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, _ Vol. 97, No. 33 1 was a partierpaling witness to the â€" trowicâ€" aceident â€" which oc curred en‘Carcline Street, Friday 6th instant, and would like to exâ€" press â€" my â€" admiration | i* _ the prompt manner with which the Waterloo Fire Service responded to my call and carried out the Private opiniun has hinted that Mr. Gerberâ€" probably did not fully understand the complexities of operating a bus line in Waterâ€" leo and that he is now hesitant of starting the service. If by any chanee this is the case, Mr. Gerâ€" ber should say so without delay se that efforts to obtain other transportation could be made. J.IS Dear Sir Effcient and prompt action on the part of Waterioo‘s firemen brought the following letter to Ald. Neal S. Harris: Mr. Ne S Harris Ald. Buddel] thought this would beâ€" subsidization frem city funds and â€" that the Kitechener PUC would kick. The Kitchener transâ€" pertation â€" eutfit â€" which has a stranglehold on all public transâ€" portation in Waterleo, had agreed verbally at a former meeting to allow a private operator to run a crossâ€"town service, provided the erfy did not subsidize him in any way.. What business is it of the Kitchener PUC whether this city chooses to subsidize a bus comâ€" pany or_ net, we fail to see. Frankly, despite the soâ€"called leâ€" gal blundering of a former counâ€" erl which alluowed the Kitchener oulfit these privileges to the deâ€" triment of hundreds of stranded Waterloo â€" taxpayers. . weâ€" would think the present council would have enough courage to go ahead with what it thinks right Perâ€" senally, we think any fairâ€"mindâ€" ed judge: would throw the case out on the street if it ever came to court. 4. City to â€" provide | stopping spots on sfreets and operator to previde femporary signs, 3. Agreed | that â€"the . operator woeuld have the right to terminate service on 30 ddays notice 6. Further apreed, that the frial peried should be for three menths 7. Any chanse in schedule or route to be approved by the traf tic ind erty development commutâ€" tee. Atd â€" New Harris asked af at would not be pessilde for the eify to pay the nsurance. premiums during the trial period. riet Waterloo‘s edgeâ€"ofâ€"lowners may be in for a disappointment so far as the privately owned etusms fow n bus service as cencerned. Dan Gerber of Crosstull, maker | ef the offer to supply tr;m:-pul‘lu-' tion has faled to sign the :ng.:n-v»‘ ment as drawn up by the «ily. Mr. Gerber did not epject to any part of the agreement but gave as his reason for noet signing, the ; Iigh rate of insurance to cever us huses. The ugreement, which is very fair, would not, se far us we can see, work any hardship on the j bus eperator. Tt contuns the folâ€" low ing stipulations: 1. Mimmum coverage: Reoslyn Ave. West to Margaret Ave. East. 2. Mimmum runs: 6 per day. » 3. Minimum number of carâ€" One council member says it doesn‘t take the train much longâ€" er to clear the crossing than it dues when cars have to stop at the red light. He‘s right too, but the red light is put there to facifiâ€" tate trafliv. The same can hardly be said of the train. JHS. Freight trains are still being shunted iwcross Waterloo‘s main street during the noon rush hour, There seems absolutely no sane reason for such action, but so far they have done it and got away with it Coming in for special commenâ€" dation will be firemen Lloyd Hierâ€" vrun, who removed the two vieâ€" tims from the sewer hole. Waterloo firemen will no doubt find the unreserved admiration of their action in this case, a pleasâ€" ant change. They have come in tor their share of criticism in the past, much of it undeserved. Both Waterloo and Kitchener and the iwo Chambers of Comâ€" merce, will help in orgamzing a fund to heip his family, The Red Cross are also investigating the case with a view to a posthumous award to John Mitchell for "bravâ€" ery above and beyond the call of duty." Nothing the citics do can reâ€" place him as a husband and faâ€" ther, yet it is well that both comâ€" munities should observe the sacâ€" From the same tragedy will also come