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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1928

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At The Inquest Into The Deaths or I ‘ Drowned Monday Night Laggfgrtlggi? vfegeggxllflg; $1? Arthur Walsh R In To Harness “Death Pier" On Southport Side Qf 811,132,? Meaney, Hynes And Others Commended By Jur For Q0... t And Tireless Efforts Throughout Night And Day y p ness

The following verdict was render- ed lest night by the Coroner's Jury p. connection with the sad deaths of Genevieve, Blanche and Arthur Walsh who were drowned Monday night In one of the worst tradogies ever enacted in this Province. EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST

we find that Genevieve Walsh, Blanche Walsh and Arthur Walsh cuue to their death by drowning in the early morning of June 28th, 1m, the car in which they were travelling going over the end of the wharf at Southporic the driver c-f ihe car mistaking the road, owing io the heavy fog prevailing.

We strongly ecommend that the nonunion Department of Public Works take Immediate steps to erecting at the approach of the said scuthport Wharf a strong fem-e galegulrd the travelling public by with gate therein.

..'.v commend the efforts mes Meany and Mr. James liynes, whose prompt action evi- dently saved two lives-also the prompt response to the call for help that was rendered by the others who took part in the rescue.

MURDOCK MAeLEOD.

JOHN AGNEW.

_ JOIIN McKENNA,

E. T. IIIGGS,

W. D. GILLIS.

C. L. MacKAY,

J. PETER MAcDONALIL

‘Dated at Charlottetown this 26th day of June, 192B. _

George Walsh, one of the surviv- ors of tho accident, ‘swarm. I livc in Elliotvale; have been living in

New York last two years. I arrived in the city about 12.10 Monday night. I am a brother of deceased. l

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8°‘ eveiylliiiis Dlicked in the c,“ at the station. Genevieve, Blanche, Arthur, Irene and myself made up S"? Fllfiy- We left the station for "time, drove over I-lillsboro Bridge,

on made a turn to the right. I: Only remember one turn and then Plweedliis down a umc bend. 1 was never over the road before in my life. Further on I saw some plank. I thought it was a bridge and realized when it was too late to as- Ply my brakes. We were travelling no l0 miles an hour. I lucked at the- speedometer. They said, "take it] easy." I said. "we nre only going! ten miles an hour." The heavy fogl made it hard to go faster. The car went head first into the xvater, ail.- cr hitting the structure. Arthur was driving the car. I was sitting beside‘ him- They (meaning his sisters)‘ camo in to meet us with the can, (In answer to a question by one ofj the jurors). Yes, we were all per-l fcctiy sober. I never had s. drink that. night. My brother never took a‘ drink in his lih.

Mr. E.‘ T. Iiisss (a juror). You were driving a Jewctt car. It seems strange you took the wrong turn

Witness-dilly brother is an ex- perienced driver. It was so foggy we could only see l0 feet ahead of the car. The back curtains were on; the front ones were not. I got out of the car al_ficr it hit the water, man- ngcd to gel to a pile (or post of the

camo along. I saw my sister, she was floating around not. far from

by a boat. She got cut of the ca!‘ after I did.

Dr. S. It. Jenkins (sworn). I had n coll some time past midnight. I

thcrc had been a drowning accid- ent and was asked to go to the

was shown into tho office on the

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"ROBIN HOOD RAPID CHINA well tired out. I tried to resuscitale] throat

OATS. Better oats, better cnlnnjher 6-l5-2wks. There

all Grocers.

"Come to Tryon Wednesday, June 27. to the Orphanage Picnic.

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"Remember the supper and cor- nlvnl in Cornwall rink Wednesday eleventh. ezoz-s-zr-zo

"Come to Lot 65 tea party, July Ind. instead cf July 4th. 6056-6-18-2 wks.

"Dr. Clift, M.D.—Stort now home rrevcntion cure. Purdy Station, Wcsichcsicr 00., N. Y., U. S. A.

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"Ilescrvo Tuesday, July 10th, for concert in Pownal Hall. City tnlenr. , 6320-6-27-3L

"Hear Dr. McMillan on "Public liiliilih" in 'I‘racadic Cross I-Iall. Fliiiliy evening, June 29th. under p lililiniccn of St. Andrew Society.

Musical progrgm, 6217-8-25-31.

"Cflmc to St. Peter's Thursdav mllllis. Juno 28th, and hear the Vernon River Dramatic Club pres- ent their ll-act comedy drama, "The Agitator". Specialties between acts. Piiiy starts at 8.30 p. m. ff not fine Dliiiiy. _ oioa-c-za-n

t "Th6 Women's Institute of Cen- t"! Rfiyalty will hold an lee-cream estlval in Lincoln Wood's fleld,c0r- licr St. Peter's Rood and Brackley 3°86- Wedncsday, June 27th. Tea aiiii llilndwichoe served. 1r mining. FSt fine night. UIQ-B-QO-Zi

]"l-Iuntcr River Shipping Club am“! him qhureday foronoon. lino 28th. Adam Brown, Secy.

