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Oshawa Daily Times, 6 Apr 1929, p. 1

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"All the News While It Is News" ¥ dhe Osh awa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 4--NO. 81 Published at Day Except No Criminal Cases North Bay~No criminal cases are on the list for hearing at the sit- ting of the supreme court which con- venes here on Monday next, Aged Cardinal Dies y Rome.--Cardinal Gasquet, archivist of the library of the Holy Roman church, who was created a cardinal in 1914, died yesterday aged 82. Wins Provincial Contest Winnipeg. --Madeliene Bruner, 17, of Norwood, Man,, representing the French-speaking schools of the pro. vince, won the Manitoba oratorical contest yesterday, Thrown From Motorcycle Toronto~Thrown from his motor. cycle on Roncesvalles Avenues yes- terday, Finlay McCallum, of Wyoma, Ont., had his kneecap broken, He is in St. Joseph's Hospital, Ten Killed In Tornado Duluth, Minn.,--Ten were killed in a tornado which. struck northern Wisconsin last evening, and scores of others injured. Two others were killed in Minnesota at Forest Lake. Killed By Train Pittsburg, N.Y.--Thrce men were, killed by a D. and H. railroad freight train at Beekmantown, two and a half miles north of here, yesterday, as their car sped up on the crossing during a rain Storm, Girl Escapes Lightning Bolt Chatham. ~--Showered with glass from a shattered window, above her bed, Mabel St. Pierre, young daugh- ter of a Dover farmer, escaped by inghes the lightning bolt which struck her father's home last night. No Danger At Hankow London.~The British admiralty an- nounced yesterday that any danger there may have been to foreigners at Hankow should now be past as the Nanking government troops were expected to enter, that city shortly. Jury Blames Maid Chicago.--A coroner's jury yester- day returned a verdict finding that Mrs. Helen Kelso, aged 70, wi ow of a wealthy Belleville, Ont, pickle manufacturer, had been murdered by her maid, who then had committed suicide. ". ¥ % Overcome By Gas Toronto.~Qvercome by gas fumes from a water heater in a house he was preparing to move into at 569 Millwood Road, Homer = Langstaff, aged 39, of 366A Balliol street, was removed last night to the General Hospital in a serious condition. yi ak IR IR i pty Shot 1 {North Bay~Shot in the head when the .22 rifle he was handling was ac- cidentally discharged, Daniel Gagnon, 14-year-old only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gagnon, 56 Murray street, di- ed in the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital at 10.15 o'clock last night. Dies of Injuries ' Toronto~~Having been semi-con- scious since last Sunday, when he was injured in an accident in which Wil- liam Sinclair was instantly killed, Wil liam Quinlan, aged 36, a oLng Branch barber, residing at 1060 Yonge sweet, died yesterday in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, "ui Fall Was Fatal 5 Woodstock.--Missing her footing while going down stairs in the dark shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning, Mrs. Charter Jackson, re- siding on the sixth concession of South Norwich, fell and sustained in- juries which resulted in her death within a few Jninutes, Bell Bill Passed Ottawa.--Without a word of com- ment, criticism or suggestion, the famous Bell Telephone Bill, author- izing that company to increase from $75,000,000 to $150,000,000 its capital stock issue, was put through commit- tee and third reading in the House of Commons last _ night. Hopeful of Recovery Simcoe.~Attending physicians were optimistic this afternoon of the chan- ces of recovery of Harvey Searles, aged 30, of Norwich, the third man in yesterday's level crossing tragedy In North Simcoe, which took the lives of two Toronto men, Emile Houser and Ernest Hegelschwerler. 3,260 Land At Halifax Montreal.--It will require nine spe- cial trains operating over the lines of the Canadian National railways to carry from Halifax to distributing points at Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg, the 3,260 passengers arriv- ing at the Atlantic port from Great Britain and Europe this week end. 27 Killed Bucharest, Roumania,~Twenty-se- ven persons were plunged to their deaths and 65 injured ngar the town of Bezeu today when the fast Bu- charest-Jassy express jumped the track after being shunted off by mis- take to a wrong track, A number of those injured . were expected to die. ---------------------------- WEATHER A deep depression is cen- tred this morning over the Rainy River district while pressure is high from the Mar- itime province northward w Hudson Straits. Rain has been general in Ontario and West. orn Quebec and heavy snow- falls have occurred in Mani- toha, Saskatchewan and some eastern sections of Alberta. Forecasts: Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay -- Fresh south- erly to westerly winds; mostly fair and mild today and Sun- day; probably a few scatter. ed showers, Kk Gabars, Ont. Como Every UR KILLED IN STORM OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929 10 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy. SIXTEEN