Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, July 17, 1954

Issue date: Saturday, July 17, 1954
Pages available: 38
Previous edition: Friday, July 16, 1954
Next edition: Monday, July 19, 1954

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 6 we wipe free press saturday a tilt 17, 1954 cadets of vacation Montreal cup seventy Canadian army cadets represent ing All corps in que Bec province left by train thursday night for a three week vacation in Banff. Alta. Sunday. 67 sea cadets will leave for two weeks training it Camp protector near Sydney. In a. Smoke about wreck continued irom Page 1 Ginger 63-year-old Leonard Baker of Kenora and the fireman Wil Liam Sawka 21, or 507 Aberdeen Avenue. Go Kate. Wex Peg residents injured other passengers injured included miss used lumber new b used doors windows Price and Lynn Rel i liw. I Liidi blot. Mra Iii Chaco bldg. Wreckers 802 Archibald St. Pm. 20-2619 Yards shearing off four Telegraph . The camper s special had left. _ at g.30 Cadt Fri j Garfield Street win mpg suffer r i intr hmm input cd Ann Green is of 1006 Day and was on Tho Road for less than two hour when he tragedy occurred. Time of Accident was . I a Jacke coaches Imdan t i follow locomotive witness accounts said it iwas a Miracle Hal the Piwen did t follow Loco motive and baggage car Over the embankment. Instead the cars containing the passengers ground to a Stop on the gravel Road Heel on she other Side of double line. Cause of the wreck is not known. Quick Workin i with some of j helped avoid panic and for the most part the whole train Load was Calm though numbed. Saturday morning Crews had cleared the line. Among the injured were the in the guaranteed approved hot water storage tank Ai Matic aluminium combination Are built to serve for the life of your Home m longer custom fitted they la never shrink rot Warp or rust serve without trouble annual repairs. Once they re up. They re up for Good Alum tic of Winnipeg 1000 Lynn ave. Pm. 75-3355 ing from an injured shoulder. With her was miss Diana Jerry. Miss Rita Lafreniere of 39 nor Wood court received a Cut Arm while miss Gisele Lavoie 259 kit son Street Norwood received a Cut to her Elbow requiring live stitches. Jack 234 Balmoral Avenue was taken to Whitemouth Hospital with minor injuries. Two Crew members reported shaken up were d. D. Craig j20, of Kenora and Frank Baran Gor parlor car chef of Winnipeg. Brake Max Dies doctors together on Way to Cabin the train Crew or Szabo it was Learned died on the Way to a Cabin Ivi Miles from the scone after being scalded. He was Riding in a bag Gage car in which the steam pipes burst enveloping him in scalding steam. The injured passengers were conveyed to Keewatin and Ken Ora in five boxcars rushed to the scene and used As ambulances. Tho seven seriously injured were taken Oft the Boxcar ambulance at Keewatin and conveyed the rest of. The Way to Hospital in. Kenora in motor ambulances. At Kenora the Boxcar ambulance with its cargo of injured was met by several station wagons and ambulances to which the injured were quickly transferred and rushed to Hospital. Keno a doctors Kus Heij to scene accompanying the injured to Kenora were seven doctors from i Kenora who had rushed to the j scene when word the derail j ment reached the resort town. During this time Only two doctors j were loft on duty in both Hospi tals. Panic and confusion broke out seconds after the Lio iday train shot off the tracks but shortly after some semblance of order was restored As the majority of the More than 200 passengers and Crew recovered from Shock. Occurring in a swampy mos Quito infested part of the main line of the car eight Miles West of the wreck left the engine. Tender and baggage 10 sup cow Kosice sold by All Plum Bari hardware i diet. Simm for inform Phouc Green steel industries Ltd., Winnipeg dial appointment new 5 room screened porch. Victoria Beach near Golf course and new cottage. Passengers Flung out windows passengers were Flung Hir Ugri windows and san leered Glass was hurled in All tire Lions iwo Winnipeg girls who were on the de a Jan ipod train Lold the free press1 Friday night in Kenora. Neither was seriously injured in the derailment which occurred As they with 203 other Holiday bound were in route to Kenora. I we were silting there and the first thing we knew we heard a said miss Ann Green. Is of 1006 Garfield Street and Missi Jerry whose address was i not Learned. Smashed Glass flow in All directions and people were thrown through