0130 - ALEXANDER W. SHEARER July 16, 1935. Alex SHEARER, 60, years old Belmont resident met instant death Tuesday night shortly after 5 o'clock when he fell backwards from a moving truck on the Truro-Glenholme Highway near McKinleys Corner between five and 6 miles from Truro. Mr. SHEARER along with three other employees in MacKays' gravel pit was enroute home after the day's work. He seated himself on the tail end of William FIDDES' truck and it is supposed that he lost his balance and toppled backward. He was dead before any of the other men in the truck could reach him. He leaves to mourn a widow and seven children. Coroner Dr. W.R. DUNBAR and RCMP Constable MAXHAM arrived on the scene a short time after. The coroner did not order an inquest the cause of death being quite evident. The accident occurred near the entrance of William FIDDES' farm a short distance west of McKinleys Corner on the Truro Glenholme road. The body was removed to the FIDDES' home for examination. Ray TATTEN also of Belmont was seated in the rear part of the truck and it was he who first noticed that Mr. SHEARER had fallen off. He told Charles FIDDES and Lloyd STEWART who were in the cab of the truck to stop. When they arrived at the body it was found the Mr. SHEARER was dead. The men had been hauling gravel from MacKays' gravel pit for the construction work on the roads. Surviving in the immediate family in addition to the sorrowing widow formerly Miss Elizabeth MacDONALD of New Annan are three sons and four daughters. They are Henry at home, Maggie (Mrs. Arnold McCALLUM