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u WHITBY And DISTRICT Sida John Gault Whitby Bureau Office 111 Dundas St. West Tel. 668-3703 Three Whitby Boys Died As Confusion Delayed Rescue grim story of the drown-, The ing of three teen-aged boys, injon Altona road at approximate-| less than a foot of water, while|ly 40 when "Terry, who was in pinned beneath their overturned the back seat, said he was going to be sick because he had smoked a cigar." convertible,' was unfolded be- fore a er's Jury here A tale of frustrating rescue; attempts, mass confusion, and an inadequate emergency serv- ice telephone arrangement_sur- rounded the deaths of Robert Taylor, Jr., 17, his brother Ter- rence, 15, both late of 329 Fair. view drive, Whitby, and Paul Griffith, 16, 206 Craydon road, Whitby. They died July 12, in a small creek crossing Altona road, Pickering. Dr. John Martin, assistant pathologist at Oshawa General Hospital, told the inquest that the death of Robert Taylor was - caused by drowning and that the' boy had not sustained any injuries in the accident' which were serious enough to cause death. Coroner W. W. Tomlinson said that he had examined all three boys, and that all three had died from drowning and jot! injuries sustained in the acci- dent that sent their car careen- ing into the water. SOLE SURVIVOR The car contained four youths at the time of the acci- dent and the 'sole survivor, John James Baird, 20, a cousin to all three boys, told the jury of his part in the accident. He said that he was staying at the Taylor. home in Whitby for the weekend and that on Sunday night, shortly after 5 p.m., they were returning from a trip to Lake Scugog. He said that it was raining heavily. He and Griffith were occupy- ing one bucket-type seat in the front of the car and the driver, Robert Taylor, was in the other seat. Terrence was in the back. ing to be sick, Robert, driver, turned his head, and the accident happened several sec- onds jater." that the accident was caused by Robert's action as the boy had looked back to the road psior to the accident. that his brother was going to be sick, Robert began to slow the vehicle down. When the acci- dent happened, ling at approximately 25 miles per hour. and ducked. felt the car going over, then I was under water. for five minutes and kicked my way out through the door. COULDN'T SEE FACES tny and get couldn't, I couldn't faces and I ran for help." boy had run south on the road) and could find no one. road and again tried frantically to rescue the three youths, futile attempt he ran to a house, north of the bridge, and gained jaid from the occupants. car over, and could not. had- elapsed before the first at- tempt at righting the car was made, ed any injury, he replied that he had only cuts and bruises} The car was proceeding south) "When Terry said he was go- the He said that he did not feel He added that, upon hearing it was. travel- "I saw grass in front of me "I was knocked around and and "I was in the overturned car "I went back into the car to them out, but see their but had been in the hospital, lunder sedation, for three days. Leslie Edmunds, 61, said that on the evening of the accident he was looking out the front window of this house which is situated 700 feet north of the bridge crossing the creek: oot boy was running across y lawn, he was hysterical and was shouting 'help, kids drown- ing.' "I Jeft for the accident scene with him, and my wife stayed behind to phone the police. "We, and another man who was at the scene, tried to right the car and get the boys out, but could not. "T had a pair of foot-high rubber boots on and the water was not up to the top of them COULDN'T GET POLICE He added that his wife ap- peared on the scene and said that she had phoned the oper- ator 'and had experiencd 'diffi- culty in trying to notify the police. "I got back to the house and phone the fire department for help and a tow truck. "The car horn was blowing intermittently. It was like some- body in there was calling for' help." The silent jury heard that the He ran back north on the! trapped and after the second "Three of us tried to push the/ He thought about 20 minutes When asked if he had sustain. WHITBY PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Gray, and children, residing at Vic- toria Harbor and now vacation- ing at Kaladar, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, Henry street. Other guests were Mr, "and Mrs. Harry Noah, Bloomfield, and their family. Sunday Mr. and Mrs, Gray entertained callers from surrounding districts. Mrs. Gordon Slater 'and Mrs. Paul Barber and family of Cres- cent Beach, Lake Simcoe, were guests at the home of Mrs. Ross Vernon, Euclid street. Mrs. Edward Villeneuve and Gaughters Elizabeth and Cheryl Power, 119 Bell drive, Whitby. Guests from Toronto on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mont- gomery and family.. Congratula- tions from friends were also received on the occasion. old, 314 Pitt street west, Whitby, are celebrating their 25th wed- ding anniversary today, Septem- ber 2. To celebrate the occasion they are leaving Sunday from Toronto International for a week's trip to Nova Scotia, guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.: Wood of Halifax. Friends and relatives express their best wishes on this occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Arn- Airport He said that after the car was righted that the horn had started sounding again and there was no one in the car so the blowing must have been caused by a mechanical fault. Two members of the fire de- partment arrived with a Stouff- ville police officer and they 'were able to right the car, he continued. From the time he was notified until the car was righted, ap- proximately 20 minutes had elapsed and no one attempted to apply artificial respiration, he said. "J have complained that the guard rails at the side of the bridge were insufficient prior to the accident and since the oc- currence new stronger rails have been installed," he con- cluded. Edward Grimshaw, Stouffville Police Department, said that the telephone operator. had made three calls before the right department was contacted. He said that the accident was not in his and he had informed by the police despaich- er in Markham, Answering questions posed by Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, he said that he held a St. John Ambulance certificate, but had not applied artificial respiration to the youths. "T felt their pulses and then went to comfort James Baird, who was hysterical. "Tf there was any possible ehance they would have had treatment," he concluded. DIDN'T KNOW CIRCUMSTANCES James Rennie, a Stouffville Firefighter, said that he had re- ceived a call and understood that a car was upside down in a ditch and not under water. He said that he did not bring inhalator equipment because he did not know of the drownings. He also said that no attempt of artificial respiration was made on the boys. Fredric Castle, the second firefighter who arrived in the police cruiser said that he also was not informed of the water, »jand that he had not attempted| ¢ to revive the three boys. "I was my belief that there was too much lapse in time and they had been in the water too long and it would be futile to attempt a fesuscitation at- tempt."' Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck asked all three why the boys had been laid out on the bank with their heads up and not down, and if they knew that the St. John Ambulance says to con- tinue resuscitation attempts until a medical authority says there is no more hope. Constable Ray Goodwin of OPP Whitby, said that the acci- dent was in his territory and he arrived at the scene and pro- ceeded to investigate. The access to the bridge was guarded by a thin tubular rail and there were no indications of skidding, slewing, or excessive speed. "T feel that had the access to the bridge been properly railed, the car would not have ended in the water. "The guard rails were inade- quate and in poor repair." Dr. Tomlinson, before dis- missing the jury commented on the confusion, hysteria, and poor telephone communications. The jury was out for less than 30 minutes and brought back a verdict that death was due to drowning. They added a recommenda- tion to the verdict which read: 'We recommend that Bell Tele- phone operators should be fa- miliar with fire and police areas in order that they may handle emergency ¢allsin an efficient | fine showing here last ans ygrad MANN, OH MANN By CLIFF GORDON Every ablebodied lacrosse fan pene 100 miles will be want- ing to wend their way to the Brooklin arena for the big third game of the Eastern Canada Sr. A Lacrosse finals tonight, starting at 8.45, The fired-up Brooklin team currently led the best-of-seven finals 2-0 on the strength of their night when they trounced t Rose Town Seal Tests 11-3, bor then their tremendous come- from-behind 11-10 overtime win in Brampton on Tuesday night. We doubt if ever we have seen the lacrosse bug hit the Brook- lin area like it has right now. The Brooklin team has been playing inspired lacrosse of late and are currently riding on a four-game winning string in the playoffs, It has not been a one-man show for the Brooklin team in this series. Several fellows have been showing the way in the scoring parade, and all of them have been playing typical playoff lacrosse. They know full well they have a big job to do and they want to get it done. They know that this Brampton team is capable of breaking out with a rash of goals' at any time. The magic number for the Brooklin team now stands at two. It takes only two wins to give this little town, the smallest town in the world with a St. Lacrosse team, a shot at Hi-Flying Locals Have Two To Win Goalie Pat Baker comes in for a lot of praise in this series as he has held the Brooklin team up on a number of occa- sions when the game looked dark. It was never more evi- dent than it was on Tuesday night in Bram»rton. He had made several spectacular saves in the second overtime period and then picked up the ball, beat two Brampton attackers he| and fed a pass to hig Bob Hanna who went right in and scored the winning goal. A true com- petitor in any man's land. So folks, you better plan to be on hand early. This could THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, September 3, 1964 § Audley Couple Ghana Bound AUDLEY -- There will be no church service or Sunday-school here Sept. 6. The first classes in the New Curriculum will begin in the Sunday school Sept. 13. Mr. and Mrs..James Rapsey left recently for Ghana. They were to be in Montreal for three days attending