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Coroner's Jury Rules1More Flag Men Neededir A 10-member coroner's jury recommended in Brandon Friday night that where three or more { pieces of highway repair equip-ment are working there should be two flagmen at least 200 ^ feet outside the working areae The jury, in returning an “open . verdict'’ in the Aug. 21 death of z a highway department employ-r ee, Edward Webster Sylvester, j.Carberry, said the fatality occurred when a self-propelled roller was struck by a truck operated by John William Forsyth of * Virden ft is expected the truck ? driver will be charged by RCMP. 1 Two others were sent to hospital ' as a result of the crash which ^occurred 13 miles north of Bran-t don on highway No. 10One of the eight witnesses : called to testify at the inquest“ presided over by Coroner Dr. H: S Evans, was highway flagmanW. O. Woods erf Carberry He said he observed the trnck loaded w ith pipe coming from 1 the north “just like any other ' vehicle. The flagman said the approaching vehicle wouldn't■ take the llag ” The truck did not pull out and it hit the roller■ fair and square.” Mr Woods said be was unable to estimate the speed of the truckThe witness said the trucK wasome 200 yards ndrth when heTfuv.^started-to flag *U down It maw the practice to have one flagman on jobs Like the one being 4one at the time of the ..accident, he said. There was a roi-per, a tractor, .pulling a Tnain-j tainer and two trucks on the roadat the tifre •Sylvester died from multiple injuries, Dr James HendryGeneral Hospital pathoiogist said| Campbell F Fowler, W’innipegspray painter, said be was travelling towards tfrandon t h e morning of the fatality. He said he was following a truck loaded with pipe.The vehicle, he told the inquest, was moving back and forth on the highway, and he was unable to pass. The Winnipeg motorist followed the truck for a distance of about a mile before the crash. Fowler said he thought at the time that the load of the truck had shifted to the right. .The sign—men working 15 (Continued on Pay* Two)!Payday WentTnataway !Tho tecretary.-treesurer oftho Anglican diocese of Toronto made off with a Brandon contractor's payroll today when he grabbed the wrong suitcase in a hurry to catch a train home.O. C. Mackintosh, here attending an executive council meeting of the Anglican Churchy slag# in and had., to hurry to the train. He gbt a Brandon contractor, staying at the samemotel, to give him e ride to* 0the stetion, where he inadvertently took a suitcase containing the payroll for the contractor's M0 employees He left his own in 'the car.Tho contractor phoned the CPR and the train was Heppod 'roll went back to. Brandon un-dor police guard. Mr. Mackm-s suitcase is being fer-
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Sep 14, 1957
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