PAGES TRAIN, LOST HIS LIFE From the appearance of the have died instantly. that town. killed. © The train involved in g Tr was done to them. hours. to, was killed, and Trainman Hol- mes was injured, but not serious ly, when a fast eastbound C.P.R. freight was wrecked at Gibson's siding, three miles east of Bowman- ville, about 1.45 o'clock this morn- ing, The fireman and brakeman Jumped clear and were not injured, 'The wreck was caused by a wash out about a hundred feet east of Gibson's siding, where the track crosses the road kmown as Con- cession street. The roadbed was washed out for about fifteen feet. On hitting this washout, the engine wag apparently derailed, but con® tinued on its course parallel to the track for about 200 feet, where it turned over on its side and plough- ed into the mud bank on the right hand or south side of thetrack. The fact that the engine stayed upright for this distance allowed the fire- man and brakeman who were rid- ing in the cab to jump clear, but Engineer Kennedy died at his post. His body was horribly mutilated as the cars piled upon the engine, tlescoping the cab, but it is thought that death was instantaneous. The body was not removed from the wreck until this morning, when it was taken to an undertaking par lor in Bowmanville, Official Statement * An official statement issued this morning by the Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters at Montreal on the wreck said: "Extremely heavy rainfall and cloudburst east of Toronto about midnight caused some washouts and mudslides. At 1.45 a.m., about two miles east of Bowmanville, a freight train struck a mudslide re- sulting in the engine being turned over on its side and the six follow- ing cars being derailed. Engineer J. Kennedy was 'unfortunately caught under the engine when it turned over and was fatally injure ed. Trainman Holmes was injure ed but not seriously." Cars Piled Up Six box cars immediately follow- ing the engine were piled up, and some of them lifted off the track onto their sides. Nine horses out (Continued on Page 3) Suggests Canada Take Over Indies Ottawa, April 6.--The sugges- tion that the Dominion of Canada might take over and administer the West Indies to the advantage of the West Indies, w as advanced in Commons yesterday by Charles H. Cahan Montreal Conservative. Mr. Cahan was, generally, de- nouncing the Government's trade arrangements with other countries, including units of the British Em- pire, and insisted that the West Indies trade pact could be justi- fied only on the possible ground that it proffered. some assistance to a British Empire unit, Engineer John Kennedy, Toron-d 'rasked to be there on time: WHEN ENGINE RAN INTO A WASHOUT ON THE TRACK AT GIBSON'S SIDING, THREE MILES EAST OF BOWMANVILLE, IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING Canadian National Passenger Train Also in Wreck, and Engineer Robert Milne Lost His Life When His Engine Overturned After Running Into a Mudslide -- Both Tracks Are Blocked Near Bowmanville, and Traffic Between Montreal and Toronto is Completely Stopped The body of Engineer Milne of Belleville was recovered from the locomotive of C.N.R. train No, 20 at 2.15 today. body, the man is thought to A coroner from Bowmanville was present when the body was recovered, and ordered it taken to an undertaking parlor in Bowmanville. Two train engineers lost their lives near Bowmanville last night in accidents which were a divect result of the terrific electric storm which swept over the district. the accidents occurred on different railways not far from the same point, the smash on the C.N.R. being a little over a mile west of Bowmanville and that on the C.P.R. about three miles east of By a strange coincidence, In the smash on the C.P.R., an engine was derailed by a wash- out, and John Kennedy, of Toronto, engineer of the train, was No. 20, which, Jefe Taronto 10 Stoll i pre ROR: The oe 4 AA Ne ny passenger caps, however, remained on th ie m the track, so that no dama ge As a result of these two accidents, both railway lines are blocked, and no traffic is likely to pass over them for twenty-four Their Engines Were Derailed Near Bowmanville in Storm A -- LJ L] Ld ENGINEER JOHN KENNEDY, OF C.P.R. FREIGHT| Two More Victims Claimed by Storm (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 6.--Word of the drowning of two other persons, pos- sibly four, has been received in Toronto. John Miller, aged 40, of Ormerod, Ont., lost his life when his truck crashed through a bridge over the Rouge river, just east of here. Oran Cook, 'a lad aged 13, was drowned near Painswick, Ont, It is rumored that two others lost their lives in a flood near Bradford, Ont. WASHOUT ON LINE TIES UP TRAFFIC Train Service From Whitby to Lindsay Is Also Paralyzed beri 'a ew "By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 6.--A washout of a culvert south of Brooklin has re- sulted in a tie-up of traffic on the Whithy-Lindsay branch of the Can- adian National. The washout oc- curred some time. during last night's heavy rainstorm and this FIVE KILLED IN IOWA HOTEL FIRE Score or More Persons In- jured in Early Morning Blaze (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Des Moines, 1a., April 6.