the girls said. After they had Hea assisted said they were amazed to see the from their overturned car they engine and several other cars had also left the rails and upset in swampland. Flooring no. 1 common per 100 it. V2" x 2" no. 1 common por 100 so. It. No. 1 com. Too it. Overhead garage door you enjoy the luxury of an overhead door at Coo remarkably Low Cost Complete with hardware with Zavart Spring balance made windows and combination doors. C. Huebert Ltd. 5 Point Douglas ave. Phone 92-71 59 maj trials Bettik on their sides on the South Side of jul Palm condition a Winnifred Strachan ,33, of 175 Donald Street who was Slabbed twice with a six Inch Hunting knife t h u r s d a y night is now in fair condition in Misericordia Hospital. Being n Connerton with the stabbing is the woman s 33-Yrar-old husband Norman John Sira Ehan. Ins Pector of detectives George blow said saturday no charge re had been Laid in connection with the stabbing. New address jjtt9 please note our new phone number 75-2533-4 distributors of Western Holly Cas ranges waste King pull aerators Kitchen Aid automatic dishwashers the torn or. The North Side of the tracks All Tho other cars with the exception of the diner were also thrown on their sides. The diner remained standing. Caks submerged in Swash water of the cars hurled on the North Side of the tracks the first was partly submerged in the swampy water and the second was almost totally covered with water. Swarms of mosquitoes swept Down on the scene and plagued the victims and added to the difficulty of Rescue work As tiie passengers injured and uninjured struggled from the wreck ago of tiie overturned cars. A Porter whose name was not available was credited with do ins heroic work As he ran from the prolific East Texas Oil Field was discovered in 1d30. Charged with perjury Allyson Smith 22, of 532 Redwood Avenue appeared in City police court Friday charged with perjury. She was remanded until thursday without plea. Site was he Crown witness at played n part in attempting to the preliminary a caring of Wal restore some sort of order As Basil Friend charged with car the to car in an Effort to assist injured and Calm verge of hysteria. Others on a news agent on the train also an of Asphalt shingles re siding Asbestos end in Ulbric free estimates co. Ltd. H phone 92-2547 8 12 Smith if. The last word in summ1r vacation luxury Jack Saf Nijem on Tig Pelican Lake Brainerd. Minn Cioli Brany Point Lodge in the. Haarl of a Nneola r. Lab Loai Rei Orl Counley ii Belt in icon lilt a Luder Bly Beau Lul Vaccai on Al in. Eon of in. 100.000 located in Holh Woodi with cig City lol Ball dancing Lupei food wonderful Timour Dugi Ard All especially for you i and Lor the you Gilen a divided dining room and la Pervoied Dawn r ii Dulk proc Ami Lotu l your div dual Zed Tei Al. Amen on from s1voc Ter Day and to including Chita meant a Day and a or id night track. Dancing and dinner music Jose Cortez nth his , Iron the Uli n quart i. Miami Tath Roger Basha Rose Marie a Iii from the Sam Soiu. It ii. Her a comedian Jirry Coe irem Chicago Nicht club magician Eddie cott5 hell Oki lion lilt Yeji for Reserve Earty Choice accommodations on big Pelican mkt Braint d. Man riot smallest lightest hearing Aid in Zenith s history the Fufa Eless such convenience such clarity such Comfort As powerful As sonic hearing aids Al Lea twice than Many hearing aids Selling at twice its tiny 3-Iransistor Royal a is another Zenith sift it masterpiece. In acc Ohio y of Tilro coif. .10-Day Monet Back Gua Antii hearing aids electric shavers Ltd. Portage ave. Phone 92-6772 re modelling re building Thos. Jackson sons Ltd., offer you the idea plan to help you finance any repairs Etc., to your own up to 24 months to pay. For Complete details phone j. B. Baillie at 3-7071 Thos. Jackson sons. Ltd. Wall and Ellice ave., Winnipeg broke open his Stock of Convoc Dionery and handed it out to the passengers. 