0251-0-26-2i “The solemn c ni of the new "lurch. at take pncc

"l1 Sunday. July ist. Ceremony be- Rllll at 10.80 a. nt-Pontiffcal Mus. "Pinon m eaea-e-ac-ti

"The Cor-ran Bin Dramatic Club ""1 Imsent their» 4 actl comedy druna “Wheres Imms" in "We River u; . on day, June ml- Oood speoilitila and dance.

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‘wharf. Dr. Icdwell was cndeavoring to

.Sir _ Robert Enjoying Good Health On 4th Birthday

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, 0N'r, June 2c. — Sir obert Borden is tonightfegeiving the fellcltatlons of his fr en s on Brought the celebration of his 74th birthday. RBSCIICPS Canada's wartime premier is en- ‘joying excellent health and in addi- tion to many public engagements is actively engaged in the preparation of a series of constitutional and his- my seeing her. We fixed her up in torical studies. hot blankets, and I remained with i181‘ f0? i1 While; I could see that she was coming around all right. She began to talk. She told me her brot- her. (Arthur) had come in on the , 4a Road, but on Tatum they ghoughmwidth oi the dock, about 35 feet. I they would go the Town R0ad_ 1; pulled over to the Marine Wharf told her nothing about her sister and Brill/ed there 1l'i time t0 5e‘? Blanche at the time, some men carrying a girl into the Whcn I gm, bard; "to the wharf office. I offered to search. I im- Dlri Seaman had left with the dead lolifefiiiflielllswent over to tiouthlport. gr. I the“ returned home. I c" B881‘ W118 011 e W l"? I saw the girl at the 110591131 M1". Malcolm Irwin's boat was at this morning. She was much better anchor and another small boat and said she was able to go home, stood close by‘. I rlggad upaa tirepgh I advised her to slay until I saw I10. lowered BOl/el‘ e 5 8 0 e her again in the evening, boat and could see the car upside Questioned as to the cause of down lying 011 the bilil-Om- "5 Yea‘? death, witness stated that there ishmd rccins Em- “Wiirds the bridse- a possibility that, she may have re-‘I then circled around and found u cclved u. blow rendering her un- pcckiise- A crucifix. prayer book. crfznsiclous and therefore lncapablocards hand srtzvezgal ismutlg envegpes o 1e ping herself while in the was i; c ccn en s o e pac g8. watlcrb In this condition her body,The parcel ‘is now hi: [the lielepitng of pro a ly came to the surface, ‘Rev. M0115 giwr (I 0H8 - l9- floating more quickly. ‘mained about the vicinity I the The other girl was conscious whileifflBe-dy 1mm 31°91“ 5-30 9- m- The ,in the water; she knew she was sharp whistles heard was Iron"? the ‘under. She had a. slight bruise on Brant which blew continuously I the side of her cheek, and eomplain- throuEilWi the 11181“ and early ,cd of her neck being somewhat stiffilrrwrlillll; The other girl, in all likelihood,‘ Malcol dost consciousness or she would have dcnce with refercnco to the noises,

to my own boat and procured a searchllght. I could not see the

m Irwin (sworn). His evl-,

BROTHERS IN PARLIAMENT

, Frank FIB-Milli‘. B! Uniifll Empire Loyalist stock, is the one father in Canada who has two sons in parliament. Burt Wendell Fansher, a farmer at Florence, Ontario, was first elected to the House of Com- mons in 1921 election. He was defcatcd in 1925 election, but came back again in 1926. His older brother, William Russell Fansher, was born at Florence in 1876, butlatcr went west, becoming a. prosperous farmer at Govau, Sask. He was elected to parliament for Last Mountain con- stituency in 1926. The brothers sitat thc some desk in the green (313511107. The illustration shows: (1) William; (2) the father, and (3)

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\ Proof Warehouse

Works.

A meeting of the Council of the Charlottetown Board of Trade was held yesterday afternoon in the Board of Trade rooms, to discuss the situation which had arisen by reason of the destruction of the frost proof warehouse. on the rall- way wharf. 4

Mr. S. A. MacLeod. the President, occupied the chair.

There were present in addition to members of the Council, Hon. John . Sinclair, M. P, Mr. Harold Jen- kins, M. P., Mr. W. E. I-Iyndman, Chief Engineer of the Department

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of Public Works, Charlottetown, Mr. Lorne MacFarlane, representing the Potato Growers Association, I Gould, of the Standard Construc- tion Company, Mr. T. B. Grady, Superintendent of the Prince Ed- ward Island Railway, Hon. W. M. Lea, Provincial Minister of Agricul- ture.

