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 Grimsby Independent, 6 Jul 1921, p. 1     Another drowning accident happened at the lakeshore, Grimsby, on Saturday afternoon last when Wilfrid John Hildreth was drowned while swimming off the east pier. Hildreth and several other young men had been swimming off the second crib from the end of the pier, when the other boys suddenly missed ...

 Grimsby Independent, 6 Jul 1921, p. 8     Mrs. Thomas Gamble, aged 37 and Alfred Pardoe, aged 60, of Toronto, lost their lives in an auto accident on the Fifty Mountain Road, on Sunday afternoon, and at the same time, Fred Hardiman, aged 62; Sidney Gallagher, aged 36, and Thomas Gamble, aged 37 were seriously injured. The party, …

 Grimsby Independent, 24 Aug 1921, p. 1     With wide flung arms Grimsby greets her children of former years. The old town never was in as festive a mood as it is now. Never have so many homes been thrown open at one time for the reception of guests. All week the Old Boys and Old Girls have …

 Grimsby Independent, 24 Aug 1921, p. 1     Few stores there are in Canada which have been doing business for over 60 years, and still fewer are those in which the founder still takes an interest in the way things are going. Grimsby has such a store - Farrell's Shoe Store and the story of this business is …

 Grimsby Independent, 7 Sep 1921, p. 1     Joseph Hargreaves, Fruitland, aged 39 years, was fatally injured about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday when he was knocked down and dragged 24 feet by an automobile owned and driven by William V. Sloggett, 39 Walnut Street, Niagara Falls. Deceased, who died while being taken to the Hamilton City Hospital, ...

 Grimsby Independent, 12 Oct 1921, p. 1     Andrew Yeager, long resident of North Grimsby, and Miss Hildred Eckhardt, killed on Nelles Road - Lloyd Yeager in Hamilton Hospital, but will probably recover - Bodies terribly mangled - Miss Eckhardt did not regain consciousness - Heavy rainstorm blowing against windshield prevented driver from ...

 Grimsby Independent, 26 Oct 1921, p. 1     Leslie Clendening, aged 20, of Caistor Centre, was instantly killed Friday morning, October 21 at the Lincoln County quarry at Smithville, when an explosive, which he struck with his pick went off. Bert Travis, who was working beside Clendening, was badly cut in the face but the foreman of the …

 Grimsby Independent, 16 Nov 1921, p. 1     Driving alone in a car at 9:30 on Friday morning, Nov. 11, Walter A. Gayman, Divisional Manager for the Niagara Peninsula Growers Ltd. and manager of the Vineland Cooperative Company Ltd. was instantly killed and his car absolutely demolished when extra No. 678, a work train in charge of engineer …

 Grimsby Independent, 18 Jan 1922, p. 1,5     A cantata performed in Grimsby in 1880 with 92 players, 90 of whom were from Grimsby. There is a list of the players with their married names and place of residence.

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 Grimsby Independent, 11 Mar 1925, p. 4     George McDonald, a young Scotch farm hand, despondent because he was not getting along the way he thought he should, took a rifle and shot himself through the heart, dying instantly on Sunday last. McDonald was employed on the farm of W. Christian, Clinton township. The Christians were in Toronto …

 Grimsby Independent, 1 Apr 1925, p. 5     A sad fatality occurred in South Grimsby, on Sunday, March 29, when George Hayes,the 13-year-old son of George and Mrs. Hayes, who live near the end of the stone road, was accidentally shot to death. Young Hayes had lsft his home with a 22 calibre rifle, unknown to his parents, …

 Grimsby Independent, 1 Apr 1925, p. 5     G. Ransom Konkle died in St. Joseph's Hospital, on Tuesday night, from burns he sustained in a brush fire, at Burlington, on Tuesday afternoon. Konkle was engaged in trimming trees on a farm outside of Burlington and was burning the brush. In some manner unknown his clothing became ignited and …

 Grimsby Independent, 22 Apr 1925, p. 1     Living alone, Dr. George C. Munro, a well-known medical man of Smithville, was found dead in his home on Station Street, at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, by L. Womack, an employee of C.L. Adams at the Commerical Hotel, who visited the doctor's rooms at that hour. Dr. …

 Grimsby Independent, 22 Apr 1925, p. 1     News reached Grimsby by telegram on Tuesday, April 14, by her parents here of the death at Chesterfield Inlet of Mrs. Sidney E. Clay, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Warner, of Main street west, North Grimsby. No details were given beyond the fact that she had died …

 Grimsby Independent, 23 Aug 1922, p. 8     Lake Lodge, the beautiful home of W.J. and Mrs. Drope, was the scene on Saturday last of one of the most notable gatherings that Grimsby has ever had, and she has had many. It was the occasion of the second annual reunion of the historic Nelles Family of all branches. …

 Grimsby Independent, 27 May 1925, p. 4     Joseph Ether of Hamilton, while driving with Lorne J. Stewart of North Grimsby, met with an auto accident on the Smithville stone road about a mile west of that town on Tuesday evening which resulted in his death in Hamilton Hospital about 20 minutes after being admitted. There is a …

 Grimsby Independent, 27 May 1925, p. 5     Patrick Hand, 19 years of age, third son of Abe and Mrs. Hand, well-known residents of Winona, was instantly killed about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon when a motor truck which he was driving was struck by a fast CNR passenger train, at Winona station road crossing. According to eyewitnesses, Mr. …

 Grimsby Independent, 25 Dec 1929, p. 8     Newspaper located at Grimsby Historical Society Archives.

 Grimsby Independent, 19 Oct 1927, p. 6     "We find that the late Herman Franks came to his death on Sept. 5th, 1927, about 10 o'clock p.m. in the Township of Louth, one mile east of the Village of Jordan, by being hit by a car owned and driven by Joseph Hall of Webster, N.Y. According to the …