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It is all-electric, having no batteries or liquids, all oper- ating power coming from the house lighting circuit. It is extremely sensitive, bringing in distant stations readily and is highly selective. I 1 The New A.. Tube Bayfield St. `vnb_en _o1;eg_ IIII `BIL DENT! T. Hf!`-{In . Uni}, (111! .9 nu Wm. L. Brennan Stromberg-Carlson T{n'icTi' Lost at arrange a demonstration in your own home Nmllboubug-Ccluonikoaourochon Prloolouihbuundsponkcrtls vvu ououvu no van. ---v gageci at draining and rollihjg the hose, which was stretched down the hill. `Mr. Johnson, he said, would not see an approaching car unless he looked up. Nothing ob- structed the View between the Col- lins car and its victim, but the. vi- sion was goor. It had? been- rain- ing and t e pavement was black. There was a street light nearby, ogiposite 1-18 Bayeld, on the west s1 e. 4417---. .......I......4... H ........ ....'L.........! 510%. Very moderate, was witness answer as to the speed of `Collins car. It wasn't goxng fast, nor it wasn t going slow, but yet it was going at a fair speed. It was-n t reckless, witness enlarged. _, __,_, 1.1; `I.-- i{&}T'E2.hn;}iI'; ;;iIa".'v;';'hat by the right headlight. _ar.i right. side oroner s Jury Suggests .That Firemen Be Given Status of Policemen Would Have Them Regulate Traffic at` Fires and Detour It if Necessary-Wide In terest in Inquest into Death ' of Firemen Johnson, Killed by Motorist last F ridny Ni'ght--Driv'er'Adrnits Light on Fire Truck Wes Dim-Collins Exonerated. - (Continued am you 1) BARRIE -nu-u-vu-vo--a wv my 1: ecu-agony Inn! in an Fireman H. `Williams was taih: ne 1.-.o'Jas. McGre2'or hat the time of the accident. The car missed him by two or three feet and! ap- neared to swerve to the left in the direction of (Mr. Johnson. The passing car. cut off his view of the actual accident; Witness helped pick deceased up. He was lying 15 --v-nu I-vv-----u-3 gnaaovhl van! Witness to'ld Coroner Dr. Lewis that as a reman he had no in- structions to stop tra'ic at a re. ,-_-__--_- TC 1179119-- 1 ,II_ a6lt'her cars had gone through `this lane, some retty fast. I tried? to Aston one, ut it was going too fast. Mr. Hook said. It was a bad might; the shade of the trees anrdtthe shadow of the truck would interfere with" the view of Mr. Johnson. ' uA`lA.....-A.1.-_. 24. _..-_ _._L - ,1! U UIIIIEI-H10 Altogether. it was not a wise pla-ce for a motorist to drive a car? the `Crown Attorney asked. ' TIT-Nrnang Au`.-In Quin Amman -...'J.L .I.L.'- UGI: DUB UIUWII Auurney aSKe0o Witness -did` not agree with this view. He placed the speed! at 18 to 20 miles an hour. ' M. `M . .13-..- 1.- --:.1 LL- 12..--.. DU HU [H1103 an HUUl'c To Mr. `Boys he said the remen must have considered it safe to let cars `pass through. We have no authority to stop them, he said. No other remen were forced to get out of the wav for passing cars. He was sure the parked cars on the east side were facing n-orth. They had parking lights on. 1I7!L_.__.. A._lI.I 5--.- _ 1.3-nu - vvv an Iauvnabvvv sea Fireman 1-Iarry `Hook had just| n-ished. rolling up a length of hose. He heard the impact but his view was cut off by the coupe. `He was the rst to reach the body-. This witness. as did the previous two, said `Mr. Johnson was s-tand- ing in line with the front of the re truck, three feet to the east. The width of the fire truck, he said, was '7- feet. 6 inches, and with deceased standing I3 feet out, he would be in the centre of the road. Two cars, one I8 feet ahead and an- other, a little behind the re truck and opposite. were parked at the east curb. He thought the lane between would only be about seven feet `because the re truck was parked two or three feet out from the curb. "It would be im- possible for a car to go through witlout hitting any object in its pa . I`!-`Isaac nan: `an.-l nuns- &'l..........1. LU IJHU UUIIIPBUII llU1HUn `Talking to the last witness at the time of the accident was Ed- ward Zeihr, chauffeur to the Miss- es Currie. He saw Mr. Johnson in a stooped position three feet op- posite the right front wheel of the re truck. -He saw `Collins car swerve to the left, straddle the hose and strike Mr. Johnson. When he first noticed the Collins car he thought it was near the east curb. It seemed to follow the hose, he said, appearing to be cut- ting across from the east side of the road. The visibility was very poor. `He had driven past fteen minutes before and could` not see his own lights on the street.` The Collins car. he said, was going at a very moderate speed-. Had Col- lins seen Mr. Johnson he could have stopped in time to avert an accident, he thought. To be Mr. Boys he made an estimate of 15 miles an: hour as the speed? of the car. 1B:..1.A. H11. .1. .1'I- --- ..