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WREOK . ENQUIRY ATE SBH.SUI '. I. . I ` Tll-iE TRIMNIINGS iriclude~ glittering ornaments with flat fruits, flowers, embroidered ribbons, quills, embroidery, soutache braid and cut-out motifs, in abewilderment `of shades V that you must see to realize. * - V . . ll REBUIIEE in nf {ha -nannl 'hio~'h nr-(11:11 Mr : hnr-Imn . Which portray an astonishing diversity of shapes` and sizes. Mushroom shapes, Breton and Rolling Sailors, wide- brimmed hats that narrow towards the front and back. -Chin- ese effects, emhroidered with oharaQters- and trimmed with pendant tassels, Russian and Persian Turbans. All. have one thing in common, a- higher cro`Wn than we have _had for many annnnnc yUU. 1llU5l.r ECU LU 1'Udl.lbUo OURSERVIGE is of the usual high order. s Mrs. Durken, who was with us _last season, is a thoroughly` experienced millin- er and very clever designerand` is supported by` Miss Constable, who has served you so acceptably and efficiently for many sea- sons, with the usual staff. of assistants. We can guarantee an exceptional service in `quality and value unsurpassed. 'e` 2i 3500 ELEGANT DISPLAY OF NEW MODES IN MILLINERY AT BRAOEBRIDGE ` _' .> ".'~_ 2` ` W V V " - . 1 I. ` ! `. ame Examiner 6- Saturday M ornin g. forgot. I was not speaking with Engineer Firman. at `Utterson. This was my rst `accident. The mail car and engine were the on- ly parts of my train injured. I was in coach next baggage when accident happened. Express ag- ent,- baggageman and_ two mail clerks were in cars in front. "Kn "'{5qe*; BRIO 'E1~1Z'a';ieh of Albert -Thornbury and Andrew Barclay was held on Mar. 14', be-- fore Coroner Mc_Leay of Graven- hurst, with CI`-OWI1 Attorney Thos. Johnson looking after the Crown`s interests. ' GSKLLLLD U 1115:, Ques.-If Agent Litcheld had the order he should have had the board against you? .. V A-no Vno {kn} 1.5 `kl\- (`Arm \ll. LL11 III`! LJCNI 6 l . Ans.-I do not know how oldll the car was. I do_ not remem-'1 her the car as No. 27 more thanil 12 or 13 years. The car cI*um_i: pied up." The tender entered it 1 half way. It was a wooden car.f The Company_use both wood and] steel. We had a light train for]! which I -would think that car all 1 right. Cars were all wooden i ones. It was my-duty to read the 1 order to the hrakeman and I did 1 not do so. There is nothing in ; the order to indicate -the order ` was given to agent at Utterson; Questioned by Mr. Fergusson: -1s there any. rule that governs transmission of order from ag- ent at Bracebridgevto agent at I-Jtterson`! T A..._ A......L -1. TT1l..._....._._ ALA--`J DU, YVLIGIIJ Lllll lI\J Dlibl) I ` Ans. I would rather let Mr. Litche-ld answer. Conductor was not pressed. Ques.~-~Was the mail car good- or an old car`? L...`._ I .1- ...._L 1_.___._..._ 'l_-__ _I.`I| \'J IJIIUJ. DLILI. A Ans. Agent, at Utterson should have copy of order. . It was his duty to have his order hoard against me.. f\11nn T-P Atrnrl` T;4n1\nn`A `ha-st` Z`x`:i`s.35"s`E<;`s`,ui` `is. i,he- com. pany s rule.~ He did not men. tion having the order. ntann Unuvn vs-A11 Innrl tats-r\1v1\v| A Qu`g;LI1s"'uI.;"{{ae" ~{v'Z=,}{ 11;} the agent, at meeting point only when it. is not given previously`? Ann T rnr\|'-nlnl ~nnnn11n n-n VVIIIJLL ll! IQ ll\JU SKVULI t}l\3V].\JlJDIJi Ans. I would receive an or- der fromv the agent at Utterson if I were there first. We get such orders every day, I cannot con- scientiously` say I ever `remem- ber not getting an order `from the agent at meeting place when I arrived Vrst. It is not the duty of a trainman to board the last car of a passenger train. It could not he done-. I was re- sponsible regardless of any or- ders at Utterson. Under the rules, conductor, engineer, re- man and hrakeman are all re- sponsible. V - nI1nn \x7l-..~.4 :11:-in vvnsun 1411417 I -tipuuwxuu. I Ques.-What was your duty at Utterson. _if the board was not against you? A-run T` 1-rvnn vuncv AI`! `vv `f\ 11145;` Q-ues.-Have.you had conver-. sation with Litcheld since? If` so, what did he say`? Ann T nynnl.-I nnlknn `Int TM -`I IJIULI. l.l(laVl.I.l5 I./1113 uxucx. ` J-\JI. IJICI. I Kenneth McLennan,_ the con. ductor, was -the next witness. Before giving evidence, he ask- ed the protection of the court. All the questions put to -him were answered frankly and_free- ly. There was no disposition to shield himself in any way. -His .manner of giving evidence left a most favorable impression. The main portions of his evid ence were as -follows:--- - llrb(JIl,ll.t3|J 'y\J\.l 3 Ans. It was my duty to wait. there. T `II - 'l':L_'Ll!