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Cobalt Train Badly Wrecked

"Serious smashup on the G.T. R. North of Bradford - Engineer, Fireman and Express Messenger Badly Injured"

Relates to the Grand Trunk Railway derailment on July 15, 1908.

Bradford Witness

Accidental Deaths

Contains articles on the accidental deaths within the Bradford and West Gwillimbury area

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Prelude to a child;s tragic death

" 'Could the life of one child have been saved and the lives of five others been improved if the Children's Aid Society had acted sooner?' This is the question that Mrs. Carol Simone keeps asking herself after the drowning on Monday of her neighbor's child, Betty Lowder, aged 12..."

Bradford Witness

King Township Man Drowned In Canal

"George Murray Gillam, 29, of R.R. 3 King, was drowned in the canal, Holland Marsh, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Werner Ploder, son of Mr. A. Ploder, Holland Marsh, was returning home around 1:50 a.m. when tat the bridge, located at the far end of Ansnorveld, he saw the lights of a car in the water, and hurried to his home from where he called the King township police.
Bradford firemen were called, responding to the call at about 2 a.m. and they took the young man's body from the water, and a few hours later hauled the car out.
The car had gone through the guard rail of the bridge, where the water is about seven feet deep. Mr. Gillam was alone in his car."

Bradford Witness

William Campbell Funeral Card

Funeral card for William Campbell from 1914. His death occurred on March 29th, 1914 at the age of 75. William was a grain dealer in Bradford.

Luanne Campbell Edwards

William and Bertha Langford Wedding

William Alexander Langford born 20 July, 1890 in Alton, On.
Bertha Catherine Elizabeth Pettit born 6 September, 1890 in Adjala Twp, On.
They were married on March 6, 1919.
Their children are Dorthy Henriette, born 3 Feb., 1920, Keith Henry, born 9 Jan., 1926, Stewart William. born 17 Mar., 1930.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

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