recognition for Waterâ€" loo‘s â€" fire department and the prempt part they played in the rescue effort. That Mitchell was ‘an excepâ€" tionally brave man goes without saying. He must have known the pussibilities before lowering himâ€" self into the sewer, yet he never nesitated. The heroism of Jolin R. Mitchâ€" ell, who sacrificed lus own life in an attempt to rescue the first of the sewer gas victims, will not go unrecognized. rifice he made Around Water/oo J.H.S J.H.S 165 Erb St. East, Waterloo, Ont., August 8, 1954 All monies collected willlfie used for the benefit of the Mitihâ€" ell family. Not one cent will be taken from the fund to pay for its administration. Mayor Bauer of Waterloo and Mayor Weber of Kitchener, feel that the. fund should act as a nremorial to John Mitchel! for the conrage _ and _ self sacrifice _ he showed in his efforts to save a friend Both, the city of Waterloo and Kitchener will contribute subâ€" stantial _ amounts fowards the funds.. Some of the industries will also be appreached with the idea of contributing, and public giving, while it will not be soliâ€" cited, will be more than welcome. Private checks or money may be sent to the city hall in either city and will be forwarded to the adâ€" ministrators of the fund. Actually the fund will go toâ€" wards paying off the mortgage on the new but modest home in which the widow and four chilâ€" dren of John Mitchell, live. ..A John Mitchel} trust fund to be admunistered by Mayor Frank Bauer and Herb Gerster, chairâ€" man of the Crue Welfare commitâ€" tee of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, will be set up to alteâ€" viate â€" menetary hatdship which might| beâ€" suffered. by Mitchell‘s family. Having served 5 years with the London Fire Service (England), considered to be one of the best equipped and most efhicient in the world, I am fully conversant with thefunctions of a fire unit and the problems invelved As I was responaible for placâ€" ing the enll to the fire hall 1 am fuily iware of the speed with which the call was answered, and wirs particularly impressed with the eficieney with which the oxy â€" gon â€" breatling | apparatus | was denned and used. Hos eratifying, as n taxpayer, to know that a relatively small unit such as the Waterloo fire serâ€" vice is equipped with reserve breathing apparatus, which shows foresight and progress by all conâ€" cerned. L only regret that sewerage emâ€" ployees exposed | daily to such dangers as carbon dioxide, ete. are not cquipped with testing de vices, ind knowledge of the dead ly nuture of these gases Under investigation is a Kitchâ€" ener min‘s complaint that he was struck over the head at Kaufâ€" man‘s Flats shortly after midnight Sunday night and robbed of about $10 or $15.. Waterloo township police are investigating. Police adentified theman as Renald TenEyck. N9 Locust St.. Kitchener.â€" TenEyck told officers he was a short distance from the group he was with when he heard leaves rustling and was hit over the head. TenEyck _ was knocked out by the btow. His empty pockethook wis later found nearby. necessiry actien As I was ing the eall fuily ware which the ea MAN ATTACKED, ROBBED NEAR CITY HARRIS ATTENDS CHIROPRACTIC MEET The seminar was conducted by Dr. James W,. Parker, founder and developer of the Parker Chiâ€" ropractic Research Foundation, a Texas organization which operâ€" ates 18 chiropractic elinics. In the intermediate girls brackâ€" ct Anne Garibalde had a slim one point advantage over secondâ€"place Barbara Milts, 11 points to 10 points. â€" mâ€" In â€" the junior girls | bracket champion was Dianne Roth with 11 points, three more than runâ€" nerâ€"up Beverley Murrison. Neil S. Harris, D.C., of Waterâ€" low, has just completed the Parkâ€" er Chiropractic Research Seminar held in Toronto. Mr. Harris deâ€" voted four days to study of the latest developments in chiropracâ€" tic technique and Xâ€"ray analysis. Margaret Buckwell was the winner of the individual girls® senior _ championship â€" with 15 points. â€" Darlene Rife and Janet Mather finished in a deadlock for the second place position in this division, each with eight