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......,,...,. rue car had. gone on 17 feet from barrier. At hen o clock the night before, {lantern was not broken. Red `light could be seen on good level road on goods clear night for about a quarter of a mile. It was clear enough when he came. "I think it was a proper enough danger ` signal. witness _ .. Y.--`-- 3 ' ' l`3,arIe3.' . R 1'1: ----.-nu uutc HU` _McKEm\:.w-.a: ; m....1..VL-_-- - 591 I O :FROCKINS-~In the R. V. : Thursday. Aug. 2. 1923. i Frockins.'Bt-ock St. Fu ments have not yet been I ; \(,,t.'r1ru,\~ . u . .uu..u.un:.=1.-uV---.`L' her late resid Blackt horne..-\\'e.. Toronto, or July 29. 1923. Margaret Green of Frank .\`IcKernan. formerly Funeral Wednesday. Aug. 1, Church. interment Mount Hope . -._.. uuu Anna. :1. 11. Du :TO0KE--At Barrie, on W i .1, 1923, a. son to Mr. a: ; Tooke, 205 Bradford St. uuc mszuence. 933 Daniel Kidd Ross town}. in his 75th mu: nuu|t:l`S|I.ll( I30 had heard -someone nun hen it ran f fleet. `gout. from behind {standing on the'r ` er vehicle. su'ered the rjfender. but v ';ed by the bus. loss The bus w : gon Bradford St. wh -Dort thought the into one of tl as going Alla en the lighu another car, oad in front ;garage, and a buggy and ran in Needless to say, the of a wheel a ery little damage v MoO0N-KEY'--In Barrie. on Sunday, July 29, 1923, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. -'3`. McConkey. - I ! `1RODGERS-~In thge R. v. Hdspital. -m Thursdziy, Aug. 2, 1923, a daughter `,0 i Mr. and Mrs, J. R. Rodgers, Brock st- 'I`f\(\'l I D A _ ,,,.__.. -u ruc A. V. ITIUSPHQI, 1 Tuesday. July 30, 1923,` a daugb ,' (Marion Jean) to Mr. and Mrs. W. I Humphries. MoO0N-KEY---In J: f Geo. lI,fV V I I HUMP-HR.II$-In the R. July 19 Jean) ; MtJY\NTc'DV 1__ I ), uuy, ll Helen '1 Francis ` IULDIJLL I.--1 UNI!1N--In (kntral 4 ist Church, (Barrie, Saturday, J 1923, by Rev. E. T. Douglas, M-aude, dauglrer of Mrs. Marguer} net. Barrie, to Stanley George of Toronto. nlnvrn .-- - ,- unuy 01, oy HOV. IJCED Teresa McLaughlin of `s Wells of Toronto. .........\. uu scum siae andon kfnorth side the word Detour was -t marked; aiso Road closed to traic. n Highway was good up. to barricade. t Plank was across` the road, 16 or 18 t feet long. Plank was thrown around I and` upright was thrown` 40 feet. 1- Ditch was about 4 feet deep. The car {had gone through the barrier before ' it had struck -the ditch. ' It was lying ` 9,15 or 20 feet beyond barrier. ` When` he had first gone down, Mr. ` Gough had spoken to` Chas. Saun- 4 ders, the latter `his `name and I where he had come from. _Sa.unders I .. ..u.u.:-La_v. Aug. 1, D0 Ho 1 1`n.s.~A..... !..1-. or -A- .uu nU. norm year. IIIIUII, eects. . Auctioneer mgneli: Sale LIn Its. Barrie, Wednesday, Aug. . and Mrs. W. V}. 5 Rrafnwl Q-5 - -v-~---.-V --VH6 aria-_v. -July 31. 19: 933 Duerin St-.. ldk l-fnvv-\--'-- _ ,,_ --v -vuu 05 6215'` V-Dort they could last the Huxtable us was Allandwle-wards St. when the l;uh+.. ...... N u\:A mu: residence, III \-e., Toronto, on Sunday, Greeneld, wife ernan_ fnrnuu-In ..c n---~ the R. Hospital, V )1! . Mrs. Robt. it Funeral arrange- Jyet made._ ' BORN ` If. oaunerman, Vgu. high-class household 8. Salsa 414* A on _ _.` ........c..., uau neara the horn blowing after midnight and had taken no no- tice of it for a while; as it was a common occurrence. '. He had gone down with his b_o,v and they had tak- .,....cnu or... roronm, (=formerl_v' of (`oaks- vmr u_--- ...-muuclu, W118 :. of Bame. to St. Clair lmmt Flnnn -u-----` --7 R--In Central Method- >, July 28, `r. Helen Bannerman, V511. fh_A`aas L....