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Part of Local History Collection
Article on the total number of people injured and killed due to train related accidents in one year (1908). The majority were railway employees.
Bradford Witness
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Part of Local History Collection
Article on the total number of people injured and killed due to train related accidents in one year (1908). The majority were railway employees.
Bradford Witness
River Takes Life of George Atkinson
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Bradford Witness
Vol. LXVIII, #04
January 25, 1933
Page 1
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
George G. Atkinson (obituary) small
Part of Vital Statistics
Bradford Witness
Vol. LXVIII, #05
February 1 , 1933
Page 4
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Vital Statistics
Bradford Witness
Vol. LXVIII, #05
February 1 , 1933
Page 4
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Toronto Man Dies When Car Ditched
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"Excessive Speed is Cause of Fatal Accident on Highway 11
William J. Lees, 28, of 612 Harvie Ave., Toronto, was instantly killed late Saturday afternoon when the car he was driving swerved off the highway south of Mr. Clarence Wood's gateway, snapped off a Hydro pole in the ditch, and threw the driver partly out of the right window..."
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Man Finds Work, is Drowned in Canal
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"Had Come from Toronto Thursday - Went Bathing After Day's Work
Mushaelo (Michael) Bohoniuk, 25-year-old Ukrainian, of 70 Runnymede Rd., Toronto, was drowned in the Holland Marsh irrigation cala, at a point where the canal skirts the rear of Mr. J.W. Wilson's farm, late Saturday afternoon.
The drowned man, it appears, had come up from Toronto on Thursday and had secured work with Anglo del Zotto and F. Bollsanelo, market gardeners. Having finished work on Saturday afternoon, he had decided to bathe in the canal. Undressing and donning a pair of trunks, he left his clothes in his employer's shack, started out apparently for the canal, and nothing further was seen of him alive. ..."
Bradford Witness
Marsh Grower Instantly Killed when Struck by Car on Saturday Night
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"John Paulov killed when struck by southbound motor about 8 O'clock Saturday Night" ...
Dr. J. Cummings Killed in Auto Accident
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Description : Dr. James Cummings killed, wife injured in auto accident.
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Five Drown in Branch of Boyne Near Beeton
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"The branch of the Boyne River which crosses the road into Beeton, west of No. 27 Highway, was, like all other streams of the district, swollen to danger proportions last Friday night and at this point a terrific toll in lives was taken. Five bodies have been recovered and some neighbours fear that there may be more. ..."
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Nina Saliwonczyk, 17, Killed in Car Collision on Hwy.11 on Holiday Evening
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"Nina Saliwonczyk, 17, who since coming to Canada had spent most of her life in the Bradford area and was known among the young people as a very bright and intelligent young girl, met a tragic death in the flaming wreckage of a car on No. 11 Highway, near Mulock's Corners, on the evening of the Civic holiday." ...
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