-I.I -........l. -1. `I"|'J.L..... Il7l G. Mr, Litchfield, agent at Utter- 1. A. Mncl.uen.Vl:dit'or ' w. c. Walls. Business Mange: l Du_u, -3 vv 1,11. 1.1, ouxu .? I received no orders for No. 41 `but I received orders for myself that No. 4-1 and No. 1283 would ;meet at Utterson. When No. 41 `arrived I did not communicate the order to them. I Ques.---Why? I Ans.--I placed my board after '_gett.i`ng it but took it down to clear No. 44 southbound and then "forgot toreplace the -board. I did notthink of it till 41 was pulling out. I thought she was just pulling out to the switch to wait for No. 1283. I then heard No. 41 put -on steam and knew there would be trouble. I ran after the train to give the alarm. The accident happened short- ly'afterwar.d. I kept on running. I hnlrn knnn nrrnll I1" 1T{`nr`Ior`-u1\ [J Ilallll/I VV(Ll'l.lu J. DUFU `J11 I Ulllllllou I have been agent at Uttersmi since two years ago last June. and SIX years on` t.he road. I was not speaking to conductor or. engineer of N0. M._ I promised to see an old lady on the train, and went to do so and then went up to express car to attend to my. expressand baggage. `I put the board up after train started hoping the engineer might `see it. A,,, `KY, ,1], , ,,_.,',-__,_ -__ IT- IUUU, D(l.1\la `.110 lll-Du 1 DILVV vvu..J 41 coming through the cut. I shut off engine and put. on em__ ergency. Then` I jumped. My train was going 20 miles an- hour. Was just starting to climb up grade. I saw .-part of Thorn- bury tsqueezed between the en- ll son, sworn, said :- , . n n n . u us.-I -rur\ r\vnr1t\v\ lu ` Sam North. engineer on No. 11283, said:-The first I saw was `/`J nnnq:-nnn {Bunyan-H `Inn 1111` T 'BARRlE, CANADA. MARCH 15,1917 E. H. Fir-man Have been 4 years as brake- man and 26 years as conductor. Was on No. /11 at time of accid- ent. Left Bracebridge 2.18. I received the order in duplicate for myself and Engineer E. H. Firman. ~I gave engineer his copy. I handed my copy` to Supt. Lynch Friday night. Ar- rived at Utterson about` 2.55. I got no further orders. Did not show order to agent at Utterson. He gave me no orders. I gave the proceed signal to the engin; eer. He made no objection. At 11/2 miles north of Utterson we collided with No. 1283 extra south. Collision took place at the worst possible place-a rock out of 200 yards_ and sharp cur- ve. Could only see each other six or seven car lengths. En- gineer put the emergency brake oh when the two trains were a- bout a train length apart. There is a down grade going north. Freight" was coming up grade. `Agent at Utterson does not `have- to let us out. `So far as I know the agent at Utterson had no- thing to do with my movements. Of course, the order board was clear. I could and did move out without his order. I moved out because" I overlooked aptrain. I had` the order in my pocket but gine and tender. I was the length _of my engine, `tender and one .car from my engine when they struck. I had not got myself picked up. Fir-man seemed partly conscious and asked me if _I had an order to meet them at Utterson. I said -1 had and he said, That s right. Wilbert Grough, reman on the freight; said: The first I knew of trouble was when I heard the engineer apply em- ergency brake. So far as I know; our brakeswere all in good or- der." I helped get engineer out and he only said a few words. All I heard was, How did it` hap- nnn 9`- r _, ,- V Reginald Bidwell, conductor on the freight, was not able to add anything to the information adduced. ' Trainrnaster Piggottl, describ- ed the manner in which orders are transmitted to the train- men and. also told of the con- dition of the wreck when he ar- lrived at 8.20. Ans.-I had to attend to _freight and tickets and checking baggage, attend to express, get ready for Port Sydney stage. That is my busiest part of the day. On that particular day I was especially busy. I am sup- Def; i.it'ef1f`1_e1d, recalled, was "asked: How do you aceoimt for overlooking and neglecting to place the board after letting No. 44 pass? - Albert Thornbury "V I L/L/I\o Gordon Jackson, sworn, said: I am 3. mail clerk on this line about 14 months. I knew Bar- clay well. _I knew car No. 27. From indications`-I would infer she was a rebuilt passenger car. The joints were loose. She was very short and light with light -floor and light frame . "Finn H1`... lnnnnn-Int in lkn 4`n'l pos_ed to g tram orders. `III ... 171.__...