-_L vr -q`Ill Bafrie, Tues- EV- Dmm Qmnnn-.. eu -vl Ullf 081118 nher car, which \ wu-x of Brysoulv and ran intn +1m'l---- 5uuI-5 AIIEHGUIC-V lighter car ` mhtlr nub` "'L:`L A. Ayerst. got ` av.-.-L ---V -'- -.su LNMTIC, v._ Dean Sweeney 11195- , ---..., \ll auxyouu Id mto t-he" larg- the Gray-Dart and a bent immgyp um .~......._ . accu we night not the bridge] - Saunders said, `I saw the light , I Dr. Snell stated positively. . , I When he had seen J. Q; Saunders 9 first, he was dead, having died from compression of the thorax. g . `Asked by the foreman of the jury, Dl`.- "Snell said he had seen no `signs of drinking at all. ` Light Visible 1005 Rods - Wm. Gough, who lives a quarter _of a mile west of-the scene ofvthe - accident, had heard the horn blowing T midnight and had uh... M -A u-w uU|L`C-'UUFU. at 4.30 pm". . . . . . . I0-OUC 312.00-15.00 on no- [;pe`c;.;;e{.-1132 1923. at.` his St-.. Toronto, ,,-v ,.c n..,.x... . . . i)~0I,K,` 31.00,-2.50 `ana- ..../9`0-95 50-5-_`ic . . . . 60-65 . . . . 75-80c $1.25-1.30 . . . . 75-806 . 75-80 I0l'I'|1Z 0" 1sUDylll, Jll daughter Mrs W I -- vvllt was sustain ~- | DWCVU 8) , \Ba:-rxe so 'st to T girl bgr- I the no-606 25-28 811.25 `tuna Ufa .UU .` 35c um 1. ur- Burditt The .` .:x-` the same around 30 400.000 ,2`: Wells are daily 0`.\'_ what it we supply eve- uv n1\~'I ll'v 4 The stri T 8 depth (1 had made` of ne in supply is than the A ently no+ : in any wa inutibn in on account nu n * two new 4 during th there is 11 to supply 1 N... ..L__J Hurray work im wells, wh water vbef sunk. T _- J `"1"t's"e piped intq first of n be laid th aa_ fast a. The d V ition. It might have been knocked I there or carried there. ' Thought of His Mother Dr. `Snell, assistant to Dr. Lewis, I had got tothe scene of the accident * \ between 3.20 and 3.30.` He had no- ` ticed the bodies on `the bank of the ` ditch and driver sitting to the left. ` The main part of the latter s con- 1 versation was that he was worrying 1 about the accident, particularly about his mother and was saying, 0, , my God! at times. Saunders said 1 he had seen the -light and that was 5 all he had remembered. Witness } hadn't seen the light the bridge. light ,] stated nnsifivnlv . LII`. u been furt yesterda abundanc uid. W seventeen of ten dn derfully 4? degre clear as :- 95.7. 5.3 Memb were Dr. 1R:-burn. son, J. I) v\-\- 11 (yo suitable On m( Richard. cepted `a 4.... ----- Miss for res you, th do not to a pro agemen Educati 'Resi ldkm EL Iiart a ca was work u possibl warm 2 heating toilets. two do AA! 1:: ter, sp13E' -of the r-arpma an V out ing in down. its wei On]: vated and a enclos The aitera two cl botwe open feet; bies, girls. _ 303* '1: ml vuvuguvn . I What did you see? inquired : Crown Attorney Cotter. I saw pa- pers lying` around, twoibeer bottles; one full and one empty, just beside the car. The bottles were wrapped in common newspaper. They had a green label on `them and the word. export on the top part (partly ll- ed -bottle- produced). o - I1`.\vnn\iun.-l I..- G -- ` co , vuu .-.....uuu wen me (`ll`lVel`. V Witness and Gagnon had _put up I the lantern about 8.30. Friday night. It wasn't broken then. It could be seen a quarter of a mile. sure, ` Thomas said. They had had lantern up fifteen or twenty nights before. ,'I`here is a slight hill_ which goes down to a creek and you could see light from back at the top of this 1 hill. witness remarked. The car1 hadn't gone into the ditchiuntil af-. ter it had struck the` barrier, witness 1 thought. ' ` H\l7L..L .1; 1 ` ~ Iii`rv..I:'uck sV Good Work _ Coroner Dr. Lewis remarked on I the very fine way Mr. Luck had tried , to rescue those pinned under car. , A Wm. Thomas, who resides near the. bridge, about 80 rods