points. Ivan Golletz paced the junior boys, division with seven points, one more: than runnerâ€"up Frea Stevens. Last Friday the playgrounds elosed with a field day at Riverâ€" side Park. The Arlngton Street playground accumulated the must points und walked oiff with the field day championship. Their 83â€" point total exceeded second standâ€" ing pullic school by 16 points. High school truiled with only 17 points. The â€" intermediate boys | total was topped by Dan Burr with a 15â€"point total. Don Houser, nine points, was second. Savrlzer, report ae oaff + dunce at â€" the | three. cupetvisca | play prounds operated far six weeks in Preston was 8,222. The senior boys championship was taken by Doug Claydon with 10 points, runnerâ€"up, Barry Lichâ€" ty, pusted eight points. Playgrounds Close with Field Day PRESTON tESTON The | director of ton playground activities, Td J.MS remain, Yours sincerely, J E. Futter. Displayed Intrrest Mr. Gerber appeared before the cemmiltee iwe weeks ago and displayed considerable interest in eperating â€" the infernal bus ser vice.. He was requested ut that time to o meet with Ald Buddel! and the city solicitor in order that Ald. Ron Buddell, chairman of the commiuttee, said Mr. Gether gave no cuncrete reason fer reâ€" fusing the agreement but hinted that a high premium rate de manded | forâ€" insurance coverage was one of the reasons tersponst ble. Waterloa‘s _ crosstown bus | an agreement could be formed. waned Monday night when the He agreed to this but last traffic and city development comâ€"| Tamâ€"day â€" refused o sign â€" the mittee of Waterloo Council was ) sgreement advised that a proespective inde Ald _ Ruddell briefly outlined pendent operator, Din Gerber, of | the pzrecement that was drafted Crosshill, had refused to sign sn | and soud the minimum coverage agreement with the erty alteaced wis between Reslen Ave City Crosstown Qutlook Dimmed "Most private compames who are asked to pay half the shot have the whole say who the inâ€" surance company is ‘going to he," said Mr. Zinger Deputy Reeve Leonard Burton said, "We may consider it if you could â€" guarantec to ask fer no raise at the first of the year." "There in raises ing only clerk. The elerk rephed: UIt is comâ€" mon now for employers to pay hospitalization as a fringe beneâ€" it." wanted â€"too Kknow o cconmmenon could conme in a group plin "Nobody pays my )o pritahza thien I pay it mysell)) siad Heeve Clayten Rickert. "wccumulated time" assured | counerl the would hiave a group J ceuncil pard or not. Councifiors Covered? ComnerHer â€" en boeard wanted â€"too kneow t cconn could conte an a group plin If a new plan were faken Mr. Snider. some ol the Cross helders would hiave ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NoT coLp Mr. Zinger is the of / the Waterleo Services. Councrllor â€" Josepa Zinger jected on the greunds that ~uf) are asking us to do tuc puy you snould have consulted us f before your signed up. Under op â€" Medical Services plan _ could have ebtiuned the sume s erage for 60 per centoof that q mium ." A groeup plan was in force in 1948 but due to many changes in staff its membersiip had dwinâ€" dled to twoâ€"himsell and police stenographer Mary Boniface, said Mr. Snider. The plan was about to be washed out but he had perâ€" suaded 11 others to join some whe alveady had indhviduid peliâ€" ciesâ€"to retauin group stutus. Not Legal Previous to the lTust sessiun of the legislature it was net fega for a_ municipality to contribate to such i plan us it was for priâ€" vate status, Mr. Smder explained Councrllor â€" Josepa Zinger ol jeeted on the greunds that "if you are asking us to do toe paying. Through spokesman elerk Harâ€" old J. Snidét. 13. townsinp emâ€" ployees asked council to pay halt the Blue Cross group hospitaliâ€" zation plan premium which would have â€" meant a "Fringe benefit© wage increase of less than $3 mounthly each, but ceunch rejeetâ€" ed the request. » Several pelite "ne"" decisions "Nobody pays mine, at the same were handed out Monday night | time it is teo bud to see muney when Waterloo tewnsiip (‘uunui!