----- _- Efllwl/l'\.I Wllrll uauuu. ` Mr. Boys brought out that de- ceased was standing near the cen- tre of the road, slightly to the west, when struck. ' here was a parked car up the hill with head- lights shining, 150 feet up the street, facing south. Another car was parked on the east side, fac- ing north almost opposite the re truck. `Another was parked fur- ther south on the east side. Near the scene of the accident only a lane of 8 or 9 feet in width was open to a passing motor- .1st. witness agreed. This would leave one to one-and-a-half feet clearance on either side of `Collins car as he passed through. Owing to the grade the lights on the park- ed car facing south would strike Collins eyes, 'McGregor also con- ceded. Deceased was dressed in a dark blue suit. Witness would not give any estimate of the speed: of the car. He tested the brakes and found the-m ingood condition. The front of the radiator was driven in by the impact and later sprung a leak. Another Eye `Witness-\ William Salter. treasurer of the Barrie `Tanning Co., was standing o-nu the sidewalk near the scene of the accident When it occurred. He observed the `Collins car pass him and strike deceased. Mr. Johnson, he said . was standing about '3 feet from the rear end'of the re truck, in a direct line. -He said he wit- nessed the impact and as his evi- dence was in direct variance to that of the previous witness, as to deceasedi s position he said he was telling it as he had: seen it. It was a very mean night for driving a car. Witness also said he thought the left side of the radiator struck deceased: and not the right, as pre- viously indicated. He was not sure of the position of parked cars nearby. He thought there were two on the east side, `across from the re-dtruck, one in front and? one be- in . 1ur.. 'i-1...___. 1.- __.-.1 -__-, uuzu. , Mr. Johnson, he said. was pretty well out on the centre of the road and under conditions he did not think the driver of a car would `see him. `Witness lives next door Ito the Johnson home. :7'l'\..l'l.:..... L- 1.1.; 1-_:. ___u_-_- ,L of the radiator. The bedy was thrown clear of the car. to the left, avdistance of eight feet. `Witness followed the Collins car. The right, ght was out, the other burning. A svatnnfnw 1-nae rlnnnl-n av-u-I Inn- ll IdU W53 UI-III, Idle Ulollcl Ullllllllso Tie radiator was dented and be- spattered with blood. Mn nan: Hvniaahf A114; +1no4- Rn- Eight-Foot IPassageway .._..--_. .1'1 -.._-_- f1'__I_ 1,#,I Ill: u-uru1g'uz`es, LIIU '\JUI'UXlel' Sal". Another thing, motorists- who rushed` to res generally left their cars parked near the scene of the re and this added greatly to the confusion. This practice, he thought, should be stopped. There should be more protection for re- men and also. the motoring public. Traffic. he said", should be detour- led during a conagration. A: For an H loan can -N Tana 1-unnvu cu uuuug u. cuuuagrauun. As far as II can see it has been an unfortunate accident. There doesn't seem to be any particular blame. f`_-_... A.I.J.-...._-- 'I_.-..... L`I._____`LL uuuuc. Crown Attorney Evans thought a man must be nearly short-sright- ed or blind not to see a `fire truck, hose, Johnson or anything else ex- cept two cars up the street with lights on, on the wrong side of the road. facing south. Anything would be liable to hannen to Mr. Collins. accordinz to his own evi- dence. He should` have used great- ll. 111115: - Witness agreed with Mr. \Boys that the driver of a car would ex- pect headlights and not a defective tail light on his left while driving. lCoroner s !Comment `Coroner Dr; Lewis, in summing up, stressed that -the night was a dangerous one for driving. The pavements were wet and one s own lights do not appear to shine and there are reflections on the roadway. All witnesses had agreed that Collins was driving at a mod- erate rate of speed.` `The only con- fusion` in the evidence was the pos- ition of parked cars and of de- ceased when he was struck. It was not unusual for evidence on ques- tions of speed and distances to be at variance. It was also possible for a driver to `pass an object. if it was not in a direct line with his lights, without "seeing it. Tf nynu 11m4-`A14-In-unfn +'|ua4- vvslvl-nun |all1 U lent. H11. The `Council should authorize the police or remen to `block traf- c during Ires, the Coroner said. Annau I-`|:9\II nan`-ncnbn. --LA cu IIU CU [LID 6 111511: To a juryman he said he had; been d-riving a gear shift car since- early in September. Previously he had: driven a Ford . `However, he had nreviously driven a gear shift car for ve years in ICollingwood. Uncertain