HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-09-21, Page 3THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1960
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Boat Was Overloaded
London Jury Decides
Inquest Into Deaths of A. McLellan,
Mrs. McElroy, Mrs. Klein and
London Man at Sprinehank Park.
Overloading was the cause of the
speedboat capsizing on the Thames
River which claimed four lives and
sent three others to hospital, a eor-
oner's jury held Monday after the
inquest�into the death of Robert
Wilbur Jenkins, 22, of London.
'Others who diad in the Spring -
bank Park disaster August 18th
were' Mrs. Elizabeth McElroy and
Andrew McLellan, both of Seaforth
and Mrs. Agnes Prudence Klein, of
Mitchell.
The jury's findings, that Jenkins
came to his death by drowning
when the boat capsized, added:
"We strongly recommend that ap-
plicants for license to operate boats
for hire be subjected to a rigid ex•
amination as to capability and
knowledge of marine regulations.
"And further we recommend that
the carrying capacity of such boats
be established,and that the operat-
ing of these boats be subject to
regular inspections,"
Twenty witnesses were heard in
the four•and-a-half hour hearing in
London city court, including Carl
Ryan, 38, of Ashland avenue, owner
and driver of the boat and 7. J. Mof-'
fatt, divisional supervisor of the
Dominion Department of Transport's
Steamship Inspection Service,
Answering questions of Crown At-
torney C. C. Savage, K.C., Mr. Mot.
lett said there were regulations gov-
erning the life-saving and firefight-
ing equipment of such boats, hut
that there was nothing governing
the operator or subjecting his bolt
to inspections,
The section of The Canada Ship.
ping Act dealing with qualification
and certification of personnel, ho
said, referred only to vessels of five
gross tons or more.
To operate a small boat, Mr. Mof-
fatt said, one can obtain a license
at anv Customs mike on filling out
a declaration on a "Form 13." Under
the present Act and regulations
there need be no inspection of his
boat either before or after he ap-
plies.
Presidsng Coroner Dr, A. R. $out -
ledge asked: "If I, knowing nothing
of boats, buy one, charge passengers
whatever 1 please, take them out
and drown them can nothing be done
to me under these regulations?"
Mr. Moffatt answered no.
"That's the perfect crime, then,
as I see it," said Dr. Routledge.
"This is a Sad state of affairs.
There's something wrong here some
place."
Mr, Savage noted there could be
charges under the Criminal Code.
Mr. Moffatt said that cause of the
capsizing In his opinion was turning
the vessel at high speed under par-
ticular loading conditions.
"Not in my opinion," Mr. Moffatt
answered when asked whether a
mechanical breakdown of the reverse
gear yoke could have contributed to
the accident.
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Other witnesses voiced similar
opinions on effect of breaking oi' the
reverse -gear yoke.
"I haven't anything to hide and
I want to help in any way I can,"
Mr. Ryan tolthe court after Mr.
Savage explained he could testify if
he wished but that there was no
eom ulsion.
Mr. Ryan said he had been operat-
ing boats taking passengers both on
the lake and river for three years.
This was the first occasion lie had
any trouble.
lie said he paid $3,150 for the
boat and "felt it would be safe in
every regard. I took all the precau-
tions I knew. Therewerelife pre-
servers and a fire extinguisher. The
life preservers were across the
fiont and beside the two front
seats."
He said he had never asked how
many the boat should earry, but
that he made a practice of taking
all for whom there were seats.
He told of his life-saving efforts
after the capsizing. "If I had had
anybody to help me I could have
saved them all," he said.
Mr. Ryan sal! ne was not making
a right turn at the time the boat
tipped, but that the boat had "lung-
ed" and "threw everybody out but
me." He fought clear after he had
been dragged under with his boat.
Disagreeing with those who said
the yoke breaking would have z�.'__.""
effect, Mr. ,Ryan said that a small
lug from the yoke could lock the
meshing gears. He believed this had
happened, and, with passengers lean-
ing to the ]eft, caused the capsizing.
Lloyd Shepherd, of Niagara -on -
the Lake, president of the firm that
built Ryan's 17 -foot utility boat,
said that "at a moderate speed" the
boat could be filled with people
standing side by side. "We recom-
mend slit," he testified.
Regarding the safety of the four
passengers who had been sitting on
the cover over the engine, Mr. Shep-
herdspeesaid they were `safe at low
d".
Other witnesses said There were
nine passengers and Ryan in the
boat.
With 10 passengers the boat
wouldn't drive 20 miles an hour,"
sai: Mr. Shepherd.
Provincial Constable Bob Lambert
quoted Ryan as first saying there
were not more than seven including
himself aboard, but that investigation
showed there had been 10.
He told of recovery of three bod-
ies through dragging by members of
London Fire Department. He said
that with R.C.M.P. Constable Fred
Ouseley he found six life preservers
wedged beneath the bow deck of the
boat, and that they were removed
"with consjderable difficulty".
Constable Ouseley said the life -
preservers would not have been easily
accessible to passengers in an emer-
gency.
Five passengers told of the boat
pulling away from the dock, heading
toward the darn, the wide turn back
and passage between the cement
abutment, a sharp sudden turn to the,
right and then the spill.
They were: Miss Beatrice Bannist-
er, of R.R. 2, Wilton Grove; Mrs.
Ruby Apel, of Sebringville: Mrs.
Grace McLellan of Seaforth; Ira
Grosbeck, 856 Oakland avenue, and
Eric Hodgins, R.R. 1, Loran.
They told of the driver crying
"hang on" as they approached the
abutments, and of him saying some-
thing about it being "too heavy at
the back end".
WINTHROP
Further contributions to Winthrop
Community Centre.
Foster Fowler 85.00; George Camp-
bell $3.00; Thos. Pryde (MPP $10."
Leslie Doimage $3.00 making a total
of $5,00 from him, Total to date
$500.00.
Issue New $ulletini
"Does Your Soil Need Lime" is the
question asked on the cover of a
bulletin just issued b • the Ontario
Department of Agriculture. The bul-
letin in its eight pages goes briefly
into the ways of finding the answer
to this question. Then, if the answer
is "yes", it proceeds to show how
lime may be applied, where it may
be obtained and the whole general
story. There is also a map of Ontario
by counties showing the areas which
are generally deficient in lime. All in
all, this little bulletin should be a
useful addition to any farmer's lib-
rary. It can be obtained by getting
in touch with the County Agricultural
Representative or by writing to the
Statistics and Publications Branch,
Ontario Department of Agricuitrxe.,..,._..__.. i
Buildings, 'Itoronto. f is
Bulletin 477, and there is iio charge
to Ontario farmers for this material.
The Pickford -Fairbanks Love Epic
The future of the movies hung in
the balance when Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks fell in love and
Hollywood's Golden Age began.
Adela Rogers St. Johns tells the
story of this famous romance in
"Love, Laughter and 'Tears" in The
American Weekly with this Sunday's
(September 24) issue of Detroit Sun-
day Times.
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