BX June 5, 1943
Samuel Hill, Indian, Killed in Auto Crash
Samuel Hill, 51 year old Indian, employed on the Six Nations Reserve, was almost instantly killed and three others were seriously injured shortly after 8 o’clock last night, when a motor car in which Mr. Hill, a veteran of the First Great War, was a passenger, and which was driven by Arthur Martin, also of the Reserve, was in a violent head-on collision with a car driven by Archie Green, another Indian about half a mile south of Ohsweken. Mr. Martin, Mr. Green and the latter’s wife are in Lady Willingdon Hospital at Ohsweken.
The martin car was proceeding south from Ohsweken and the Green auto toward 69 Corners at the time the crash occurred. One witness suggested that a cause of the mishap might have been road dust which obscured vision. Both automobiles were badly wrecked, being virtually telescoped by the impact.
Had Fracture of Skull
Mr. Hill who was dead when removed from the front seat of the Martin car, suffered a fracture of the skull, fracture of the left arm, crushed chest and multiple facial injuries. Mr. Martin suffered severe concussion, and late this morning had still not regained consciousness. His condition is regarded as critical. In the other car, Mr. and Mrs. Green were also seriously hurt, the former sustaining a broken jaw, cuts and contusions, and the latter multiple contusions and a broken arm.
Corporal Crawford of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a detail from the barracks at Ohsweken were on the scene shortly after the accident and Provincial Police Officers also attended. The injured were taken to the nearby Lady Willingdon Hospital, where they are being attended by Dr. W. Davie.
Dr. A.J. Craven, Brantford, was called in the capacity of Coroner and proceeded to the scene of the fatality where he conducted an investigation.
Mr. Hill was removed to the Funeral Home of C.E. Styres, Ohsweken.
The funeral will be conducted tomorrow from the home of the victim’s father, Edward Hill, Sour Springs Road, and will be with military honors.
BX June 7, 1943
Samuel Hill
One of the most largely attended funeral services ever to be held on the Six Nations Reservation, took place Sunday afternoon at Sour Springs Kanyengeh Church, when hundreds paid final tribute to Samuel Hill, veteran of the First Great War, who was killed in an automobile accident. Mr. Hill was laid to rest in the Henry Burying Ground near 69 Corners. He was buried with full military honors. The services were in charge of Rev. J.H. Kerr and the Last Post was sounded at the graveside by Cayuga brothers. The pallbearers were comrades Roderick Hill, Norman Jamieson, Nelson Bomberry, Leonard Martin, Freeman Douglas and Cpl. Edward Groat, with Comrades William Johnson, Onslow Johnson, Norman Atkins, Wilfred Williams, William John and William S. Powless acting as flower-bearers.