--Police reports at 6 a.m., today said [ive persons were killed in fire that swept the Kirkwood Hotel, a four storey building . at Fourth and Walnut Streets. At that hour the fire was still raging on the upper floors, * The dead had not been identl- fied. A score or more persons, in- ured and burned, were being cared for at hospitals. There were between 125 and 150 persons in the hotel when the fire was dis- covered at 3 o'clock this morning. REBEL ARMY AGAIN TAKE ON OFFENSIVE Hurl Themselves Against Loyal Troops at Noco, Sonora (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Naco, Ariz. April 6--Rebel for- ces of General Fausto Topete this morning hurled themselves against the loyal garrison at Naco, Sonora, with a simultaneous advance of bombing planes and cavalry. The detonation or rebel aerial bombs, the boeming of a field piece in the Federal garrison and the sharp cracks of rifles along the Federal outposts heralded the be- ginning of the battle shortly after daybreak. Two aeroplanes bombs. dropped six MERRYMAKER FINED The storm last night did not stop Allan White in his merry making and this morning Whiie paid the usual $20.00 and costs for being under the influence of intoxicating liquors. SPECIAL BUS CHARTERED A special bus has been charter- ed by the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion to take its mem- bers to Whitby for the Vimy Mam- orial service on Sunday evening. The bus will leave the bus sta- tion at 6 p.m. and all members are 2 morning the southbound train from Lindsay was unable to proceed fur- ther than Manchester, 'There will be no train leaving Whitby at three o'clock this after- noon for Lindsay and persons de- sirous of travelling will have to take the train at Manchester. The railroads are practically paralyzed in Central and Eastern Ontario and Oshawa and Whitby are cut off from rail communica- tion with Montreal, Ottawa and Lindsay. Reports from the Cana- dian National state that eastbound passenger trains from Ottawa and Montreal are held up at Lindsay and Peterborough. It was intend- ed to detour trains to Toronto from the east via the Toronto-Uxbridge division but a washout between Markham and Stouffville has made this impossible. Youth Suicides Moose Jaw, Sask.--Hanging at the end of a rope, the body of Richard Rummell, 17, was found by his father in the barn at the farm home near Mortlach. The boy is believed to have suicided while temporarily insane. WORST FLOOD IN SEVENTEEN YEARS AT BRIDGEPORT Water Covers Bridges and Highways Over Wide Area Kitchener, April 6. -- 'Old tim- ers" claim that the flood which is today reaching across bridges and highways at Bridgeport near here is the worst that village has seen in 17 years. At least, the heavy rains of last evening have swollen the river to such an extent that it is very much higher than at the time of the spring overflow a few weeks ago. The ground floors of houses are covered with several inches of water and stock in barns are standing over their knees in the muddy eddies. Bridgeport seems to have been the storm centre for the heavy rains which descended over this district last night. Syracuse, N.Y., April 6.--Five men and two women were injured, la special train was derailed, 'trol- ley lines were brought to a stand- still and thousands of dollars dam. age was caused by electrical storms which struck Syracuse and Cen- tral. New York last night and early today, . TINS STRANDED | Car Plunged AT MANY POINTS OWING T0 STORM Bridges and Roadbeds Des- troyed by Great Deluge of Water FOUR LOSE LIVES Rail Traffic Between Tor ronto and Montreal at a Standstill (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 6.--Four lives are believed to have been lost, hun- dreds of railway passengers were stranded as railways struggled to extricate themselves from one of the worst traffic tie-ups in years, rivers at Galt, Guelph and Kitch- ener were overflowing today with a loss of thousands of dollars as the result of a storm that swept over Central Ontario last night, undermining railway radbeds, bridges, culverts and highways and sending rivers over their banks. Derailment of a Canadian Paci- fic freight train near Bowmanville resulted in the death of Engineer John Kennedy, of Toronto, and the derailment of Canadian Na- tional No. 20, which left last night for Montreal is believed to nave cost Engineer Robert Milne of Belleville, his life. Both were pin- ned under. the locomotives, which turned over, Milne 1s listed omer ing by railway officials. No passen- gers were injured. Trains Tied Up Nine passenger trains were tied up by washouts and other damage to railway faciilties -- six on the Canadian Pacific Railway and three on the Canadian National. The Ottawa-Toronto train on the C.P.R. is stranded between a wash- ed out bridge and a washed out arch near Locust Hill, but the C. N.R. train from Ottawa to Toron- to subsequently reached its destn- ation after detouring, The three trains which left Mon- treal for Toronto on the C.P.R. (Continued on Page 3) Summary of Heavy Tollin April