Accident at Foot of Sandy Mount Hill—Sarnia People

Storage Location: M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_66; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_67; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_68; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_69; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_70; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_71

Item Number: 52-41 (2_66); 52-42 (2_67); 52-43 (2_68); 52-44 (2_69); 52-45 (2_70); 52-46 (2_71)

Storage Location: M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_66; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_67; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_68; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_69; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_70; M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_71

Publication: 2_70 and 2_71 were published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on January 7, 1952, page one.

Scope and Content: Photographs of the scene of an accident at the foot of Sandy Mount Hill, and of the crumpled car involved in the accident. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, January 7, 1952, page one: “Sarnians Injured in Crash Here; Eight Sarnia People Hurt in Serious Accident North of City; Crash Into Bridge.” 2_70: “The battered remains of the 1949 Ford sedan that crashed into the northeast end of the second concrete bridge on Nos. 3 and 4 Highways at the foot of Sandymount Hill, early Sunday afternoon. Eight members of the Paquette family from Sarnia, who were in the car, were injured, three seriously.” 2_71: “The steering wheel of the Paquette car was twisted up to the top of the shattered windshield and the lower part of the steering wheel shoved up through the floor board along with the engine pushed back about two feet. The occupants of the front seat were jammed in so tightly a steel bar was needed to release them.”