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Grimsby Independent, 5 Nov 1953, p. 1,2     Seven students of Grimsby High School are in hospital, two in critical condition, while a Clinton Township man, Peter Goertzen, age 39, is dead as a result of injuries sustained in one of the worst traffic accidents in this district for a number of years. Also in West Lincoln Memorial ...

Grimsby Independent, 29 Oct 1953, p. 1,5     A Grimsby Indian, Harvey Silversmith, 21, was shot and killed near Little Valley, N.Y., last Thursday, by a hunter who, according to a report from the sheriff of Cattaraugus County, mistook him for a bear. The dead youth was a son of Fred Silversmith, who resides on Baker's Sideroad, North ...

Grimsby Independent, 17 Sep 1953, p. 1,7     A Grimsby woman, Mrs. Madeline Suholotink, 48, of 59 Fairview Road, Grimsby, was pronounced dead on arrival at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, the victim of a head-on collision on No. 8 Highway, two miles west of town shortly after 9:30 Saturday morning. Her husband, Michael, age 55, is in West ...

Grimsby Independent, 28 Aug 1952, p. 1,3     Roy C. Godden Fatally Injured When His Car Is Struck Broad Side by Tractor-Trailer Outfit on Q.E.W. Roy Cecil Godden, 58, of Grimsby Beach, died in Hamilton General Hospital early Sunday morning as a result of injuries suffered early Saturday evening, when the auto Godden was driving was struck ...

Grimsby Independent, 14 Aug 1952, p. 1     Robert E. Book in Car Accident Four Weeks ago - Prominent in Business and Municipal Circles Robert E. Book of Smithville died Sunday as a result of a car accident sustained four weeks ago, in Hamilton. He was the founder of the firm of Robert E. Book and Sons in ...

Grimsby Independent, 7 Aug 1952, p. 1,5     Douglas Cole Buried Under Tons of Rock While visiting The Underground Workings of Malartic Mines - Was One of Grimsby's Most Popular Young Businessmen. A vast company of people from this community and from distant points attended funeral services for one of Grimsby's most prominent young men ...

Grimsby Independent, 17 Jul 1952, p. 1     Friends in Winona and district will regret to learn of the tragic death of five and a half year old Johnny Davison, son of Robert Davison, who, after the death of his wife, left Winona with his family of four children, early in May for England to make a home ...

Grimsby Independent (18851105), 28 Feb 1952, p. 1,8     Cecil Hill was Driving across Level Crossing when his Vehicle was Hit by Passenger Train at Vinemount - Wreckage Strewn over Surrounding Area. Cecil Hill, 37, of R.R. 1, Grimsby, was killed shortly before noon Tuesday, when the truck he was driving was struck by a T.H. & B. passenger ...

Grimsby Independent (18851105), 13 Dec 1951, p. 1,3     Vernon Barrick, 60, of R.R. 3, Beamsville, a former resident of Grimsby, was killed instantly before 6 p.m. Sunday, when struck by a car on the Queen Elizabeth Way between Elizabeth Street and the Ontario Street bridge, Grimsby. His car was found later, out of gas, on the shoulder of ...

Grimsby Independent (18851105), 4 Oct 1951, p. 1,6     Archie Wilcox, 48, of Campden, died in West Lincoln Memorial Hospital shortly before 6 o'clock Sunday morning as a result of head injuries sustained in a two-car collision which occurred near the CNR Station at Beamsville just after midnight Sunday. Provincial Police said Wilcox was driving west ...

Grimsby Independent, 30 Aug 1951, p. 1,3     James Maxwell Roulston, aged 24, a resident of Grimsby, died almost instantly Friday morning, when the auto he was operating crashed head-on into a cement culvert on the Grimsby Mountain Rd., in North Grimsby Township. After striking the culvert, the auto flipped over on its left side, then ...

Grimsby Independent, 8 Feb 1951, p. 1,3     Donald Beamer, lifelong resident of North Grimsby Township, died instantly under the wheels of a Lincoln County snow plough, the very machine that was to bring to an end a night of frustration and hardship, in zero temperatures, for Beamer, his cousin, James Beamer, and members of the Grimsby ...

Grimsby Independent, 16 Jun 1938, p. 1     A tragedy, all the more pathetic because one of the victims was to have been married within a week, occurred on Saturday afternoon at Beamsville, when a car, driven by John Coady, 22, of R.R. No. 2, Guelph, crashed into a five-ton truck , completely demolishing the lighter machine. The ...

Grimsby Independent, 10 Mar 1937, p. 1,5     Newspaper located at the Grimsby Museum...

Grimsby Independent, 19 Oct 1950, p. 1,8     The entire Grimsby district was grievously shocked to hear of the tragic death of one of its most prominent citizens last Friday afternoon, when Carman D. Millyard died of injuries sustained when his car crashed into a tree on No. 8 Highway, 3 miles west of town. Alone in the ...

Grimsby Independent, 28 Sep 1950, p. 1     Fifteen-months-old Gordon Clark was killed almost instantly on Sunday, almost in full view of his mother, when the little tot came in contact with the front of a tractor being operated by his father. The father had just started the machine and moved a few feet, when Mrs. Clark missed ...

Grimsby Independent, 14 Sep 1950, p. 1,10     William Sharpe buried under brick and rubble when wall of kiln suddenly collapses - body uncovered within five minutes - Franklyn Loft and Jake Froese escape with injuries. William Sharpe, 46, of North Grimsby, was killed almost instantly, while two other employees of the Grimsby Brick and Tile ...

Grimsby Independent, 24 Aug 1950, p. 1,5     George Holmes, 49, of 59 Melrose Avenue South, Hamilton, was instantly killed, and his wife, Violet, and 14 year old son, George, were rushed to West Lincoln Memorial Hospital with serious injuries following an accident Sunday night, west of Grimsby. Driving west on the Queen Elizabeth Way at ...

Grimsby Independent, 17 Aug 1950, p. 1,12     Rushed to West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in a critical condition after being struck by a car driven by John H. Truscott of Vineland Station, Mrs. Russell Barlow, 49, of Hamilton, succumbed Sunday afternoon as a result of injuries sustained. The accident occurred Friday night on the Queen Elizabeth ...

Grimsby Independent, 7 Aug 1935, p. 4     No date has yet been set for the inquest into the death of Isaac Howard, Smithville farmer, who was killed in a motor car accident near Bismark on Saturday evening. It will not be possible to hold the inquest until the recovery of Mr. and Mrs. Heagy of Stratford, who ...