-,l:m-u‘n awuy if a group pelicy lors were in sessiin. must be drepped." done at Elizabeth Ziegler Public School last week when 17 windows were broken by four youngsters tossing stones. The vandals are between 8 und 14 yeiars of age â€"â€" tw of them are brothers. Larry Dreher, grade six student at the school, holds ote of the rocks which was tossed. The boys‘ parents have agreed to make restitution,. TWP. TURNS DOWN BACKING OF HOSPITALIZATION PLAN Councrllor Lorne Schlueter said HOODLUM DAMAGE ie firsl ol The year. . wasn‘t much handed out this year We are usk a small item," siad the ts wourld have lost d time" hbenefits. He inerl _ theâ€" empieyees a group plan whether an were faken, sard seme ol the. Blue past president ‘vâ€"up â€" Medical une cÂ¥ Meyer earllea first o LEHES OR TGINAL DOCUMENI The aty agreed to provide bus prck up ind _ dispatching areas and the operator agreed to crect temporarty | «igns _ The: eperator alse wanted the right to terminâ€" ate â€" the agreement on 30 days wiitten netice. This was agreed, and oafoo that the anitial dtial Ald _ Ruddel briefly outlined the ogreement That was drafted and ind the minimum coverage alleeced wie hetween Roslyn Ave Woest and Miargaret Avenue East. Six rums per day with twe carâ€" nlors wirs alse stipulated. ale Theâ€" agreement on 30 days wiitten netice. This was agreed, and oafooo that the anitial trial peried would he three months Any changes in the schedule or troute were to be approved first by "No%. was the answer. The townsiup was trying to discourage hving in ccelars and garages; however 1f he signed an agreeâ€" ment an exception would be made to allow him temperary residence Councrl sard ne" to Floyd Lesrsoot Ajyrowhe knoeked off teâ€" lepleare pests wuth his insurance tes cur near) Hespeler. . Present mioraall from the telephone com pany he asked af the: township would assume part of the cost of replacement. He was told, "no", Ihc lownship was in no way reâ€" spensthle. Another "No" Depulty Reeve Burten said he had a request from a Galt man whe wished to duy a det from Exverird â€" Sanderson, near Hesâ€" peler and five in a garage until hishome was completed about HMad Collision Cuel sutd because of the narâ€" rewness he had been in collision wit> another ear Sunday. Chief efâ€" Police: Lavingstine said Chef has been charged.. He suid there luel been four previous necidents which could hiave kirlled people. The thlurd "no" went to Sidney Lickty of RKR 3. Kitechener, who ked that culvert be butlt at his subdnasion to allew for read widâ€" enmmg in The future. fHe had doâ€" natod extra lind fur the propeosed wadenini. Council dues not burld culverts for privirte andivaduads. He will have foo pay for if bamself and put io lisher| price en the: lots when ne sells them. he was teld. Council sard Cne" to Floyd The roeve felt there was too much opposition en the whate nn.k in turming down the employees sinst, "L don‘t want to be fough on our empfoyees but as I suid beâ€" lere l have to pay my ewn." Geerse Chef whe usked that Ni read fe his home at RR 8, Kitchener, be made wider for veâ€" brole sabety was given the second "In private industry there is a higher wage scale and fringe beâ€" nctits ulso," said Mr. Snider. Counciliors Zinger and Moyer suid they would go for the reâ€" yuest if the Coâ€"op would get a enimge. * Have to Pay Own "We as individuals have to pay our «in hospitalization," said the reerc. "It is too bad they changed the auyt, we pay your pension plan and you get a pretty fair safary." un no Mote than £100 damage was City Agrees Waterloo, Ontario, Friday, August 20, 1954 â€"Ubrunicie Staf Poote Subsidization This â€" would be â€" sa@psidization from municipal funds and thus frowned upon by the Kitchener PUC, Ald. Buddell replied. In past meetings the Kitchener transâ€" portation body verbaily agreed to relinquish their crosstown franâ€" chise rights within Waterfoo but emphastically _ stated _ that _ the rights would be relinquished only if the smaller of the Twin Cities agreed not to subsidize any indeâ€" pendent operator. LN â€"VIRY POOR CONDIHION the traffic and city development committee Ald. Buddell said the offer was "drawn up very