An
unfortunate accident occurred at the Elgin-Moore crossing, one mile
east of Springfield, on Friday evening last, when the M.C.R. express
crashed into the buggy driven by Delbert Stewart, killing both horse
and driver.
The young man, who was 19
years of age, was the son of James Stewart of Walsingham Township,
who resides near the village of Glen Meyer.
The boy was driving to
Springfield to spend a few days with his grandfather, Rev. Mr. Wood.
He was a student
at the Tillsonburg High School.
Besides his parents he is
survived by six brothers and four sisters. An inquest was held on
Saturday morning
by Coroner Sinclair of Aylmer and interment took place the following
day at Bethel Cemetery.