51 train cell employees the campers special was filled Wilh Yvinne speggers headed for a Holiday at the Lake of the Woods. Too it. X 40 it. With no posts. Must be moved by August 15th. Price for further information Contact w. J. Mckeag. Security storage Ltd. Phone receiving stolen goods. At the hearing she gave Evi Dence under Nat i that she had received certain goods found in her Possession which were identified As Heins stolen from Ter Basil Friend charged with houses in greater Winnipeg. She 2x4 a 10" boards 8" ship sap per 1 too Board feet Here s a real buy High Grade Spruce Fence pickets 3 it. Each 4 it. Each 3 it. Each v x3" 4 it. Toe Cedar Bevel siding Ideal for summer cot loge Etc. W to c Grade Lntluihn-9 Pir Board fett see our Wall smart vertical in plywood Fossa use your credit to no Down payment for Home improvement 24 months to pay the lowest rates in Winnipeg Thi Empire Sash door co. Ltd. Ivory thing in lumber far Home Henry Argyle phone 92-5531 testified she had received the do you know. In what were mummies embalmed Asphalt. A Large number of them it was Learned were employees of the goods from Friend. Canadian Pacific railway were starting their annual Vaca Tion. Born in March. 1929, Jim Szabo i played All his hockey As a minor in Kenora and then with the Kinsmen juniors during the 1d-1u season. Following the 1950-Fil season with Norman bombers he played hockey in Brighton. Eng land the following year and then returned to play for Tho thistles. I at the time of to derailment heavy Cloud Ivans overhead and darkness was closing in. Among j the passengers on the train it was Learned were three doctors one of whom was reported to have been invoked in the Dugald wreck on the Canadian National railways line in 1047. J As the cries of the injured rent the night air and the passengers fought their Way through shattered doors and windows table Linen was snatched from the Lone dining car of the train and pres sed speedily into service As ban Dages and compresses. Rudolf , 12. A Fanner living one Quarter of a mile from the scene of the crash was milk ing cows when he saw a Cloud of steam rising from Over the tracks knew timetable Fausek Calls ramp familiar with the running time of the camper special or. Swan son concluded that the camper special was in trouble and Tele phoned the ramp detachment at Whitemouth from Manahan s Camp a Short distance from his farm. He then ran to the derailment scene with containers of Coffee from the Camp and served it to those who were Able to drink it. One passenger on the train who escaped injury said i saw Wal lets purses and Bank books float ing in the water. I made a grab at what i thought was a purse i in the water and it turned out to i be my the Man s wife had been hurled into the swamp water from the train hut was not believed seriously injure d. City victim former St. Vital teacher mrs Maconnell was on her Way to Keewatin Lor a Holiday. She was a retired school teacher who had taught at Fernwood school St. Vital. Husband s Waller c a retired. He did not accompany her on the trip. Rela Tives kept news of her death from him until late saturday morning. Mrs. Maconnell is survived by two sons and one daughter. They Are Richard a., Glen f., and mrs. A. Grygor. Also two Stepsons. Damp of sunny Ethiopia has just two seasons in the year a Rainy summer from May to october and a Drey win Ter. Here s the answer Over two thousand years ago the egyptians bad discovered the amazing preservative properties of Asphalt and Vised it to embalm their dead. Today Asphalt is still our most efficient waterproofing agent. More North american Homes arc roofed with Asphalt shingles than any other kind. Of course modern Asphalt is vastly improved. Your genuine droid Shingle for instance is protected with a Tough durable and resilient Asphalt with a remark Able immunity to the weathering action of Sun rain Snow and Hail. When considering a new roof get the Shingle with extra years of in addition droids Are weatherproof rot proof fire Safe and fade proof. Get genuine Only by Sidney roofing a paper co. Ltd. All Loof Ling not ave. I directory on the stroke of Midnight tonight july 17th, the 1954-55 greater Winnipeg Telephone directory will become effective. The present directory should then be destroyed or placed for collection by the patriotic Salvage corps at the earliest Opportunity. Please do not use the old directory after Midnight tonight Transcona service re arranged the area served by the Transcona Exchange will become part of the Winnipeg Exchange area. Listings of Transcona subscribers will be found in the new directory in alphabetical sequence with those of Winnipeg subscribers and will be reached directly by dealing their new numbers. The of 5 cents per Call no longer applies. Please Check your personal Telephone lists of numbers of special interest to you to be sure that the numbers Are unchanged. A Booklet Telephone for listing the names and numbers of your friends firms with which you do business Etc., is obtainable free from your Telephone office. Manitoba Telephone system ;