Storm Engineer killed when C.N.R. freight train derailed by mud- slide near Bowmanville. Engineer killed when C.P.R. train runs into a washout east of Bowmanville. Both C.P.R. and C.N.R. ser- vices to east disorganized by washouts near Bowmanville, Two drowned and two - had narrow escapes when their auto plunged into creek near Har- mony, where bridge had been washed away. Boy drowned at Painswick, Ont.,, when dam burst. Two boys reported drowned at Bradford. Serious floods in many Ontar- io cities, Dam carried away at Guelph. Highways blocked by floods and washing away of bridges. Nine dead, over 50 injured, in tornado in Minnesota and Wis- consin. Three killed in Plattsburgh, N.Y., when driver drove into train during sleet storm. Storm Pictures On Page 2 The Oshawa Times, in co- operation with the Toronto Star, presents on Page 2 of today's issue pictures of the automobile wreck at Harmony which cost two lives, and of other features of the storm damage. The pictures of the Harmony accident were taken by. Campbell's Studio, of this city. Train Wrecked Temple, Texas. -- A passenger coach of the southbound Sante Fe train was wrecked 15 miles north of here today by a mysterious explo- sion. No passengers. were serious- ly injured. Eve ate the apple because there were no sandwich shops open.--Chi- cago Daily News, a en UTO AND TRAIN WRECKS LAST NIGHT wo Peterboro People Drowned in Harmony Creek Two Engineers Killed When Into Harmony Creek When Bridge Washed Out by Storm Last Night New Treatment for King's Ailments (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) London, April 6.--New diatherm- al treatment has been decided upon for the rheumatism symptoms in | the King's left shoulder, disclosure of which was made in the last medical bulletin from Craigwell House. It is not definitely known whether the trouble is rheumatism or neuritis.. There has been some improvement recently, although no treatment has been given yet. GUELPH DAM BREAKS AND FLOODS CITY Railway Bridge Washed Out and Highway Is Rendered Impassable Lions » of pics . a Pod ¢ Guelph, April 6.--Torrential rain which fell last night throughout the whole of Wellington county left dam- age to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the immed- iate neighborhood of Guelph. At six twenty this morning the huge stone and concrete dam at Goldie's Mill went out with the roar of a hundred cannon and in a few minutes millions of cubic feet of wa- ter were rushing down the Speed river in tumultous torrent. In the lower part of the city one hundred families were roused from their sleep by the rush of water into their homes, some of the families being first awakened by the barking of the dogs confined to the cellars of the houses. Factories and mills along the river bank were forced to close down, throwing out of work hundreds of men, the water having put out the fires and made the machinery im- possible to operate. No reports of loss of life have been received. The C.P.R. trains from Guelph southward will have to be routed over the. C.N.R. as a' bridge within the city limits has been badly undermined and a washout is report- ed near Speedwell. Trafic on the Hamilton highway is difficult right in Guelph and the 'street railway bridge on the Dundas road is impassable. The storm of last night was the worst known in forty years. It is almost sixty years since the dam at Goldie's Mill was washed out before. ARIZONA TOWN JUFFERS FROM AN EXPLOSION Believed to Have Been Caused by Blast of Mexican Mine (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) * Naco, Ariz, Apri 6.--Shortly after three o'clock this' morning a terrific explosion shook this bor der town, tumbling residents from their beds. left in darkness, the electric light plant being put out of commission by the blast. It was believed that one of the mines planted near the The entire town was Mexican Federal fortifications at Naco, Sonora, had exploded. In a small church a child was brought forward to be baptized. The young minister, taking the lit- tle one in his arms, said: "Beloved hearers no one can foretell the fu- ture of this little child. He muy grow up to be a great Labor leader like J. H, Thomas and it is possib- le he might become the Prime Min- ister of England. Turning to the mother he inquir- ed, "What is the name of this child?" ~# . "Mary Amn," was the reply. : WALTER NORTHOP AND EARLY HOUR THIS M Had Turned Back After Combined forces of the Oshaw: are still searching for the body of village. Walter Northop,. highway. waters of Harmony creek along w Harry, while Stanley managed FURT OF ORVAL SHAW Mystery Man Believed to Have Left the Hespeler District Stratford, April 6.