____.. The Examiner is indebted to the Bracebridge Gazette for the following report of the "inquest into the Utterson fatalities. n I11 G111 U1 U5}. Do ' Mr. Fergusson asked permis- sion to call a witness to show the character of such interior cars as the mail car in this wreck. ' .lLI\'V1l.l.5 'VU1\J1\JlJo ' _ That Andrew Barclay and A1- bert Thornbury came to their death as a result, of a collision -on the Grand Trunk Railway, north of Utterson, Friday, Mar. 9, 1917, and we nd Conductor Kenneth McLennan and Agent Wm. Litcheld had made a mis- take in not obeying orders given to them a f'I'IL _ A_.-- ..-__ ______._ .('_......-_II_- J-l\J\JI. CNIIJJ. 116110 I-l.Clolll\Jo A The jury brought in the fol- lowing .verdict:- mun; A...,1.....-. 1:.'.....1..-.` ....A A1 The two men were .,formally charged before P. M. Wm. White immediately afterwards with manslaughter and will come up for trial at the.next assizes. U I u .L' IGJIUI by c Many floral expressions of sympathy were received, includ- ing: Allandale Lodge No. 442, B. of L. F. and E., Gates Ajar; Allandale Lodge .No. 486, B. of L. E., pillow; A1landa1e.Lodge', No. 516, G. I. Auxiliary to B. of L. E., harp; North Bay Lodge No. 723, B. of L. E., wreath`; St. George's Church, anchor, and many others. from friends of the degeasred. - `l1:...v...... ....-\.~ `kn-nn in VI`;-\ VJUUUGEUU. E. H. Firman was born in To- ronto in 1859. In 1877 he started work in the N, & N. W. shops, Toronto, and began ring the next year. He became aneu- gineer in 1884 and from that. until the dayof his death he had charge of engines on this divi- sion, discharging his duty with the greatest fidelity and efciency so that not the slightest mark- stood against his long record`. In the early days he ran out of To- ronto, then for several years his run was _' between Gravenhurst and North Bay, and for the last 'IOUIl U1 \JlJllo ! Tennyson s Crossing the Bar", beautifully rendered by Miss Gibson, closed the service. after which the procession left` the church as the Nunc Dim- ittis" was sung by the choir, and proceeded through the snow_cove'red streets to the sta- tion, then by special train to St. Paul s Cemetery, Innisl, and in that quiet God s Acre the body was nally committed to its last resting place. LUDIJILIE [Jl.ClUUo The pallbearers were: Geo. Lawrence, Robt. Jack, E. A. Lit- tle, Alex. Clark, T. G. Royce and Jno. Flaherty. T Nn-nun 4'].-xnn` (\17 ;r\1`|t\DD;t\Y\Q n{" Funeral of E. H. Firman Jos. Willoughby, agent at Bracebridge, told of receiving the order for the trains to meet at Utterson and of giving copies for conductor -and engineer to former. T7'-____'_lL `ll'_'I' __._.A__ IL-" _..... (Continued on give preference to -v 1'I.:nM-sanIo Covloos on. For nnnun [In ulunco] 8l.5o Page [5 A large amount of country correspondence and other inter- esting matter is unavoidably held over until next week. A pleasing innovation is `being introduced by Messrs. Moore & Armstrong in connection with their display of spring apparel. This is a public reception to be held _on Thursday evening, Mar. 22, from 8 to 10.30. Tea will be served and there will he mu- sic. No attempt will be made to induce people to buy. Every- one is invited. For further par- ticulars see Page 9. iWiIi*(4)l)\t.:`1'1S;tiii'r'('|"2l'}v :lV_I_z;c'l,1 17 Tmi nmen E-;p leined circum- stances Responsible for the Utterson collision. . s VV lhll \JUlLlUl1 I (lLll If Cafe Nnir Onlnn,.' Tea Black Tea Pure Milk Dinner from 11.30 to 2 pm. Supper from 5 to 8 pm. A la Game at all b11. hrmrs. N0 profane 1an;z'u2r allowed. . -No snmkin. HENRY & GARLAND, Proprietors Hazel Dawn and Owen Moore Under Cover l~J\.IlJ.L Chicken a la Royle T FISH . Broiled Whitesh Venitienne Butter IENTREES Beef Palates a la Financiere New England Dinner ROAST Prime Ribs of Beef with Corn Fritters Young Turkey-CI'anborry Sauce VEGETABLES Boiled or Mashed Potatoes Sweet Green Peas " DESSERT` II"l____,- 1-- I 11- 1-.- JJJJKJKJJJLI J. Green Apple Pie` Hot Mince Steamed Fruit Pudding \Vith Golden Smloe (1-0- `l\T,.:_. l\_ [GRAND lMar.1,.6 and 17 |Mar.19 and 20 This tinie Charlie .is on rqller skates and funnier than ever. In addition to above picture, a three-reel feature will be shown. lPRlCES:- 6c. and 11c. gowowuowoouuouwooouuouooo nu: l"rHIa RINK I ` Readlhe advt. Y money by doing so. VV_ellington _(_3_gfe AND BAKQUET HALL (In the Wellington Hotel) .II 3 Monday and Tuesday Charlie Chaplin Menu r-`on SATURDAY Thirty-ve Gents ` SOU? l'1`l__'..`I___. 13 Friday and Saturday A Public Reception OROWDED OUT Copies % Weekly 12 Pages % Section 2 Pages 5 to I2 in 5 parts __1N_ JL|v.l. Hot Pie 1]. 11.--).).'-- __ No. II You can `save OPERA HOUSE 54th Year.