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    1. Fwd: Obits:J.EDWARD BAXTER, 1942
    2. Linda Darling
    3. And this one is courtesy of Carolyn Wallace, posted to the nsroots list (I've snipped the other 2 obits that were not relevant to Antigonish) Linda >Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S. > >Tuesday, 24 March 1942 >Particulars Of Death Of J. Edward Baxter > Particulars of the fatal accident to the late J. Edward Baxter, son of >the late Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Baxter, Addington Forks, Antigonish Co., were >received by his sister, Miss Annie Baxter, Antigonish. > The late Mr. Baxter was chief electrician at Hoyle Gold Mines, Limited, >Timmins, and met his death by being crushed between the mutiple belts of a >large motor and a grooved pulley. He had been working on the motor for the >greater part of the day making repairs and was just about to order the power >shut off to make furthur adjustments when his clothing caught in the >whirling belts. > The late Mr. Baxter was 39 years of age and had been a resident of >Timmins for the past twenty years. > The funeral was an unusally large one, hundreds attending the service, >which was held at the Timmins United Church, Rev. William Mustard conducting >the service. >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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