--Tired of inaction in the swamps of Water- loo country, Orval Shaw was rum- ored last night to have left for new fields of police endeavor, Shortly after midnight two strangers called at the farm of High Constable John Kirby of Perth county and milked one of the cows dry. One of them is said to have been Orval Shaw. To the other rumor gives the name of John Parks, fugitive from Peter boro jail, who, like Shaw, has been eagerly sought by police of a number of counties for a number of months. If one was Parks there is a pos- sibility that the other was the El- gin county girl he is alleged to have kidnapped. Parents of the girl have asked police to hunt for her since she is said to have van- ished in a motor car with the fug- itive some days ago. If she was one of the mysterious visitors, she was masquerading in men's clothes. Posse Searches in Vain A number of friends were spend- ing the evening with the high con- stable. As one was leaving he saw two strangers in the yard. He hurried back to tell Kirby and meanwhile the strangers disap- peared. Provincial Officer Beatty was called and with a posse of farmers scoured the neighborhood. It was not till this morning after the search had been abandon- ed that the high constable discov ered one of his cows had been milked dry. This is a favorite trick of Shaw's. The Kirby farm is on the Shake- gpeare road some 20 miles from the scene of the outlaw's activities in Waterloo county. Stratford police and authorities in all inter- vening towns were notified but no further trace of the two myster- ious visitors was found. "Daddy, teacher inquired after you today." Really?" "Yes, he said he would like to know what sort of a fool my fa- ther was." Bertha (indignantly): You had no business to kiss me. Bob: But it wasn't business. It was pleasure. MISS HELEN WRIGHT OF PETERBORO, LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN CAR WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER AT AN ORNING AFTER DELUGE OF RAIN HAD CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF BRIDGE OVER THE CREEK--TWO OTHER OC- CUPANTS OF THE CAR WERE RESCUED. Body of Walter Northop Was Recovered From Creek at 5.30 This Morning, But Search Is Still Being Made for That of Miss Wright--Party Was on Way Home Fr-m Oshawa to Peterboro After Attending Concert Here-- Crossing Fatal Bridge and Finding Second Bridge Down DEAD Walter Northop, Rubridge and Townsend streets, Peterboro, proprietor of a shoe repair shop, aged 51 years. Miss Helen Wright, 124 Rubridge street, Peterboro. . a Fire Department and of citizens Helen Wright, of Peterboro, who was drowned early this morning when the MeLaughlin touring automobile in which she was driving with three others crashed into the Harmony creek following a wash-out of the Harmony bridge on the Kingston highway about a quarter of a mile west of that «drowned, his \ being recovered about 5,30 o'clock this morning a half mile south of the Harry Northop, 21, and Stanley Northop, 16, had miraculous escapes from death when they were precipitated into the swirling ith Miss Wright and their father, Walter Northop, and only quick action by the fire department saved to swim "with the current to a point a mile below the highway and finally gain the shore. {ER RUMORS | The four occupants of the auto- mobile had attended, in company with Mrs. Walter Northop last night, the performance of Boy Scout troops at the Rotary Hall on Centre street. When the performance was completed, Mrs, Northop was taken to the home of her brother, Albert Ingham, 283 Park road south, whege she stayed and the quartet started for Peterboro. They crossed the | Harmony bridge going east but were forced to halt when they came upon a wash-out in the highway at the second Harmony bridge, situated about two hundred yards east of the village, A large fissure had opened in the road and traffic was halted from both directions. Thinking the only sensible thing to do would be to go back to Oshawa and stay at the Ingham home, the car was turned and SFiven in the di= rection of Oshawa again. happened after that the survivors are uncertain, save that all at once the car plunged into a large open space, catapulated the occupants ine to the air, and turned summersaults, finally landing upside down in: the creck, The rain was coming down in sheets, the survivors state and Wal- ter Northop who was driving, must have been blinded by tie storm, be= ing unable to percgfve thé broken: highway until he Rad driven right into * For Hil oy~¥ent ror elp Stunts Lo was fortunately thrown clear of the wreckage and found himself in swirling waters. Be- a fair swimmer, he sout for what he believed the shore, but the fero- city of the rain and' swiftness of the current carried him a mile south. He (Continued on Page 13) LINER "PARIS" IS GROUNDED IN FOG | (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New. York, N.Y., April 6.--Grop« ing her way to sea during a dense fog this morning, the Frencn liner, "Paris," bound for Havre with 1,- 000 passengers, grounded on the soft mud flats off Bay Ridge. No passengers were injured and no damage done, Hon. G.S. Henry Runs Foul of Law Cobourg, April 6.--~Hon. George S. Henry, Provincial Minister of Highways, suffered the temporary loss of his motor car last night, when he parked it on the wrong side of a Cobourg street without lights. It was seized by a traffic policeman and removed to a gare age. Some hours later the minister complained his car had been stolen, and there was mutual embarrass ment when the details were mads known. ey ' i

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