fairly". Ald._ Noi Harris questioned whether it would he possible for Waterloo to pay the insurance premiums for the three months‘ trial period as an incentive to Mr. Gerber. Announcing this recently, hyâ€" dro officrt!s said that standardizaâ€" tion in the «ity of Galt is scheâ€" duled to be completed carly in 1955 Following virtual completion of the 25 to 60â€"cycle changeover carly in September in Kitchener, Ontario Hydro crews will move into the area served by the GalH Public : Utrlities Commussion, and the sections of the Dundas and Kitchener Rural Operating Arceas adjacent â€"toâ€" Galt, Preston and Hespeler. TO START SOUTH WATERLOO HYDRO CHANGEOVER Dr. Reginald Atkinson said he anrmved ut Careline Street at 5 pm.. He applhed exygen immediâ€" ately to Kartechner. The victim ef beth men and thought Kartechâ€" ner‘s heat was "very good". He sard, however, Mitchell‘s pulse was weak. In unswer to a question by crown attorney Harold Daufman, Allin admitted that he would not go down in anether sewer now since the tragedy. "IL wouldn‘t trust it now," he said. Still Moving The work‘s foreman said when Mitchell | went down the hele, Kartechner _ was â€" still _ moving. When brought to the top by fireâ€" men, Allin said he felt the pulse Arthur Allin, 101 Albert streer, |!/" 2 V Sow un Cdelvountd Jreigit city works department foreman,| 89 through shortly before she noâ€" was a witness at the scene. He| ced fires along the track. said the sewer on Caroline Street, directly behind Carling Brewerâ€" ."9“ Atrea ies Ltd, was blocked and Kar.|, After hitching a plow to the techner went down the manhole| actor, Mr. Laurie went out and to investigate. At the bottom of| PIOWed around the fire burning the hole he pushed some of the lhrough his pasture lands. It ‘sludgc aside â€" with â€" his â€" foot, burned over nearly 40 acres inâ€" coughed _ several _ times, _ said|Cluding two 100â€"yearâ€"old pine something, and then keeled over stump fences. As the stumps conâ€" in the 14 or 15 inches of sludge. |tained pitch the fire threw up s dense black smoke. ‘ Ran for Help |_ Mrs. Blancher meanwhile had ’ Allin said he ran for help to summoned a threshing gang at a Hishon Construction Company neighbor Wilfred Wettlaufer‘s crew working at the corner of mememmminn en aemeie i ce ob reesicmmene m > William _ and â€" Caroline â€" Street.} Mitchell. a. shovel operator for} 6 = the crew, ran to the hole, tied a Istorl ov rope _ around | his â€" waist, and ; climbed down the sewer in an al»z tempt to rescue his friend Karâ€"| Aechner. Evidently in a dazed condition, Mitchell attempted to tie the rope around Kartechner.‘ f After the futile attempt, Mitchell w T tried to «limb back up the sewer _ WEST MONTROSEâ€"Since the wall spikes, He only got half way old covered bridge at. West Monâ€" up and fell back into the sludge| Fus¢ was constructed 75 years ago on top of Kartechner, ,!l is !ukm‘g 13_.\; second "rest" from The sewer where the two men died has still not been opened up, he added. We recommend that the City of Waterioo in future provide proâ€" per equipment and instructions in their use to prevent further faâ€" talities of this nature." During â€" the â€" twoâ€"andâ€"oneâ€"half hour hearing 18 witnesses testiâ€" fied. City workers, Carlings‘ emâ€" ployees and medical authorities rave a detailed description of the Caroline â€" street â€" tragedy | which took the lives of two men. pthy Sn on is hearim, sn Wouter loo erfly hall council chambers, Tuesday nmight. The jury deliberâ€" ated for hallâ€"anâ€"hour.. The verdict in full read: "Asâ€" phy xiation by entrring into a sewer munhole when he went to the assistance of Haroeld Kartechâ€" ner who was presumed to be in difficulties at the time. We attach no blame to anyone, and believe everything was done that was possible under the circumstances." Jurors were Orley Uffelman, foreman; Frank Teerkott; Jerome Huber, Gordon Steinke and Frank Carter. > The anticipated verdict also inâ€" cluded the following recommenâ€" dation: Good Verdict Waterloo County coroner L. V. Lang commented: "It is a good verdict." A fireâ€"man curoner‘s juryinâ€" quiring into the sewer gas