from the ac- , `cident, said he was wakened up by - Mrs. Luck, who told him to go down` to the scene of the `accident. Mr. Luck was right at the car. He had heard someone` underneath calling j for help.. Mr. Gagnon and Mr. Luck : and Mr. Graham were there. Luck 1 was trying to lift the car. Two of i themhad lifted the car and Gagnon had put skids underneath. They had iifted the dead man out first, then I the girland then the driver. `vifhnnn nngl I"----A~- uuung Irom the car. Charles Saunders had his feet up on the pedals of the car and he was pinned under& the car entirely. He hollered `Help! when I came up. witness said. Witness h_ad `called some men at his place to come and help. There were three altogether. Two of them lifted the car and the other pried it. up. Had to Move Dead First "Before we got the driver out, we had to remove the bodies of the dead girl and man, he -said. Charles Saunders didn't say anything. He wasn t able to walk at that time, but wasable half an hour later. Saun~ ,ders asked for the dead about fifteen minutes after he was taken out and s then broke down. The bodies were {i laid out on the bank. ` Barrier Described What was the barrier for? en- quired Crown Attorney Cotter. f`Tol stop traffic. They used a sixteen- foot plank fora barrier, raised `up three feet at both ends, with a lan- oi . tern on it which `gave a good light la} (lantern was here presentedto jury). ei!-rht feetlrom Where it had been `wt hanging. The car had. we At o'clock `no night: hgfona, `Inning... .----` -~- Re , -..-_.a~u Finding of Bodies .. Describing those killed, witness` said he had found cut across chest of thedead man and one arm was outside. The back of the seat was , across the lady's throat. Two other gentlemen helped himto remove the bodies to the fence. Chas. Saunders was just as if running the car, `only. upside down. When he had got him `up, he had loosened up hisclothes. i P 3 b There was no pulse going on the ldend people .and there waseno signt `of breathing. _ ' ,_ .... -.,, _---. .. uavcu um ume." _ I-may-T "vvny didn't you tend to the] Asked by Dr. Lewis, witness saidIb0.V?" 1 am not 8 d0ct0I`- WhY' if an auto had gone straight throughi did V911 81100)) aI`0..lmd the car? To the barricade, it could have gone 60 9 nd h1S.8dd1'e8-8- "Who handed YOU rods tothe bridge, ` the bottle? I saw him (Thomas) Finding-of Bodies take.two bottles fr<:,rn the car. I am ' _thos_e killed, witness.?33Xf Ehti . - . ` .._!.l L. | I ._..-..-V. auu upucu UUDWGBH me endg-" of the -barrier and the ditch was] Commencing his cross-examination. through with gravel. The barrierfders. 80-`Used G008`?! Of being the was up at ten o'clock when I wasitown busybody." to which witness re- .great enough for a wagon to go|C. J. McLaughlin, counsel for Saun-` there," he said. I don't know any-ipliedy "1 W88 not th e town busy- thing about it after that time." |body. Why didn't the] soidIb0.V? Whyi if R" lltn hl` (Inna ..L....:..LA. 4.I__.,,, I '.I!.I .-...- -- ' ` ` I Asked bottles was wl gardingv detour sign at corner of Penetang and Ridge roads. There was another detour sign a mile and , Gone a quarter west at where accident saw it happened. There had not been a handed light there until Saturday night. smock 4 _ Room at_End for-V-Vehicle to Can Mr. Luck then describednthe road iterate at the scene of the accident. Thefed to}? road was thirty feet wide at the bar-j an_d I ricade. The space between the e`nd;dl'mk." of was] Com! Attorney Cot. Hand.` .....