Mr. S. A. MacLeod, on opening e meeting explained the situa- on. He suggested that the con- tract for the auxiliary warehouse be dealt with first, then the rebuilding of the larger building might be discussed.

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present contract.

Mr. Gould said delivery was slow with piles, and other materials.

Mr. Hyndman stated that he was in some doubt as to when the aux- iliary shed would be finished. The old shed was in bad shape, and a. whole new crecscted pile founda- tion would be required to build on that site.

He thought, and Mr. Gould ag- reed with him, that the present con- tract would be delayed three weeks on account of damage to the pile drivel-hand destruction of the piling by the fire.

Mr. Grady, asked to supply data

Mr. on the matter, said that the capac-

ity of a warehouse was not in be measured merely by its floor Qfgg, Doors required space, and, if coun- try teams were to drive into it more space would be taken away,

He then proceeded to ive figures on the capacity of ware ouses, tho Capacity of the old one being, he said, 1n the neighborhood of 60,000 bushels. '

If We filly we have a warehouse 350 feet by '70 feet wide, that is mis-

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‘made an equal effort to save her- etc, before proceeding to the scene lwas about the same as that of the‘

other witnesses. i When my boat arrived at South- rt William McInnis' boat wus there and one belonging to the Dredge. Men were moving around‘ hing. Some one shouted, here's here's another lnl c lni

I self. This is only my own opinion. Dr. It. J. Ledwell (sworn). I had just about retired. My room is on

Wham i0 which 1 Cllllill until help, the front of the house facing Water po

lStrect. I heard a noise. I listened. .but could not quite descern it.

me. It was Irene, shc was picked upl I cnme down stairs and went to score

Victcrirfllotcl. A number of persons istanding in the rotunda of hotel. LSaId there was something wrong at lwatcr front. Clerk telephoned police

had been in bod. I was notified thntocpnrtmcnt. Ed. Saunders was there.

Then went to my house for medic- inc and wcni down to wharf. Mr.

Marine Wharf. Whcn I got there Ijsnundcrs went in opposite direction.

Sdw Saunders and others carrying

was there. Hfijn body into office on ltlarinc Wharf.

resuscitate s1 immediately tried girl. I-Ie had been working l5 mlnuqworked for l5 minutes and (cs before I camc. I-Ic was pretty "pretty well lircd.

resuscitation. was Found in her this sci; of false teeth quite

for l0 or 15 minutes. loose (teeth produced). Shc was

was no livc in thclpsst all medical aid. Dr. Jenkins

girl. After a short while I,camc along. I-le worked perhaps 10 was called lo the Charlottetown; minutes. Dr. Seaman cnme and

‘Hospital to sec one cf those whoiiried his method but of no avail

bed when I arrived. vomiting a great. deal previous

"Comlngz-Montaguc Saturday. Rose Marie. Yen's Theatre. 6301-6-27-31

ton Festival.

29. If unfavorable Snturday evening Proceeds for Society.

"Come to the ice cream social zn French River Hall, Thursday, June 28th. Proceeds for school.

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pics Ch Tuesday. July 3rd. Mrs. J. M. McFadycn, Sec'y.

At 1.30 p. m. 6332

"The Protestant Orphanage pic- nic will be held in Tryon on Wed- nesday. June 27th. If weather un- favorable. picnic will be held Thursday, June 28th. 6290

"Kelly's Cross-JA Noble Out- cast" in Kelly's Cross Hall, Thurs- day, June 28th. See posters.

_ 6289-16-117-21 "The Orphanage Picnic to be held at Tryon on Wednesday, June 27th, is postponed until Thursday, 28th, on account of the funeral of the late Mr. Toombs. 338 "Reserve Wednesday night, Junc 27th, ice cream social and dance at

Irocadle Hall. 8284

"Como to tho icc cream festival in ald- of W. M. S. at Kingston. June 28th. If not iino Friday.

"Notice-Big show and dance at women Corner Friday, a awd time. Movies at Eldon Saturday“

"Ioc cream social at Summer-

My field Hall Thursday, June 28. If not

fine Friday. “BLQJLM;

"Grand Vice President Turnlglll‘.

airman Culnm §§°i‘c§'1§?cn§mmnlnc'cc, Johnston. ere visiting

' No. m, a. of u. w. n. on Monday

"The annual meeting of the Ccn-; tral Parish will be held in thePec- urch, Charlottetown, on

bflcn Siived- Tlifiy 118d he!‘ ilYDr. Dewars treatment was cf no She 118d beelliavail. Went to Hospital and when I to;

returned to where first girl was I found sho had been removed in undertaking quarters. The plate (teeth) in mouth was very loose. My opinion girl was drowned.