death two weeks ago of 37â€"yearâ€"old John R. Mitchell brought in a verdict of death by aco lental usâ€" ty Sn on is hearim, sn Wuter Recommend Protective Equiplnent Coroners Jury Absolves Anyone Of Blame In Double Sewer Tragedy Waldinger is beheved to be the hit and run driver who the same night, struck the rear of an onâ€" coming truck while driving toâ€" ward New Dungee on the Petersâ€" burg read and forced a car behind the truck mmto a ditch, said O.P.P Constable Lorne Clarke Damage to the truck, driven by Walter Kaster of RR 2, Peters burg, and the car, driven by Chas Chrrstner of RR. 2, Baden, which were invelved in the accident, was estimated at $50 and $200 re spectively _ Waldinger‘s car was damaged to the extent of about $100 Waldinger _ was _ stopped _ in Kitchener when only one headâ€" light was burning on his car. It was then that the fresh damage to the car was noticed and the driver appeared to be under the influence of liquor, said Kitchener police. A routine check over one car headtight burning, lead to the arâ€" rest Saturday of Helmut Walâ€" dinger, 21 Wellington St. North, Kitchener, charged by Ontario Provincial Police with fatling to remain at the seene of an acciâ€" dent Wednesday â€" Indian crafts, cosâ€" tumes and scenes were featured by _ children at: Ourâ€" Lady of Lourdes centre during their Inâ€" dian Day events. Friday the playground season will close with two events being held at Waterloo Park. In the morning a field day is to be held and an amateur contest in the afâ€" terneon Immigrant Charged With Hit and Run The Waterloo playgrounds are ending | their 1954 season | this week. A band concert was held Woednesday and a field day and amateur contest is to be held Friâ€" day. The : Waterjoo Musical Society Band held their last of a series of concerts at the Central Mortgage and Housing Corp., Dearborn St., playground, Wednesday night. _ In addition to the band selecâ€" tions, youngsters had a chance to perform before the public. CITY PLAYGROUNDS CLOSE THIS WEEK Due to repairs the bridge is closed to highway traffic, howâ€" ever foot traffic is allowed. A new floor is being installed and workâ€" men are making repairs to the abutments The â€" bistoric old _ landmark, which has ben closed for over a week, is expected to be open in two weeks time. Mrs. Joseph Blancher turned in the first alarm shortly after 6 p.m. She lives four miles west of Ayr with her brother, Andrew G. Lauâ€" ric. She saw an eastbound freight go through shortly before she noâ€" ticed fires along the track. Plows Area After hitching a plow to the tractor, Mr. Laurie went out and plowed around the fire burning through his pasture lands. It burned over nearly 40 acres inâ€" cluding iwo 100â€"yearâ€"old pine stump fences. As the stumps conâ€" tained pitch the fire threw up dense black smoke. Mrs. Blancher meanwhile had WEST MONTROSE.â€"Since the old covered bridge at West Monâ€" ruse was constructed 75 years ago it is taking its second "rest" from lughway | traffic. He explained that the passages to Mitchell‘s lungs were blocked and an unsuccessful attempt was AYRâ€"A series of fires three miles long along the C.P.R. rightâ€" vlâ€"way Friday was fought by 40 volunteer firemen and farmers. An engine throwing sparks in the tinderâ€"dry grass and brush is said to be the cuuse of the blaze. Historic Covered Bridge Closed for Second Time _ Dr._ Atkinson â€" admitted â€" that Kortachner possibly died belore loui lune. In his opimon, he said, the men succumbed from expoâ€" sure to three or four types of gasâ€" es including carbon monoxide. TRAIN SPARKS BLAMED ,, FOR SERIES OF FIRESY Dr. Thomas Pidgedn said he arâ€" rived at the tragedy scene at 5.30. He said he was "reasonably cerâ€" tain" that Mitchell was not alive when he started to apply artificial respiration to the prone body. 6 pm., where further treatment was given. The time of deuth aus set at 7 p.m was taken to the Kâ€"W Hospila] al, made to clear the bangs at the Hitâ€"Run Driver Lungs Blocked A New Hamburg man, Harold Arnold, received a twisted shoul der and numerous bedy scrapes Saturday when the car he was driving went out of control and rolled over on theâ€" Kitchener Rosevilte road The _ 1940 _ model car . was wrecked representing about $200 loss.