The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-13
ALLEN CILMOUR
LOOSES LIFE IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
"scOTTY" BAIRD ESCAPES WITH
BROKEN JAW WHEN AUTO
TURNS TURTLE

Allen Gilmour, a resident of this
part of the country for more than 20
years, and j. "Scotty" Baird, tool
dresser for the Imperial Oil company,
met with an automobile accident ear
ly Wednesday morning which later
proved fatal to Gilmour, who was
driving the car, while Baird is in a
Lethbridge hospital with broken
jaw
The two left town about 1880 o'clock
Baird had only recently returned
from Turner valley and Gilmcur was
taking him to the Imperial well, 26
miles east of Coutts where he was go
ing to work that morning. About five
miles east on the boundary road, only
a few feet in Conada, the highway
turns sharply to the right. Gilmour
must have forgotten about the turn
and was driving at terrific speed,
for it could be seen that he had ap-
piled the brakes on the car and skid
ded for a considerable distance be-
fore striking a grade of about two feet
which up-ended the automobile and
came to a stop bottom side up.
James Fitzgerald and two sons and
also Bob Curry discovered the wreck
a few minutes later while driving to
town. Gilmour and Baird were found
unconscious. Deputy Sheriff L. A.
Miller and Provincial Police Shaw
and McWilliom We're notified and i'm
mediately drove to the scene of the
accident and brought the victims to
the Thompson hotel and DR.. Sullivan
was summoned An examination
showed that Baird had fractured
jaw. It was some time before Gil
mour gained consciousness. Although
his neck or back were not broken, it
was found that his legs were paralyz-
ed. DR.. Sullivan says that the stear
ing wheel must have struck his stom-
ach with such force that it caused an
injury to the spinal cord. None of the
ribs were fractured.
Mr.. Gilmour was able to converse
with friends who visited him during
the day and evening, and at 1905 on
Thursday morning he died. He was
unable to account for the accident
and SAYS the last he remembered was
filling the gas tank before leaving
town, and Baird was also unable to
tell how it happened.
The car, 1925 Maxwell roadster
is a totol wreck
The deceased was born in Scotland
and last January was SO years of age.
For many years he lived with his fam
lily on farm near st. Kilda, Alto.
About seven years ago he moved to
Sweet Grass, and for a time did
blacksmithing. Recently he accept
ed position with the Illinois Pipe
Line company Of Sunburst.
He leaves a divorce wife and five
children. Mrs. Gilmour for the past
year and a half has lived at Modesto,
Cal, with three of the children, Reta,
Minnie and Allan, while John has
lived in Sweet Grass with his father
Another daughter, Mrs. Roy Spangle.
is a resident of Georgetown, Sask.
A telegram was sent to both ad-
dresses.
Mr.. Gilmour was a prominent men,
ber of the Masons and Knights OF
Pythias orders and the two lodges had
charge of the funeral ceremonies
which took place at Sweet Grass sun
day afternoon. He was charter
member of the Shelby Masonic lodge.
The funeral was held from the
Methodist church at Sweet Gross and
the remains was buried in the Eng
lish church graveyard at Coutts-
Sweetgrass Sunburst-Sun.