- on [ r bottles; at `y.....3.I.. ev uu W-ll rt. 1- Kr. 3. ,-_. .. bats. Ill` 3 formation, Constable Rich said, Mr. ,. Gough was very reticent in giving information to me. ' 9 ' Witness said he had not noticed ;. anydight on the barrier or bridge whenjhe had `gone out. The morning was quite clear. Theecar had tra- velled about the centre of the road ` before it had come to the barrier and then it had swerved to the south. 1 The distance` from place where bralt~ _es were applied to the barrier was 55` feet. ' The indications on the M road were that they were applied suddenly,_ he said. The left groove was rather deeper than the right. I I. 3 | 5 v to the ditch. Witness could not say whether the north end "of-the barrier n was down or not. '1` w... mL.-;-- in - ~~ wuuu-.u u (YUHIPIBCO I the ditch. ' He calling from the m\ll%'.\.u G--4-~ ' e.... .,.....c auury as ne told you. Questioned closely by co about Gough s willingness to gii formation, g 1II7.'..-_- e -- - - ,.........-nn w.u u. U11`. LJIICK ' haui pointed out the spot where the ; cross-piece of the barrier was lying. It was 48 feet from the original pos- ition east. It was not intact. - Regarding the bottles produced at the inquest, Constable Rich` said. The beer bottle was handed to me by a man on the scene, who said it was taken from the car. Gough had told me about the liquor. He told me the same story as he told you. i Questioned counsel ix) give in- ` formation. Constable 1:.-.1. ....-A un- vuuuv ,_ _---- .. vvlvll one Slg N0 | Traffic on it. . To the left in` black letters on a yellow ground was the sign Detour" pointing north. V I examined the road for car tracks and noticed that 55 feet west of the barrier, there were indica- tions of a car having swerved to the right. It would indicate that the driver had first seen the red lamp 1 there, witness said. The distance 1 from the barrier; to the cartinthe ' ditch was 26 feet. He had noticed `. that wheel marks went to the right, ` from a point `west .of the barrier, in f a gradual circular turn. Mr. Luck had pointed .5. nlinan ml.` .. - . ...__, ..l..`...v4unuaucI`y uuree Ieet deep. The second concession of 01-0 ran across at this point and there was a barrier across the road east of` the second concession with the signb;`Nl<: ac Detonr" ll! . - -....-.. \lL Avcvullllilllelltts Provincial Constable Rich said that on his arrival at 3.45 am. he had} interviewedDr. Lewis and Dr. Snell, I the latter being with the driver. I I . Constable Rich had taken Ia roughgc - survey, exaniineid the car, viewed the I ;, bodies. The young lady was lying be-v F . side the car; Quimby Saunders wasgd ` lying near the fence on the south i, side of the road. _ Dr. Lewis had pro- 3 nounced `life -extinct in the two bod- S1 ies. In company with Constable Ray- ner he had taken measurements. The 2 t( moadway, shoulder to shoulder, wasjw 30 feet wide; the ditch on each side: . was approximately three feet deep.` sennnrl nnmm...:.... .: n--- - ~ i. ,1 `( ( ( . - ' l _ m We luwuwm. . we stated very positively. Q Left BmkeyNot Working This concluded the evidence sub- , _ fmitted. Henry Bryson, garage owner, who: I I Crown` Attorney Cotter, in his ad- had examined the brakes, said thatldress to the jury, said that it was the service brake was working pe1`- for the jury to say whether with a fcy Onlihe l`i8`ht Wheel but the left em-oper danger signal on the barricade W88 Mt 10ki"8`- This Wollld make-there was any reason that the accids. the left has less effect. The emer-( ent should not have taken place. If i gency brake acted the very opposite the light was out, the young man did J` t0 the service brake. The deciency not have proper warning of the bar. of the service brake when app_lied.rier. The evidence of Miss Pearl!