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1. 2 23 27 Q:– Did you see the automobile enter the bridge ? A;– The far bridge. Q;–What condition was the bridge ? A;– The draw was wide open when she entered the bridge and I was standing like this looking at the boat. Q;– had he reached the second bridge when it was closed ? A;– It was wide open. Q;– Had the automobile reached the second bridge when you were leaning on the rail? A;– It had just come off the second bridge when I finished swinging the bridge, coming across Twiggs Island. Q;– You are certain the automobile was between the bridges? A;– I had finished before it entered our bridge. Q;– had he reached the draw before you actually closed the draw; had the automobile reached the south bridge before you opened the draw ? A;– He was on the other bridge just as I was finished. Q;– He was on the far bridge? A;– Yes. Q;– Could a man see all the road from the far bridge ? A;– Yes. He could from the other side of the far bridge on a clear night. I have seen it. Q;– To a person looking down the bridge it would be impossible. I am suggesting to you there was a time when the girders obstructed the mans view of the light ? Was there such a time ?You consider it ispossible the see the bridge and the draw swung, that is, see the light ? A;– As soon as that bridge begins to swing the lamp turns with it. Q;– Isn't it true on this occasion that the driver could see the light ? A;– He can see it all the time. Q;–But the one time he cant see it if the bridge is opening a [?] when the bridge is opening ? A;– He could see the bridge is open. Q;–He could see the light then ? A;– Certainly he could see the light. BC Archives GR-0431 British Columbia. Attorney General. Box 10 File 4 Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.