To jurymcn: The girl was trans-

"Reservc July 6th for Harrins- ferrcd from Southport side in boat. 3334 My opinion is the

teeth became lloose and probably choked her sn

"Come to the ice-cream social in that she would float more readily. Pownal Hall Friday evening June Death was due to drowning,

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Womcns Missionary ‘ceived a call from night watchman 6333-6-28-21 at railway station who heard crics

I for help between railway wharf and Hillsboro Bridge. Tcok car and not finding other police officers took help from Green Lantern. Told at Railway wharf cries were from ‘Southport side. When arrived no one there. Located car right at. end of Souihport wharf. It was dark. Came into town for tackle to hoist car. ‘Went to Martin Walsh's. Q1169" street. Went back to Southnorf wharf. Thought I could get a. diver ma» was supposed to be in town. ‘Took Father Maurice McDonald |snd another Mr. Walsh over.

To jurymen: It was terribly fussy miles. Brought car up quickly. It's a new car. Could not see more than 10 yards ahead._

I returned to town to get more rope. I helped take her up on wharf and put her in patrol wagon. This was on the ‘East side of the wharf. I brought the body to Mc- Uzanfs Undertaking Parlors, aftr: which I returned to the Marine Wharf and got tho body of Arthur Walsh which was landed there dur- ing my absence.

To Mr. E. T. Riggs-The stringer of the wharf ls. about , B inches high and think the car would bounce cver, very easily. B01118’ 9"" at 1° miles an hour.

Mr. Riggs-Do you consider Bouthport as safe as any other

wharf. _ Blggan-It is not as well protect- thero is only

ed as other wharves. a small strinlll’ at Scull,‘ ll who" meter lllugherinworn . I Kiwi) noon-d my so» during the summer m0Dth8.~I went own early M01111“ night. Was read whim I he!" voices and sound of a motor hoof. I listened and locum! the voices along Bouthport Wharf. This is a common occurrence.‘ 1811i 1' W", therefore not much coneernfld. will! I heard a woman ssrum- I Jump- 7 d . i rnetnl thick-eat men. fie told rne somethilit but usnvmd- I ill“ Ihoard other voices. one person say-

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two of them and the water. I picked up the on the water and proceeded to t Murine Wharf. Mr. Meoney and Mi‘. Moore who were with me hard to resuscitate the girl on way over. We placed her on Brunt, she was then carried to the Murine Wharf office. There were still two missing so we went bacl: to Scuihport to ascertain if there

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the wharf at. this time who came aboard to help the search. Capt. Kelly and crew from the Brant cams over shortly after. A crowd was congregating on the wharf. got out two grapplers and located the car. Biggar and Kelly then went for blccks and tackles. We later hcolred on and tried to raise the car. Cushions, pieces of cake, fruit. etc, rose to the surface. With extra hclp we got the car to the surface. After some difficulty with the hell?) of the large crowd who were pres- ent, we raised the car high enough out of the water to make sure the auto was empty. We then returned to the city about 6 o'clock.

Mr. James Meaney (swam) col‘- rcborated the evidence given by Ir-

win, adding that when he and his chum James HYDE-i arrived they found a man

hanging to a pile; he was in the water. Thcy pulled him to safety in their boat. He called a girl's name, then we heard a cry for help. We pulled her from the water and transferred the rescue to the boat occupied by’ the Capt. of Dredge No. 2 and some of his men. We scouted. found another girl, and put her on Irwin's cruiser.

The Jury then adioumed to hear the evidence of o. witness not pres- ent at tho time.

At 8 o'clock the inquest was re- sumed.

WallncqMcDonald (sworn). About 8 o'clock in the morning I went t0 Southport Wharf to grapple for bod- ics... At 8.30 or thercabouts 'I had located the two bodies missing. Arthur Walsh was found about 20 feet from the head of the wharf; his sister Blanche. was found 25 feet or so east of the corner of the wharf. The grappling was done from a row boat and a motor boat. This endedthe evidence, and the Jury retired to bring in the report mentioned above.

Genevieve who met her death so tragically was 2'1 years of are. and had been teaching at Elllotvale. Her sister Blanche was 23 yearn of ugc and was teaching at Sum- merville. Arthur who was on the farm was 22 years of age.

The surviving brothers and sist- ers are; I - qt: and Irene of New York. Jfseph of at. Augustinesnemin- ary, ‘Toronto, who had been visit- ing in New York. He graduated from St. Duncan's“ last year. '

Ella,,Mother ‘Superior of the Scored Heart acme, City. ,