` Would Swerve the car to t-he`right.Graham had been very positive that , I can't understand ho\v the `carithe lantern was not lit at twelve o - ' . , I turned a complete somersault, -from l clock and there was no reason to d1s- 3 the condition the car was in, saidlbelleve her. the witness. It could have turned! C- -7- McLaughlin; '_ sideways and turned over after a!Chas. Saunders, waivedhis right to?! slight skid. ,address the jury. but nninfm-l ....+ la V . Lei;-Brake Not the working fnnflu nnl-I... ..:._LL _-.I. 1 ' ,_,........uu nuuuu umb." J '3 You were talking to him. Did `t he appear to have had a drink?" `5 queried counsel. That is a pretty is hard question to answer. The man `' was excited and hurt and it was hard to tell `whether he was drunk or so- her," answered Gough. Did you get `any odour of liquor?" Yes. I was right up against him." 3 Withdrew Term Coroner Dr. Lewis requested a re- ` traction `from Mr. McLaughlin, of 1 the term, the town busybody, as I counsel was only at the inquest by 1 ' favor of the Crown. This counsel . I acceded to. The Coroner remarked that everyone had done his best to` help after the accident. No Sign of Liquor in Barrie Maitland Banting of Barrie had seen the parties in the City Cafe about one o'clock Saturday morning. The lady did not get out of the car. He had not noticed anything out of T the ordinary at all and had smelled no odour_ of liquor when they were in the restaurant. Q I" s V n `in the car and I'm going to have an- 7 other drink." Witness continued, We were searching the car and came D across thetwo bottles (produced at inquest). The words Old Blend Whitehorse were on one of them. Asked if he knew what was in the. f bottles, Gough said, I supposed it whiskey; I didn't taste it." , Continuing, witness declared, I . it taken out by Thomas and he handid itdtot mle. _tI put it tinder my smoc an oo 1 away. gave 1 Constable Rich later." Gough re- 1 ad iterated that Saunders had exclaim- . he ed to him, I have a bottle in the car `; 1 I1 1-.,and' am going to have another ' ;d';drink." Tells of Measurements ...`.- -3-) I1 v..u... ul 1 uuuc U1 nurrle. .' George Savonne Luck, husband of . the last witness, told the story as he saw it. His wife had called him at 2.20 and he had gone over to the car at the corner west-of the bridge. ` The car was upside down, having turned a complete somersault into ditch. Hp kn-A |........a ---- - -uvv IIUDIUCU er The car of `A _._ ___,;! u u vi a 1 HC lllllll . was [ h. get " , n an .11 U` o e s. The: L`, was )1 deep. I\ s-As. .y um. nave warning '`;` Iplied rier. Miss Pearliw" ri5ght.fGrahmn tha : `cari the ,m.:. you; said i believe for n-nedi counsel for! U ; 1- waived his right toiills e ' o '- _` * A . I nnrl address the mrv hn+ .m...;.. --- V 4lll& V with h Alcona I A`... ` vualr umoons tor the week. ' - , Richard Gibbons of Toronto spent the weekend with his mother. Mrs. Gilbons. Mrs. Jas. Lee of Cedar Harbour gave 3 -`ea in honour of Miss Pansy Nichols of Tor-I4 onto. o ' cr0P- /__,.... ,.....c u. .-uu.swn on rrxdayi `afternoon was a tie. 10-10. being called at the end of the eighth owing to darkness. 1 Mrs. Walter Smith of Toronto is renew- ing old acquaintance here. Earl Reid made a business. trip to Tor- onto last week. The fall wheat is allout and is a good{ CPOD. me ueag-ue game afternoon eighth $m&th V was `about -80 rods from the house , aw uuuuh avuu HIIIES. inquest was adjourned until Mon-` day afternoon at 2 pm. ' Little Girl Heard Horn- Mrs. Jessie Luck, who resides on con. 2, Ore, near the scene of the accident, said that her" little girl, about two o ci0ck on Saturday morn- ing. had told her of hearing the horn which was going continually. Wit- ness had gone to the