__ Policeâ€" said, _ Arnoldâ€" has been charged with driving while impaired. Sullivan, proceeding north on Victoria Street, near Ahrens St., Kitchener, ran into the back of a car driven by Michael Proidt of St Agatha. pushing it over the curh and partially onte the boule vard, sard police Damage $450 Damage â€" to Preid‘s car was placed at $150 and to Sullivan‘s car. $300 day on a $1,000 property bond bail Kitchener peolice charged Geo. Sullivan, 87 Blucher St., Kitchenâ€" er. with careless driving followâ€" ing a traffic accident, Saturday night Recent Immigrant Pohce said, Waldinger, who arâ€" rived this year from Germany, has had a Canadian driver‘s perâ€" imit for only seven months He was released from jail Sunâ€" There were only 10 accidents during July in which property damage amounted to $2,460. In the July accidents five persons re ceived personal injuries. There was one fatality when a Preston man is believed to have been hit by a train while walking adjacent to or on the railway tracks. _ Personal injuries were suffered by one person in a meâ€" tor aceident In 10 accidents property damâ€" age estimated at $3,538 has been recorded in the first 1§ days this month. PRESTON. â€" Over the weekâ€" end the August tempo of acer dents continued to rise. The cuonâ€" tinued rise resulted from a three car crash resulting in property damage estimated by police: at $750 The original and the 50â€"yearâ€" old floor now have been removed for a new one. At Zuber‘s Corners traffic on Highway 86 is rerouted two ways â€"through _ Winterbourne _ and Conestogo or through the road at the â€" Wateriooâ€"Wellington border near Elora. A resident along the Grand Riâ€" ver near the bridge practically all her life, Mrs. Olive Heibein reâ€" calls that about 50 yeurs ago "when 1 was a little girl" workâ€" men were installing a new floor. That was on top of the original. Note Accident Rate Increases The Friday before Ayr firemen fought a blaze on the railway rightâ€"ofâ€"way. A grass fire was spreading toward a gasoline tank car on a siding in Ayr yards. This one started after a train crew had dumped hot waste from the hotâ€" box in the dry grass, Previous Blaze â€" A section gang was called to watch the smouidering rightâ€"ofâ€" way for further outbreaks and to guard | against cattle escaping where fire had weakened fence pusts. _ _0 0 0 0 _ and with forks and shovels they helped control several fires which jumped the furrows. Ayr firemen arrived in time to stop a fire which had started in an vat field. Other farmers further west had extinguished a fire which had bprned through the grass towards a summer coltage on the Nith Riâ€" ver on the "quarter fownline road" of Blenheim township. Farmers to the east also {;huned in alarms as other fires broke out. Dr. W. A. Armstrong, patholoâ€" gist for the Province of Ontario, said Mitchell‘s death was attriâ€" buted to asphyxiation due to exasperation of some foreign maâ€" terial in the lungs. He explained in some detail an autopsy he perâ€" formed un Mitchell‘s body the day after the tragedy. Kâ€"W Hospitul. Jaues Uray cesistant city en gineer, said that city work crews were not supplied with any lype of protective equipment. ‘There is also no equipment of this nature at the supply shed, he added. However, sume :.af::th;‘:qulp ment has been secured since the l'alalille; Mr. Gray pointed out. carery two sets of .\-afi-t_y rope and harness at all times, and (2) no one is to descend into a sewer without wearing a safety belt with a rope fastened to it. Anâ€" other workmen is to be stationed at the top to pull the man in the sewer oul, should there be diffâ€" culties HMe said workmen are not alâ€" lowed to go into sewers now. The only exception is in new conâ€" struction areas where there is no danger, he sard Oke sunl the Department of La bor claims an aceident of this na ture as "unique" He recommended that the city purchuase safety lumps to eliminâ€" ate future fatalthies of this nature. These lamps are lowered into the sewer before workmen