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Second Session: 8:00 P.M. Nov.14th., 1916. Coroner;- We will proceed to take down further evidence. Who is the first witness, officer? Officer;- Mr Mitchell.
- 8 Alexander Mitchell, Mitchell's Island Richmond Municipality, Lulu Island, B.C. farmer, being duly sworn, saith;-
Well, Saturday evening I was in the boathouse when I heard someone hollering and I opened the door and was told to get the boat. I went and got the boat as fast as I could. I rowed around part of the Island. It was hard to find out where the people were but I imagined I heard a little girl scream and I rowed around till I saw the two girls, the younger, and she was pretty low in the water. I saw the other girl, she was in the water face down, perhaps dead. As soon as I placed them on the tugboat. The man on the tugboat helped me get them out, taking up our time reviving them.
Q;- The one who was dead? A;- Took the other one down to the furnace, and then took the other one to the house. After we got there to the house we done what we could for her; as far as anything else, I hadn't much chance to see. Mr Cowan;- Was the man who was floating taken to your house also? A;- Yes. Q;- What is his name? A;- Hutchison. Q;- Did you have conversation with him? A;- Yes, but he didn't talk much. He was pretty feeble after coming in for quite a while, and after he had been there some time I thought he could talk quite well. Q;- What did he say? A;- He told me he had four drinks of beer before leaving Ladners. I asked him how they got over. He said that they were going too fast. He said that they had applied the brakes; he could not stop; he was going too fast. He could not talk very much. That's all he wanted to say when we had him. Juror;- Mr Hutchison, or Mr Smith? A;- Mr Hutchison, Mr Smith didn't come from Ladner. I don't