window. and heard the horn from the corners est of the bridge and had called her s- band , who had come to the-window and t-hen had gone out withshis son. She had helped her son to get the horses and then she had gone out. She had gone over to the auto, which and `had first seen the car down in the ditch, but she had seen none of those-in it; -Then witness had gone to Gloug'h s--to call a doctor and the Chief of Police of Barrie. Canny`; Qnunnu- I-- - uu II` . her t \CI an: Vlslllg mends here. Berry-picking seems` to be the order of the day. Raspberries are reported a good crop. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons and daughter of Bar- ` rie spent Sunday with friends here, `I Mr. and Mrs. Strogess of Whitby are vis- I , iting the formerfs sister. Mrs. '1`. Dempster. 1 Mr. and Mrs. S. Robson of Barrie spent : Sunday visiting friends here. : Mrs. D. Gauley of Toronto called on} friends here on Sunday. `H : Mr. and Mrs. J.- Speers of Barrie are t spending some time with friends here. 5 The Anglican W. A. held a very success- fui and protabie meeting at the home of Mrs. G. L. Davis on July 26. . Miss Kate Hicks of Beamsville has re-In turned home after spendingesome time with I jc hnr C.-{and u.-_- mi: 3 E D ,` at me name 0; Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. J. Miller and three so ver are visiting friends here. B9I`l`\'~uhil\l.';na can--~ `- L` uuu|t'l`\'HlE nemg 8089111 on Mr, and Mrs. Wallace Can rie spent Sunday Witnh- the 1 at the home of Mr. and Mr N I um..- --,- A- K\7 ; Coroner Dr. W. A. Lewis, in his` charge to the jury, rehviewe_d the var-- jious contentious points in the case: '[pointing out that Chas. Saunde`rs,! 3,driver of the car, must have been `fin a very dazed condition when found ' after the accident and consideration i 3 '1 I v - should be given to this. The jury was out from 5.10 `p.m. Q; `;to 6.55 p.m.. when the am... ......A:nL- July 30.-The pulpit (if the Presbyterian? Church was occupied last Sunday by Rem! W. Johnston of Churchill. Rev. R. H. Somerville being absent on holidays. l _ Wa_Ilace Can-ut.her_s of Bax! .)ll\/KKK`. UC given E0 this fr to p.m., when the `was brought in. I | figs Gertrude Mullins spent the weekend I her` parents at. Mona Cottage," [rs. J. J. avis has returned to her sum- mm. cottage after a few days in . ._,...... oauuucrs, waived` his right to? 'address the jury, but pointed but to {the Coroner that the alight on the {barricade was not lit anL that the! :evidence concerning the beer bottles] did not show anything against Saun-A] lders. ` ..,...-u a, wan gulux no ' ~ Asked by the foreman of the jury witness stated that he did not know what time he had got into Barrie. ' They had been in town about fifteen minutes at the City Cafe. He didn't- know what` time it 'was then. ` The speed of the car had varied along the road from Toronto. Didn't See Detour Signs Saunders said hedid not see any 1 detour signs built along the road._ 1 I don't remember any. detour sign," he said. The car was practically new, ` being` only three weeks old. It had 1 run about 2000 miles. - H tnnnnnt g ulu ll ders. ucu uume aner spendxngsonne with] friend. Mix Elsie Speers. ' .'he League in Allistoh dn Friday -rn o>on 10-10. beimv .-.11.: ... ...,.v 4-; cut` nan gone past towards the `bridge just about twelve o'clock. There is no doubt about it that the lantern was not lit at twelve o clock, she stated very positively. ._ I nnnnln:-Ind J!-so ---3- -~ ' ' ...u,ucm. u.uu| UOWHEOWD. H Miss Graham lives near the scene of the accident. She was accustom- ed to seeing the lantern from her bedroom window. At twelve o'clock on Friday night it wasn't burning, she declared. I couldn't see it burn- ing, A car had gone toward I `bridma inuf nlunu 4.