Accidents in Halton County’s Past Chronicleed
The article recalls 19th century Halton accidents in Acton Georgetown Bronte and surrounding areas. It details railway crashes including the 1864 Georgetown bridge collapse killing three men, falls from trains to acts of bravery, stagecoach wrecks near Palermo and Erin, a chandelier collapse at Palermo church, a rattlesnake incident at Stewarttown, and a wagon overturn on Zimmerman Hill with whisky reaching Zimmerman Creek.
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Halton
Acton
Georgetown
Bronte
Actoh
Alfred Baird
Alfred
Acton S
Baird
A. Brakeshan
Beatty
O'Hearn
William Wood
Appleby
Grey Western Railway Company
Ontario
Toronto
Palermo
Erin
Wellington Square
Palermo Episcopal-Methodist Church
Stewarttown
Joseph Willson
Clarkson Freeman
Milton
Medicinal Creek
Zimmerman Hill
Zimmerman Creek
Acton editor rebuked for alleged bias in annexation dispute
Stewarttown Ontario residents dispute Acton Free Press editorial. Letter argues the editor distorted facts about 1918 1953 1954 annexation hearings. Compares Acton Esquesing Georgetown cases and contends real issues are taxation and cemetery boundaries.
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Acton Free Press
Acton, Ontario
Acton
Itl
Esquesing
Fairview
Georgetown
Free Press
Georgetown Payroll Hikes Spark Council Debate
Esquesing Township clerk Lindsay notes payroll increases in Georgetown raise mayoral and councillor pay, clerk treasurer, foreman, and other staff while an annexation plan to Acton would burden Esquesing ratepayers. He urges-fact checks and balanced editorial coverage.
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Georgetowns
John D. Kelly
Ern Gibbons
Gibbons
Aileen’ Bradley
William Norton
Anthony VanTol
Acter
Braida
Jany
Walker and Mills
Acton
Wool Combing Corporation
Wool Combing Corp
Esquesing
K .K. C. Lindsay
Esquising Township
Applicant dodges illness claim in job exit tale
A job applicant says the reason for leaving was not illness but the boss who constantly criticized their work. The anecdote ends with a quip about the boss claiming sickness from directing results.
New Brick Plant at Terra Cotta Stirs Reform Plans
Three groups study establishing brickmaking facilities in the Toronto area amid a building surge and brick shortages last year. Terra Cotta district is noted as a possible site for a new plant with groups anticipated to draw outside capital and from various regions. Prior efforts to open brick plants stalled despite some factory expansions and building code pressures.
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Toronto A
Financial Post
Onan Sound
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Gwen Clarke
Grand Trunk Railway
Credit River
Mr. Dayfoot
Ftr
Its
Printing & Publishing Company
New York
Chicago
Harold Wiles
Vossessor
Night School
THE
Acton Public
Lott
Kennedy
Guelph
Patricia Huan
Beauty Salon
Mill St. E
Chrysler
Canada
Chrysler Corporation of Canada, Limited
Queen Street
Plymouth
Macswain
E. L Buchner
Optometrist
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