lectures. Mr. Rapsey, who has a leave of absence from his office of prin- cipal of Ajax High School, will spend this year in a high school teachers' training program, in Khana. Anne Guthrie entered Wood- a wi at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McHugh, Milton. Roger McHugh her uncle and aunt, Mr. Mrs. Jack Mitchell, Claremont, last week. P. and. Mrs. Winter. home of Mr. and Mrs, Bert Guthrie. The ladies are asked to bring a pie or tarts. Ne ga at the Izatt home this ee! Dianne Puckrin ae with and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Quan- trill and family, of Whitby, re-|#5 cently visited at the home. of May Go To India OTTAWA vag -- Acti irs. Quantrill's brother, Dick, Qu The Community Club.will hold corn roast Sept. 5, at, the d ton and London for starving people. Mr. asked that the government India that Canada has Hamilton stock General Hospital recently as a nurse-in-training. Mr. and Mrs, George Puckrin spent a recent weekend with Mrs. Puckrin's aunt, Mrs, Brown at Brockville. Pammy Izatt spent last week and identify Vitamin C as as- corbic acid in its pure form was Albert von Szent-Gyorgi of Hungary. VITAMIN DISCOVERER The first person to isolate be the last game of the in Brooklin. Should we take the 'one tonight and the one on Sat- 'urday night, it will be Man Cup, here we come. It is not defin- ite yet where the Mann Cup; will be played, but should Brooklin win (perish any other TOWN OF WHITBY HOLIDAY GARBAGE COLLECTION a Dominion championship. thought) it could very well be played right here in the Whitby arena. In the meantime game time tonight's is 8.45. Be there early and get a good seat. And don't sit on your hands, use them to clap and cheer this fine Brooklin team on to vic- tory number three in the finals. Also a lot of "Go Brooklin Go" helps to make the fellows feel that their play. is well appre-| ciated-and they give just that little bit more. Sometimes they give until it hurts, but they try not to show it. There will be no garbage September 7th. Garbage this day will be picked up 8th. collection on Monday, normally collected on on Tuesday, September WORKS SUPERVISOR SPECIAL FRONT WHITBY 8.00. P.M. Byron St. $. anner."" BRANCH 112 LEGION Resume Its pnp tonya SAT., SEPT. 5 Refreshments Available spent. a week in Owen Sound, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Armstrong, brother-in-law and sister of Mrs. Villeneuve. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ville- neuve, Mr. and Mrs. William Villeneuve attended the Gobeil- Pineau wedding held in Notre Dame de Bellevue RC Church, Valleyfield P.Q., and were guests at the reception which followed at Venise Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vanstone and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney John- son attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Frank Vanstone of Toronto. The interment was at Glendale Memorial Gardens. The deceased is Mr. Ralph Van- stone's sister-in-law. Mrs. Louis Villeneuve, 1112 Centre street south, is confined to her home, the result of an BROCK EVENING SHOWS AT 7: & 9 P.M. WHITBY Following in SAT. MATINEE AT 1:30 the hilarious fun-steps of "Mister Roberts" JOSHUA LOGAN'S producton of ili RES WATS loemor So here's to Ensign Pulver the Captain . . . and hi Pacific . . the whole fleet... MILLIE PERKINS KAY WAY MEDFORD gl MRA ... and his wacky war on is girlie paradise in the . and his slingshot that nearly scuttled accident sustained there. Her friends wish her a speedy re- covery. Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevcik, is celebrating his eighth birthday today, Sep. 2. His friends wish him many happy returns of the day. Mr. and Mrs. William Walsh spent last weekend in Kirkfield the guests of Mrs. Vera Bell. Mrs. R. J. Walters and chil- dren, Alison and Amanda, spent a month vacationing at a cot- tage at Belle Ewart, Lake Sim- coe. Mr. Walters joined his fam-' ily for a while. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watkins and baby Dana Lynn have just returned from a six weeks trip to Nova Seotia visiting both their parents, Mrs. uthena MacFadyen and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Watkins. RED WING FRESH FRUIT ORCHARDS & VEGETABLE ROADSIDE MARKET OP Thursday and Friday 1 p.m. -- 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m, -- 8 p.m. 21/) MILES WEST OF WHITBY ON No, 2 Highway at "The Big Red Apples" Mrs. R. J. Brophy, Montreal, P.Q. and Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gordon of Detroit, Michigan, were guests last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Watson, Cochrane street. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Power and Mr. and Mrs. William Montgomery, Oshawa, celebrat- ed their seventh wedding anni- versary over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ©" SUICIDER OFDAINED WUERZBURG, Germany (AP)--A 38-year-old Japanese who once trained to be a Kami- kaze suicide pilot celebrated | Order. Father Aois Matsuo will return to Japan to assume pas- tora} duties. : GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE CONTINUES ! Not Much Left! 'So Hurry For Bargains CRYSLER FURNITURE ~ 111 BROCK ST. N., WHITBY The "Young Gentleman's Credit Plan" 1. NO DOWN PAYMENT with 6 months to pay. 2. 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