--A--- Al` ` V uuuu uncle I88 8 _D0ttle in the car I and wanted a drink while I -was there I and I was there with him (Saunders) _. until thevedoctors came. ;i - Says Light Was Out * Miss Pearl Graham, sister of the last witness, who proved.to be one of the most important witnesses, had not been subpoenaed, but it chanced that her brother, Geo. Graham, re- ferred to her in his evidence and the 1 Crown thoughtrit necessary to have ' her evidence. She was taken to the Iinquest from downtown. 4 man r2....I...._- IL - _--v\.. ~`aul\I7\.l llllllll - ` . . Geo. Graham, who residesnear the : scene of the accident, had seen the 'red lantern at eleven o'clock. He had \-been' called to bring his team,` but` A he did not do so because Mrs. Luck told him not to bring it. ~ Asked` regarding the ' sobriety of Chas. Saunders, the driver, Graham `denied Gough s evidence absolutely. With particular emphasis -on the never" Graham said, He never said there was a bottle in the and wanted 1: A..:..I. ...1.:I. 1' -uuuc! I sault. . ....-,y uuul aceuleu me same. It was impossible forthe car to ` swerve around; it must have taken a complete somersault. There were no marks to_ show; that the car had swerved around _before turning ov- per," said P. .C. Rayner. e Tried to Pass Barrier Cross-examined, witness said that car must have tried to go to the right at the barricade. Counsel for Saun- ders contended that the ear did not make a complete. somersault but lswerved and turned over as shown `by Henry Bryson. P. C. Rayner con- tended that it had made a somer- lsault. ` ' i 1 1 --...... ,.vuvc waa appurellbly me aeep- er as fat. as.the barrier and then they both seemed the same. If Ilrna n...........`I.I- A N -.-u. uc was uuuvuucluua. Saunders didn't know how he got out but thought he was the first (stout. He did not see the taken out. When told that the ricade was knocked- 48 feet by car. he said,Vlt would surprise me to know that." e What caused the accident`?'i was Vthe direct question put to Saunders ` by Crown Attorney Cotter. In Doubt as to Light i'I`here is at point iniimy mind : whether the light was lit or not." Continuing, It must have been the speed It was going` at." Anhfnnl Inn 4].... l. .------A-~u " wbenied Driver Asked Drink Ln,` n___I_ , , - __--.., nu-vcuv um" rlgnl; E0? `r Inf 1-kn I:...LL -.- .. uuuvc valtul-H6115 0! 531' y wmh. formers mother M15. W. Lyons. ' sons of Van_cou-` friend: hang vl LJISGIIISVHIC D85 fe- - E1859 Rnnora .uuz u.1U p.lll.: above verdict: I H"Is`1Zir"" hashes wen so wash nu nu un N10 mp N adly singed. : scorched that ' .-[st-:mous GAS EXPLOSION i ` `FOLLOWS semen FOR LEAK- A serious xplosion. whtch might have. done considerable d , hm. about ,. the explosion wee i . quite distinctly in I, B. ack of Pittsbttrgh. Pa.. :1 friend of Mr. Brown. with a party of ton-' rists enrbute to Muskoka. was in the hnusef at the time. He was tr_\'i'ng to locate a ` ' the gas s:m`e ofthe Bmwn home.` {W!_:en he opened `the oven door, the [Ban]. 8 him. ,He had tried to nd out if uuvvv uu=_ ulucn WIS Will? 0061)." Witness said the rst thing that he realized when he..had come to; was that he was under the car. ,'g`I didn't know which way the car was facing, he said. "I .didn t know what was holding me there." Saund- ers said. that the lady was on top of she were alive. She did not speak- but moved a little. i Asked how long he- remained 4 under the car, Saunders said, I re- 1 J`:nain`ed a long time. It seemed 1 `longer than an hour to me." Wit- the horn, which was on the end of ness described working the horn i with his right elbow. His left arm 1 was under him and he could notget 1 his right hand free, so he worked the steering rod, with his elbow. He had made signals with it until help came. Part of the time under the car. he was unconscious. unIIIn:':.u_ pI1.I.. L I__..e V `V ` _ , _--.._..