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 Grimsby Independent, 17 Feb 1949, p. 1,6     Less than a month after he was honoured for a life-time of devoted medical service in a sprawling district stretching from Jordan to Grimsby, Dr. A.H. Addy died Saturday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital. He was in his 80th year. It was on January 18 that Dr. Addy was to …

 Grimsby Independent, 3 Mar 1949, p. 1,4     Note: The following article from The Dunnville Chronicle will be of much interest to a great many people in this district as Mme. Marie Harrison was a resident of Grimsby for a great number of years when her husband, the late C.W.Harrison, was Principal of the old Grimsby Grammar school …

 Grimsby Independent, 30 Apr 1924, p. 1     Newspaper located at the Grimsby Musuem

 Grimsby Independent, 23 Apr 1924, p. 1     Newspaper located at the Grimsby Museum

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Apr 1924, p. 1     Newspaper located at the Grimsby Museum

 Grimsby Independent, 30 Jun 1949, p. 1     The waters of Lake Ontario claimed the life of 20 year old Donald Shearer, May Street, Beamsville, while his brother Craig "Red" Shearer was rescued in a state of near exhaustion. The accident occurred late Sunday afternoon, east of Lincoln Avenue, Beamsville, as the two boys drifted away from a …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Aug 1949, p. 1     Mrs. David Smith of Winona, aged 84, was injured fatally before the eyes of her son, Douglas Hall, in an attempt to cross the Queen Elizabeth Way at the Fifty Side Road at 4 p.m. on Sunday. She died a few hours later after being taken to the Hamilton General …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Aug 1949, p. 1,10     The Niagara Peninsula has lost one of its pioneer sons in the passing of Harold C. Woolverton, who died suddenly on Sunday at his home in North Grimsby Township. Although in ill health for the past 2 months, he was thought to be well on his way to recovery, and …

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Oct 1947, p. 1,9     Storrs, Grace Eva - Suddenly, on Sunday, Sept. 28, as the result of an automobile accident, Grace Eva, beloved wife of Frank Gleadow Storrs of Fargo, North Dakota, sister of Mrs. A.H. Meggs of Toronto. Grimsby paper please copy. The above death notice appeared in The Toronto Globe and Mail …

 Grimsby Independent, 7 Aug 1947, p. 1     One of the best known and most popular residents of Hamilton Beach, William Smith, aged 79, of 76 Beach Boulevard, was almost instantly killed late Wednesday night last when struck by a car driven by Road Superintendent Thomas Mackie, R.R. 1, Grimsby, after another car had swerved to avoid striking …

 Grimsby Independent, 12 Feb 1913, p. 1     Grimsby Historical Society Archives has only a partial front page of the Grimsby Independent for this date. Not all of the article is available.

 Grimsby Independent, 19 Aug 1948, p. 1     Driver Never Saw Little Tot As He Slowly Backed Out Of Driveway - William Walter Ball Killed Before Eyes Of Mother Who Was Too Far Away To Save Him - In full view of his mother, not close enough to save him, William Walter Ball, 17-month-old son and only child …

 Grimsby Independent, 19 Aug 1948, p. 1     George Campbell, 72, prominent fruit grower of R.R.1, Jordan, was instantly killed shortly after 1 o'clock Monday afternoon when his one-ton truck was struck by a CNR locomotive at a crossing just east of Vineland. Campbell, who was alone in the truck, was thrown out as the truck tumbled ahead …

 Grimsby Independent, 7 Oct 1948, p. 1,3     Little more than an hour after they heard a radio newscast Sunday evening telling of a woman being taken from her blast-shattered 13th floor apartment after an explosion had caused hundreds of tenants to flee from a 15-storey apartment in New York City's Peter Cooper Housing Development, Mr. and ...

 Grimsby Independent, 9 Sep 1948, p. 1,5     The burned and charred body of two and a half year old Kenneth Austin was found in the crib in which he met his death, following a flash fire that raced through the three room dwelling on the M.S. Nelles property last Friday afternoon. The child, youngest son of Mr. …

 Grimsby Independent, 9 Sep 1948, p. 1,5     The many friends in Grimsby of R.S.M. George and Mrs. Watkins were greatly shocked on Monday afternoon and Tuesday to hear of the sudden death on Labor Day morning of Mr. Watkins. The first intimation of his passing came when ex-Mayor Edric S. Johnson received a telegram from Mrs. Watkins, …

 Grimsby Independent, 27 May 1948, p. 1,8     Andrew D. Clarke, native son of Grimsby suffers sudden seizure - Became one of Canada's greatest radio personalities through his "Neighborly News" Broadcast - had been equally as well known as a newspaperman. All Ontario was saddened and shocked on Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning ...

 Grimsby Independent, 2 Sep 1948, p. 1,9     For many years one of the most prominent men in the fruit industry of Ontario, as well as in general activities for the advancement of this area, Charles William Franklin (Frank) Carpenter, of Grimsby, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, on Thursday last. In his 82nd year, he was born …

 Grimsby Independent, 18 Mar 1925, p. 1     At ten o'clock on Monday morning, March 9th, while assisting with a gang of men working with a circular saw in cutting stove wood at the home of Robert Pruner's immediately north of the village of Smithville, Louis Culp, a well known resident of the Township of South Grimsby, in …

 Grimsby Independent, 8 Jul 1925, p. 1     Toronto, July 7 - His spine fractured in an auto accident at Beamsville while coming to see his wife a few days before she gave birth to twins, Gustave Adolph Leistner, 671 Broadway ave., Buffalo, died Saturday at the home of his wife's father, William Brown, 12 Barber street, West …