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LUCKNOW, .ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,. FEB. 22nd, 1967'
rously Injure
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two Dead
WA.Y.NE'
COURTNEY;, ,17 '
Three . In Longi
This Van Type
chool, BusWas A ` Scene.
and.$erious injury Following ,14 Collision
WithA Train On Monday .Night At Ripley
The post game elation of winn=
f Deatl
•r
sir
ion'MaeNay.: 22 -year-old
f .Mr, and, Mrs. •A,lex
fay of .Lucknow was
uled'to graduate as a flying
r with the Canadian Aix
in a few short weeks bu
n death,
c.lairx�ed-the : j
otin
y g,
,n as he went` through some.
.final • training 'at '
anadian.Forces Base at
;e La Prairie:inManitoba
'hursday. '
ion, g
along ' with' Flying
:r •David W. Smith of New
ninster., British' Columbia.,,,
reit lives when their twin-
e'D'Expiditer aircraft • '
,d.on takeoff at the Canad-
b
4,;f R'DON MacNAY'
ian •Forces base •The•p'ilot,•
-along with officer cadet ;MacNay
•were,in th'e process of practicing
landings`an;d takeoffs •vihen; the
accident happened: This is part
of theextensive training which,
•Gordon has taken since joining.
the Air Force in the 'Sumner'of'•
.1965: His early';tra<ining'wa.s
taken: at• Centralia and; after
completion of his basic aircrew
indoctrination' course there he,
was posted ;to Moose„ Jaw , Sasha
tchewan , : where he was taking
jet.trainirig.,4 short time a?o. '
.he was posted' to portage for a
'three month course •and ,was
vii bin a' few weeks of complet-
ing his overall training and re-
ceiving his wings:
Officer Cadet John Gordon
Mac'Nay Was born on •November•
23rd; 1944 at Kincardine
Hospital. He was the sonOf
Alexander MacKay and Margaret
.Button, former residents of. Para-
mount who'resided in Lucknow'
at that timeand who have been
residents here 'since. Gordon grew
up: in' Lucknow ,, attending public
and -high schools here and later •
attended Ryerson'Institute,in Tore
onto Following a period'of ern
ploym,entin; Toronto', he joined'
the Air Force and was keenly
enthusiastic about his chosen field.
Gordon visited with his parents in
Lucknow at Christmastime and •
'many who had the opportunity to'
talk• to him then realized his. tltmth-
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ins. the ;.ln/O A,A...Juvenile D"
' hockey championship' turned ,into
an incident of horror -ori Monday
night for'residents : of Ripley and--
Huron Township as nine :young:'
Huron 'boys. were.,san.dwiched in a
van type school.bps by. a CNR
day -liner coach
The.bohad'le•ft the. hi le
Ys'
arena and were heading uptown;
to the Ripley .restaurant when •
death 'and'`seri.ous'injury stalked...
the youthful group.' The' bus,had
travelled only, a few feet south •
from the arena. orl:the.15th.. of
afiuron,which is Ripley's main'
• street • when the CNR 'dayliner,
pulling obit. of the Riipley station
carte in collision. with.the bus
j -,load• of nine boys,
'., '
. C<lled'ae the'.scene was 'WANE
r MacDONALt•COURTNE1' ' 17
year old son of.Mr, and: Mrs.:
'Leona d Courtney of suron Town
".
ship
••
•
KENNETHr PILLEN 18-yearr1old
.son,of Rev. and.Mrs. Harold.. D:
Piller" of Huron township, , passed.
:away- the 'following morning in •
Victoria 'Hospital: in London. He
suffered a skull fracture,
• Five sons Of Mr. and Mrs. Leon:
,ard Courtney were ruing in the
bus at the time of th accident;
fyesides Wayne', who was pronoun-
ced dead at the scene by I')r,
Tindall of Ripley*, four others
Were injured two quite Seriously.
CO
' Y ,�' a, s, •,:
81:A TN COi.IRThI'� I."
transferred to" Kir cardhtie Hospital
and then', on to Victoria Hospital
hi London,, His injuries t+ver.t 'a
fractured skull and at writing' time
Tuesday was in ser eriouS coil
d'ition
transferred to r<thc4trdine i ospital•
CHARLES
'LIDDLE, 17';
14 Pages.
KENNETH
PILLEN '18' '
Ion Hospital',
LARRY .:
COURTNEY, 15:s
BLAIN
'COURTNEY, 17`
sur In Kincardine Hospital
ELLIOTT
LoWRY, 18
IAN
',COURTNEY, 11
with Tnultiple skull fractures ane.
then on to Victoria f"'ospital in
1 London. His cant ition Tuesday
was serious,' •
IAN COL'R,TNEI
cardine Ifospital with possible
skull fracture`.. '
. CAMERON COURTNEY!'1;
in•.!<ncardine blospital with head
lacerations.
•
CHARLES son 1✓h,l.on.of • .,,
Mr..,and Mrs,. Jack; Liddle of
Huron. .was taken to '' Kincardine
Hospital 'and then transferred to: •
'Victoria Hospital in London with•
a compound fracture of both legs,
aapossib1e fractured; jaw and an
i•njury to the thigh .
DALE'LIPTLE. 10 'also a•son of
:Mr. and Mrs. Jack Liddle
Y:incardine Hospital with massive'
skull laceration. j
ELLIO•T•T: LOWR Y." 15, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Eldon Lowry': of Huron
.township. is in'K'incardine l'iospit- e
a1 with po<sible: fractured ribs and 11
a kidney injury..
'I:he tragic accident numbed res
..idents of this area after word was
first received on M.MIond'ay night.,
The small 'school bus was driven.'
by, Charles 'Liddle, The Liddle
farrii1y operate a °school bus serrce
for the pupils cif°iiuron West Cent'-
• Fecause of 'the small size of 'the
CAMERON
COURTNEY, 9.
DALE
LID:LE,.'10,
b'us, ' it i s also a practical, vehicle
for personal use; and .Charles, a
member of the .:Juvenile hockey
team ' •had it at• th,e game on"
Monday night and was'accompan-
ied by, neighbourhood"friend:
After defeating Brussels. 5 .- 3 on
Monday night,,. and'wi �nin z the '.' „
WO: A, A.' Juvenile "n" champ-
ionship:three garnes to one in the,
'best-of-five'series •the group of ..!.•..
nine hopped'into the'bus to mingle:
with. spectators•:at the locajrest.-
aurant. Ripley is a -flag. station
aitd the C ,'n train had stopped •to;'
pick, up a passenger and was"head-
ing.north:out. of Pipley' at about
35 miles per hour.. The train
would norinally1be travelling
faster if it had not been flagged .
Ra'ynmond.Farr of Stratford was
engineer on the dayl'iner.,Thonias
H. Ferguson of Kincardine„was •
conductor -and carne`s Gardner of
•
Lutknow,wa's the baggagenlan,,
Following the collision which
happened at 11 p,rn. mnm.any,area
residents were on harid';,to assist
very quickly, .One of'the first at ':..,
Y.
the scene was arena ntanager'
Allan Colling and Mrs, 'Coiling..
Charles Liddle was' pinned .by the
,legs and it was necessary .to'lift
the vehicle to free h'im., Followiuz,
the:"collision the bus 'carne to.
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