-a -nan` pl`ll.'Cl. 1116 -lhalf-backs. A. Jones. C. W. . \ Emms was a tower_ of strength to the team, They continually broke up Orillia Q ; C.N.R. Football Team Visits Orillia n _The members_ _of the C;N.R. ~f00ti_)2-Ill teau_i,; d with their families and frienth. paid a_ um n `to the Ontario Hospital. Orillia. last Thurs-. day. July 26.h. in connection with the an- lnual picnic of the Hospital. The final score - was _l-0 for the Orillia. team. By special in~' tlvitauon of the superintendent, J. P. Dow- ney. all sat down to a dainty supper, which .was greatly enjoyed, and hearty thanks are: ldue the sta for the way they attended to` lteittigis 03 t-lie party. The hlospitality_ of Mt e st an payers was greaty apprecia-I . led. They are already lookingto their next- . visit. in the fall and also to the visit of the `Institute here` in the near future. - The game, which started at 7 p._m., was 3 ' a very fast one from start to nish, and `- `both teams had to work hard. `W. Potts 1 `made. his first appearance between the sticks I gandttxs to behnped that itwzll notbethel . I . . . He played a great game; making some very ` Travis, also played at great game, % `kicking and clearing being perfect. The half-backs. Holmes and L. 1% Emma Inna II ~'-"- " ` ' ,,,.:. -.......-.. aw`: -i Union services will be held in the morn-z ,ing in the Essa -Road Presbyterian Church! ` and in the evening in Burton Ave. Me.h- odist Church during the monthof August, {Reva S. M. Beach in_- charge. . Mr; and Mrs. W. D. Riach an_ of; lEdmonton. who ha\_`e veen visiting. Mn; lend Mrs. Asa Warmc:i and other friends; : i I gm this part of the country for several!- jweeks. left this week for their we-s.-tn` E home. ...- ...., mu. mm. aacx .-xrcner. .' Misses Florence and Basic Baer have re-l turned home after spending three weeks with friends in Galt and Georgetown. ; -A-The boxing bouts alone ought to. draw: :1 big crowd to the Lennox Picnic. Some of -the best. boxers in Ontario will take part. l Anni`; D....'....-A L ` ` ' `i u I I I ` ,_,__.-. V,-uuu -.-uuua_v at VV gll 13880. f Miss Dora Knight. and Miss F, Lea spent; ,` zhe.week-end at the iatter s home in Lough; _ ford. * ~ ' Mrs. J. Beleskey of Preston is visiting heri E . J. Belqskey, Innisl St.. for a month or so. i v . A. Mcgill and MR Megill of Toronto are|i' visiting'rei'ati\'es in Allandale and Shanty} Bay for a week or.so. j ] Mrs. A. H. Ferguson motored a few of her ,1 friends up to I-Iillsda-le on Wednesday and` .spent the day with Mrs. Jack Archer. 5 0 Miccnu L`In....-..-- -~- ` S.O. E. monthly -meeting on Friday at 8 p.m. sharp in the Train-men's Hall. Mrs. H. Wooland has gone to spend two we_eks with relatives in Lowell, Max. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Allen motored to Tor- onto and Hamilton over the weekend. Mr. and Mn; J. 0. Miles and Miss Pulling spent Sunday at Wasaga Beach. 5 fen nm... II-...LL .....I 11:, r` 0 ` Take Thomas Cruiser it. `I didn't feel very `clearly the car going down the ditch. I didn't know the ditch was that deep." Witnenn mid Hm AV--L 4H-- bl-'-t I IJU \V ' down fo {a}}Iy"'uE;3er,' E` the hospitality of l players was m-emlv am-men - .'.Jf3N_N9X% PICNIC M-`- `"3 88 8 Gray-Dort tho ht : ` = . h . red Tor~ E night when into `n nf +63 . _l.8".`t i .......u. uucuutt *;ROSS--On Tu e~ da-_v. '1 `late residence. '. ' ]`un:nI 12:4.) n (Continued from page 1)