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John Marshall et al

As part of the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiative, we’ve digitized a small selection of inquests and inquiries from 1872 to 1934, found in series GR-0431. These were chosen to reflect the experiences of early Chinese immigrants to B.C. – their living and working conditions, and their unfortunate accidental or unusual deaths.   They range from a woman working in a brothel in Barkerville who died of natural causes to three sawmill workers who died from malnutrition. Learn more.

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BC Archives GR-0431

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20 [[margin](Miss) Jean Margurite McMyn, Lulu Island,B.C. schoolteacher, being duly sworn,saith;-

                                            Well, I have driven back and forth with Mr Smith from the latter part of August.  A week ago last Monday  i was going home, and going across number    road, there was a fellow with slabs uoustrike our way, and I  thought we were going to run into it.  Mr Smith sounded the horn and didn't give the man in the wagon time enough to get out of the way.  He applied the footbrakes, but they didn't work.  I thought he was going to catch the rig right and everybody  went to one side inside.  A wile before he was killed I was going over the bridge,it was very light and in coming over in the car, he was going about twently-five miles an hour.  I thought,if the span was open,-and I looked up to see it the green light was showing and it was, and he ha d the little red  light too. One night I rodewith him I could perfectly see anything at this side.

Mr Ladner;- All this happened before the accident  ?A;-Yes. Mr Beck;-Are you very positive about the lights when you drove with Smith across the bridge? A;-Yes. I noticed one night in crossing the bridge the south

     vancouver lights kind of deceive you.

Q:-Did you ever notice the B.C.Electric cluster  ? A;-Yes. Q;-C ould you see it from the bridge whe re this accident oc-curred ? A;- I dont think I ever noticed it. Q;-How many times to be eaxetstrike-- exact have you come across this bridge at night ? A;- I have not come across very many t imes at night this fall because I go on at Number 20 and get out at Bridgeport. Q;-xxx[strike]] Not many times this fall ? A;--No. Q;- Do you know if the speedometer was working ? A;- I dont think it was working; it was over twenty. Q;-Did Mr Dodson the bridge tender ever stop you ? A;- No. Q;-Did you ever see anyone interfered with ? A;-No.

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