11:30'
Wednesday morning that ` her
son, viewed the; body at an Oak-
• ville. Funeral • Home. to become
certain thatthe, victom was phis`
mother.:
MVlrs. Moore was • a 'passenger
the first coach of a seven -coach'
,rain. When the.car was .impaled
it snapped the, coaches from the
baggage cars and the two diesel
engines, which hauled the train.
The; detached sectionproceedect.
onto a. trestle spanning a ' deep
gorge, with the 'derailedbaggage
cars ripping into the ties and.
bridge •timbers.
The, impaled car in which the•
two ladies ,died, brought the pas-
senger coaches to .a derailed' stop
and possibly saved',them from
plunging_ into the nearby gorge.
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Born At Marvoch
Mrs -Moore was 'the ' former,
Lille Annette 'Bolt daughter of
the late Nathaniel and Elizabeth
Bolt, and 'was born sixty-five
years ` ago at Marnoch in East
Wa. wahosh Township.
Iter bl}sband, Gordon Moore,
was a : na'ti e' ofhit
_ .. v , Whitechurch and'
'they carne to Lucknow' in 1917,
.from. Whitechurch,when he was
appointed CNR section • foreman,,
succeeding Archie : Barbour.
Mr, and. Mrs. Moore • resided.
here for .,.seven years until hia
transfer: ` to :Rockwood in 1924.'
They remained there until 1.942
when Gordon 'was transferred to'
Acton, and where • they have
since resided; He -retired in 1956.
The .funeral service :was held.
in Acton on'. Saturday, with -bur-.
ial in Greenhill Cemetery, Luck -
now, at 2:00 'p.m. that afternoon,
the : committal servicebeing con-
ducted by.Rev., Andrew dV1ac•Ken-.
'zie. 'of • Knox Pesbyterian ,Church,
Acton. Pallbearers: were. • Jack
Fields, Clare •-Collins,.. Bob Pear-
don, Harold- Cook, :Mack Purdon
and Charles Finlay.
Quite a number of White=
Church and -Lucknow district.
friends gathered at the Cemetery
.to pay their last . respects;. and ; to
extend. their . sympathy, to :,the
bereaved:
Mrs',,,Moore: is survived by ,her
,husband; `one son,' Alvin Moore
of -Acton; • three daughters, Mrs.
Jack Fields •. (Muriel) Oakville;
Mrs: Clare Collins (Eileen) of
Georgetown; •Mrs: Bob•'•Peardon
(Helen). of Georgetown. , A son
Elmer died -as a. child and • is
buried in < Greenhill. •
Surviving also are five • sinters,
Mrs: Mary Mitchell and ' Mrs:
Jean Fox of Londor'i 1VIrs.' I3ar-
o1d Cook (Zona), of :Blyth; • Mrs:
John .Purdon (Annie)•, of White-'
church and Mrs: Olive ,Bruce of
Wallaceburg.
Their only: brother, Wrn. Bolt
died thirty years ago, in 1929, in
an industrial accident at Wing -
ham.
NO SENTINELPUBLISHED
ON .AUGUST 5th, 12th . '
Holidayswill be observed
at The Sentinel Office the
first two weeks • in August, •
and 'asa/ result there will
be no paper issued on Aug-
ust 5th or `August. 12th:
Faithful 'rural correspond-
ents will also have a "holi-
day." from preparing their
weekly budget. However, the
most newsworthy itemsof
that period,' could be includ-
ed in the . budget • for. the
issue of . August 19th, and if
convenient we would apprec-
iate receiving these items the
latter part of the , preceding
week.
CENTENNIAL WAS
STAGED: A. YEAR AGO '
•
One. year ago at .this time .the
Village of ':Lucknow. was' agog
with . anticipation, as we headed:
into the last: lap :of, pre -Centen-
nial :activities..
Th s. hundredth' birthday party
brought home` thousands of vis-
itors. and 'former. residents,' and
exceeded rims t everyone's. • ex
'pectat'ions ao a gala, happy ,and
memorable occasion. Many ,peop-
le are still talking. about 'the four- .�
day 'event,: which renewed .: