Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 11 Dec 1968, p. 18

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on seasonal use as Zrun CNBs turhotrain sits with buckled nose in King Slon 0nt nIesday slice it Press Has Front Row Seat glurbo Train Slices Truck KINGSTON CF It superA streamlined turbinepowered ppssenger train sliced through meatcarrying trailer truck on the outskirts of Kingston Tues day while making preview rim vThe accident occurred just be idre two preview trainsone bound for Montreal and the other heading Inward Toronto were seliedulcd to pass each travelling at speeds of about 95 miles an hour The Montrealvbound Canadian National Railways train was slowing down as it approached the Kingston station about mile away when it cut through the truck at signalequipped railway crossing The driver of the truck Roy hfacLean 50 of Kingston was Leo slightlyv iniuredscNR rsignalman Frank Bordeaux 21 oi Mont real was reported to have suf tered minor injuries Ivhen part of therciniorced plastic nose of the train flew loose on impact REDUCED SPEED The train had reduced its speed to slower pace than usual because of similar acci dent Monday when Toronto bound ltapido struck truck at the same level crossing on the western approaches to this city halfway between Montreal and Toronto The turbine trains each car rIed party of more than 100 rammed truck on level crossing The speedy new train hit the tnIrir on its pre porters and eameromen and group of ONE officials in prel ode to the inaugural run of reg ular service Thursday The Montrealbound passen gers were placed aboard the To rontovhound train and headed home The nlher train which was not badly damaged remained on the tracks and continued to Montreal at reduced speed The Civil has leased five of the sleek sevencor turbotroins from United Aircraft of Canada Ltd to augment the Rapido service on its MontrealToronto run The trains were scheduled to go into service at the opening of Expo 67 but were held back for further testing and lack of parts IIOUR OFF BUN Ar Therncwrtrainsnnllnsaverthe Montifiealfnronio distance of 335 miles at an average speed of of miles on hour completing the run in three hours 59 min uteschopping an hour from the time taken by the present Rapi do service The new turbotrain service is the first of its kind in North America similar service is being tested in the United States and will eventually go into oper ation on the BostonNew York run George Armhruster in charge of the train program for United Aircraft of Canada said the ac cident should not disrupt the press radio and television re turbotrains scheduled service Firemen Recoverrfiight Bodies WEST LORNE Ont GP family of eight died early Tuesday in fire that engulfed twostorey frame farmhouse near here 34 miles west of St Thomas By late afternoon firemen had recoveredthg bodies of three adults and five children They were to he sent to the forensic seienea laboratory in Toronto for identification Dead are Mr and Mrs David Haskell and their five small children Patrick Carol Ann Judy David Jr4 and Shirley and Josh Bebencee in his early 70s foster father of Ztlrs Haskell Mr Eebencee had been bedridden for week with broken hip While firemen searched the charred remains of the soyear old farmhouse the faintly dog partcollie who was the only survivor of the blaze sat watch In CAUSE UNKNOWN Fire Marshal Robert Kaufman of London 0nt said no cause has vet been deter mined for the blaze first spot ted about am His officials in vestigated remains of the homes electrical wiring and the wood stove as possible sources of the tire The fire vas first spotted as Bandits Bluff IIeIs $840000 TOKYO Reuters Evenly thousand policemen paralysed hour traffic here Tuesday night as they soughtvav motorcy cle bandit who used abluff to grab 300000000yen $840000 payroll ln police mounted on motorcycle he stopped the car said the bank presidents house had been blown up and that the From West Lorne Farm House glow in the sky by Raymond Tebo provincial police consta ble driving along the Macdon aIdCartier Freeway OPP Constable Robert Squire at Button to miles east of West Lorne fire brigade and arrived at the burning house at 340 am as the first fire trucks wheeledvinto the farm yard Constable Squire said later the home was in flames He saw no sign of life and no indication that family members had time to attempt an escape Earlymorning temperatures hovered around the zero mark in the area wonto Borers neiéiifii°ii$i lggllilileoa Jukovljevic to grade birt 15pound baby it was an cologicClinic said the birth was without precedent in Belgrade ARTIST DEFECTS Russian Theatre lnstilute eon sultant Vladimir Matousscivitch was granted political asylum in Denmark alter fleeing Soviet delegation to Norway police said Tuesday He is an expert on Scandinavian films and speioking Danish fluently the sat lVLOWEST RRIcrs IN TOWN 0N Used Furniture Chtnn VCahlnetn Brass near Glass Chiral Dishes Jewellery Guns Packet Novels Traded and Sold LIGHT nousn ANTIQUES car bmight be xigged with 105 Dunlap 7265251 the train more than mIpen JohnNocl an official of the Lorne telephoned the West one of dozens of photographers nouncediiesday The Gynae COPENHAGEN Reuters view from Toronto to Mon treal CP Virepholol Two trains will run daily each way on the MontrealToronto service Mr Armbrustcr said it will probably take week to repair the damaged train There was no more damage done to the turbotrain than to any other kind of train suffering similar accident sold Gander vicepresident of the CNRs Great Lakes region SIIOIVS ABILITY Officials said the accident demonstrated that the turbo trains lightweight aluminum frame would not make it more likely to leave the tracks on im pact than conventional equip ment This proved that the in creased weight on the axles and the low centre of gravity on sales for its lightness said CNRs Toronto office Camera ill Ready Records Crash LONDON Ont CF Ernie Lee London Free Press pho tographer got picture he hadnt anticipated Tuesday by being at the right window at the right time The window was in the dome of the rear ear of turbinepow ered passenger train making an inaugural press run from Toron to Montreal The time wasas the Canadian National Railways train was apt proaching level crossing on the outskirts of Kingston The picture was of the train slicing trailertransport in half at the crossing Mr Lee said Tuesday night he was watching out of the only clear window in the dome wait ing to catch picture of the train passing companion tur botrain coming from Montreal SAW TRUCK saw this truck approaching the tracks at right angle to the train and said to the guy b9 hiod me my gosh wheredoes he think hes going Then for second Icouldnt see him and thought he must have made it But then saw the debrisflyingup over the train and had my camera on one hand and just whipped it up and shot didnt focus or anything Mr Lee said he was the only on the train to record the im pact hadthe window to my sel was the only one who could shoot it As result he had all kinds ofoffeis for his film 4V Others on the 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