“Two
horses were killed, a two-seated carriage was smashed into kindling and four
occupants of the rig were badly shaken up”
Hamilton Spectator. August 15, 1914.
Shortly after 8 p.m. during the
evening of August 14, 1914, a man went to the Macnab street north livery stable
owned by W. J. Dore. Giving his a name as Wlliam Maguire, and his occupation as
a tailor, the man, accompanied by another man and two young women, hired a
wagon and two horses.
When neither the carriage, nor the
people who went off with it returned the next morning, Mr. Dore became
concerned. Then he received a telephone call telling him that his horses had
been killed and his rig completely destroyed in an accident. The accident had occurred
on King street, just east of Ottawa street.
Mr. Dore immediately went to the scene
of the accident where he learned that his rig, filled with the four
individuals, was proceeding east on King street, when it was approached, from
behind, by an eastbound electric street car. In turning out of the way of that
car, the rig was pulled to the left, directly into a rapidly advancing westbound
street car.
As described in the Spectator :
“The horses were struck and pushed
back for some distance, the carriage was crushed into kindling wood and the
stone roadbed between the tracks was plowed up for a distance of over twenty
feet.
“The two girls in the carriage
screamed with terror, but as soon as the car was stopped, they were helped out
of the carriage by the men, and all four disappeared.”1
1 “Accident Almost
Cost Four Lives : Horses Killed, But Occupants of Escaped : Outfit Smashed and
Roadbed Badly Torn Up”
Hamilton Spectator August 15, 1914
Livery stable owner was left with the
loss of two of his horses and one of his carriages for hire. None of the
individuals involved in the accident were located. The shop of tailor, William
Maguire, the only one of the four whose identity was known, was visited, he did
not return to his place of employment.
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