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AGED MAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Gottlob Schoeffel Died at Hospital Within an Hour of Accident
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 18 January 1921]
Gottlob Schoeffel of Port Colborne, formerly a well-known farmer of Humberstone Township lost his life after being run over by an automobile driven by P.S. Peacock, on Friday evening.
The accident occurred at a few minutes past six o’clock. Mr. Peacock was driving south, on South Main, between Fifth and Sixth streets, and Mr. Schoeffel who was on foot was going north. Mr. Peacock stopped at once and took the injured man to the hospital where he died inside of an hour.
Mr. Schoeffel who was nearly eighty years of age could not hear well. He was very well off.
Dr. S.N. Davis has ordered an inquest and the evidence will be heard at the Crowland Police Station tonight at 8 o’clock.
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