as to Truck Light Driver IBo ILe-e was called to clear up th question of lights on the re truck. He could not say the tail light was burnin-g the night of the accident. The headlights were burning. `The tail light was on the next morning when he turn- ed it on. `The tail light had since been attended to, a new light hav- ing been installed. He carried no spare bulbs nor any danger lights to stop traffic during a re. He conrmed previous evidence as to two cars parked across from the truck facing north and a little un the hill. `Two other cars were still further up. facing south, parked on their wrong` side and lights burning. T+nnaa nnrunat-1 R1134-in AM` .Dr\11n Ana uguua, wwuuub aeulug lb. It was unfortunate that motor- ists` followed the re truck to a re. This had not come out in the evidence, but everyone knew that this dangerous practice was preva- ant ' 1151195 To 2'et out of the way of some- thing II had struck, he replied. He said: his lights were good as far as he knew. :He did not know what * he bit. He pulled `his car to the right, applied his brakes. got out of his car, walked back and learn- ed he haq hit a man. VT`- _ -.-..-....-_.. `L- ..__'.`l `L- 'L__If ma I saw nothing until -after the accident. .I did not see.the re truck or any people moving around. II did not think it neces- sarv to sound: my horn. TI.-nu An IVA`-I nnnniuwn` -PA at-unuvv BG1,V L-U EUULLU` lily llUL1lu How do you account for swerv- ing to the west side of the road? T (11.1-'vn + 1nnn1n f-l\n+ T as-nnanvvnn-I V1 IIY rm`- uypuauzc. He was sure there were two cars with headlights facing him, but on their wrong side of the road, just as the accident occurred. They were almost opposite the scene of the accident. Still another car with headlights also on the wrong :i_r1l1e`of the road was farther up the 1115 LU lllc WC3L/ DIUU UL D118 IUGUS I didn't know that I swerved, Collins anlswered. llYI T`L-- .12.! --_.- .._--_..-- L. 4.1.. UV] VVIDILCBDI Collins on Stand Harry Collins, a young man of about 26. driver-. of the coupe, was granted` the usual court pro- tection. He is a carpenter. has driven a car 13 to 14 years, two to three thousand miles a season. He has lived in -Collingwood nine years, but had driven all summer in Toronto where he was employ-I end. He said. he never had an ac- cident in all his driving experi- ence. His driving permit was is- sued in July 1927 and there have been no convictions against him. He and his sister had driven from Toronto that evening and turned up Bayeld St. He did not know there was a re, nor did he see the re truck or hose. H1 .. . . . . u _ . ... LL- _., 1_,___ -1, n 1, auuuxu uc puuce pruuectlon." 1 I ,think it would be a good: time to start right now, conc1ud- ! ed witness. : .fV_1I_._ -.. (I1 I IILC bl. UUA U1 llUDC- I never saw the re truck, he reneatedv. I was exercising spec- ial care to the best of my ability. I was keeping my eyes in front of me and not paying attention to cars on` either side, immediately opposite. n urns L-rlann `-Innoon nuvnun J-vvvp. nnun -uu uuuy. -To Dr. Lewis. Fireman Carley said there should be police pro- tection, rope or danger. signals` glocking traffic on either side of a Q re. 1 H`h___.1 - ._.-..L 1., 1:- ,1, . n I ' 0 > 1 m`:`Peop1e want to flock to a re, he said. If ropes would not stop the cars and people, then there should be police protection. T +1'|:!11p :+ YI1l\I11)IJ RA at Anna)- muu. , . -To the Jury foreman witness said there was no one stopping people driving over the hose. They carried mo danger signais. `The on- Iy protection the department had was from`the police if they hap- pened to be present We have only enough men ' _o ght the res, he` said. ~ 'lu:n#Q9 trnnua n Ahnmnnun 5133 I`... 11 atuu. . Thirty years a reman Cliff Car- 1ey_had just stepped out of the house where the. re had been ex- tinguished when he heard the -crash, but did Hot see it. He said deceased was a good -reman, good eyesight and hearing and always on duty. 'E`u.u..-.. mndsuu _m.. rn... r.;...:.. I I to 20 feet in front of the re true}: `and his head 8 feet from the west curb. - He never Spoke. _'Firemen Carley and Patterson assisted him pick the injured man up. He did not hear a horn sounded. Collins rate of speed was moderate, he- said. rn- .n.1_'- ..-.... .-..-._.-._ _.:;.._-__ Ul.1ll1 5113 W C1. cu. Whv did you swerve to the m`ln+`7 ` TI-IE BARR-IE- EXAMINER The "Crown Attorney agreed with the |Coroner s remarks as to protection for -remen from pass- ing traffic. An area should be seg- I regated with signs Closed at] either errd. , er caution and greater care on that night in v1ew of dangerous wea- lther conditlons. 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