desceng. When the fAlame of the lamp exâ€" tinguishes, the oxygen content is below the required normal for huâ€" man consumption E. E. W. Oke, Waterloo city enâ€" gineer fold the inquest that under threat of immediate dismissal, wn\bs department men have been instBacted that (1) tgucks must He also recommended that life Iincs and mask be on hand at all times. Nelson sarid that he has heard of similar fatalities in tarin Make Tests These tests were made by chemical engineer Hugh Wilson from the Department of Health, diviston of industrial hygiene, in Toronto to three per cent; oxygen content from 1654 to 17‘% per cent. The balance was nitrogen. When an analysis of the sewer was laken 22 hours after the traâ€" gody, the tests showed there was enough exygen in the hole to susâ€" tain life He sard the tegts showed a carâ€" bon dioxide content of from one "Every thing to my knowledge that could be done for these men wus done," Waterloo Fire Chief Albert Pagel sand He sind it was the first time since he sturted with the Waterâ€" loo fire fource 44 years ago that a sewer death has eccurred in the city. He added, however, a numâ€" ber of years ago in Ritchener similar frouble was encountered with sewer gas. It was also fatal to two men at that time, the chief said. "I think you deserve a lot of ecredit considering what happened to the other two men," Mr. Daufâ€" man remarked. ho e n e e If the right mask had been takâ€" en Mitchell would have been alive today, said Fred Armstrong, an engineer at Carling Breweries. He said oxygen masks were kept in the same cabinet as ammonia masks (the type used by Mitchâ€" ell). Unfortunately, the wrong type of mask was taken, he said. a Teneominid Sendint Snd :00 Liloyd llerbrunn, heroic Waâ€" terloo fireman, brought the two men to the surface. He donned an vxygen musk, descended into the sewer. tide ropes around both vieâ€" tims and ordered them pulled to the surface. ner on the bottom. He noticed no movement from either bodies. lllerbrunn â€" said_ both victims were l))ng face up with Kartechâ€" _ William Lessard, another Carâ€" ling employee, witnessed the douâ€" ble tragedy from a window ledge. Jim Cowan, assistant chief meâ€" dical attendant at the Kâ€"W Hosâ€" pital, said he ordered the bursting of two drums of oxygen into the sewer in an attempt to decrease the gus content. Futter said Mitchell made a desparate effort to pull himself out of the sewer, but failed. He estimated Mitchell was down in the cavity from three to five minâ€" utes. * Puise Faint He applied artificial respiration. He said Mitchell‘s pulse was faint but the victim was not breathing. Meauin (memRnn 5 "NOL D J Warned Mitchell Mrs. Grace Wabl, Carling‘s plant nurse, while standing seven feet from Mitchell, called to him and told him not to go down the hole. However, Mitchell disreâ€" garded her plea. She phoned the Waterioo Fire department, Dr. Lang and the Kâ€"W Hospital _ _ She said she could not feel Mitchell‘s pulse when he was br(_:ugl?ll to the top. Another _ Carling _ employee, John E. Futter, said he advised Mitchel) not to go down the sewâ€" er. "Don‘t put that thing on it‘s no good to you down there," he warned Mitchell. He clauimed that Mitchell was warned that the mask was the wrong type and not intended for exposure to sewer gas. He told the inquest that in orderâ€"for the mask obtained from Carlings to be effective there must be a cerâ€" tain amount of oxygen in the air. Walter Hanley explained when be heard Allin‘s call for help he rushed to the cabinet where Carâ€" ling‘s gas masks are kept and had the mask half on and was going to go down in the sewer to rescue Kartechner when Mitchell stopped him. Hanley said Mitchell grabbed the mask from him explaining that he was stronger and could handle Kartechner‘s body more easily. A Carling‘s maintenance deâ€" partment employee could well have been the victim instead of Mitchell. No Diffculties Two city works employees, Roy Howle and Lawrence Doughty, agreed there have been nu previâ€" ous "difficulties" in sewers. . They both admutted they would not go down in a sewer now without safety equipment. Deserved Credit not