Arthur James Bennett, 58, chief of the Clayton fire department, died at 3:45 Sunday morning at his home in that village.
He was injured last Thursday evening when the squad truck of the Clayton fire department left the highway while going to answer an alarm. He was riding on the side of the apparatus and was thrown off and pinned beneath the truck.
The accident occurred as the truck containing seven firemen and the chief neared the scene of the fire which was at the St. Lawrence Chateau about a mile and a half out on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay road. The blaze was of no consequence and was out shortly after the alarm was turned in.
Marshall Farrell, driver of the truck claimed he was obliged to swerve to the left to avoid hitting a motorcycle driven by Clarence Hall, Jr., who was proceeding to the scene ahead of the apparatus and swung across in front of the truck.
The truck got out of control and skidded into the ditch on the left side of the road. Bennett, who was standing on the side of the truck was thrown up onto the bank and slid down and was pinned under the running board. Ernest Bender received a compound fracture of the left leg and Robert Wicks was badly cut above the eye.
Chief Bennett was brought to his home after the accident. He had received painful injuries about the left thigh and hip but his condition was not considered serious and he showed signs of improvement until Saturday afternoon when he suffered a relapse and his condition became critical.
Arthur J. Bennett was born May 12, 1877, at Weedsport, the son of James Monroe Bennett and Elizabeth VanDenburgh Bennett. He removed to Clayton about 35 years ago to work for Farrell and Whitney as a plumber and steam fitter. About a year later January 11, 1902, he was married to Alice Kearney at St. Joseph's church in Weedsport.
About 25 years ago he and Carl Frink started a plumbing, heating and tinsmithing business in Clayton. During the war they manufactured ventilators for submarine chasers and brass cutwaters and ventilators for the Hacker Craft and Belle Isle Boat Works.
Since going out of the plumbing and heating business he has been distributor for Protane gas and gas ranges. He had also been employed by the Frink Sno-Plow works for several years past.
He was a member of the Clayton fire department for over 30 years and served several terms as chief, this being the tenth year that he had held that office on different occasions. He was a member of Clayton Lodge, 296, F. & A. M., and formerly was an Odd Fellow and member of the Elks.
Surviving him besides is widow, are one brother, William Bennett of New Haven, Conn.; and four children, Gordon, Helen, Marion and Arthur all of Clayton.
The funeral which was largely attended, was held from the home on Riverside Drive, Clayton, Tuesday at 2 p.m., in charge of the Masonic Lodge of that village. Burial was made in Clayton cemetery.
Cape Vincent Eagle, Cape Vincent, N.Y, Thursday, August 8, 1935
He was injured last Thursday evening when the squad truck of the Clayton fire department left the highway while going to answer an alarm. He was riding on the side of the apparatus and was thrown off and pinned beneath the truck.
The accident occurred as the truck containing seven firemen and the chief neared the scene of the fire which was at the St. Lawrence Chateau about a mile and a half out on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay road. The blaze was of no consequence and was out shortly after the alarm was turned in.
Marshall Farrell, driver of the truck claimed he was obliged to swerve to the left to avoid hitting a motorcycle driven by Clarence Hall, Jr., who was proceeding to the scene ahead of the apparatus and swung across in front of the truck.
The truck got out of control and skidded into the ditch on the left side of the road. Bennett, who was standing on the side of the truck was thrown up onto the bank and slid down and was pinned under the running board. Ernest Bender received a compound fracture of the left leg and Robert Wicks was badly cut above the eye.
Chief Bennett was brought to his home after the accident. He had received painful injuries about the left thigh and hip but his condition was not considered serious and he showed signs of improvement until Saturday afternoon when he suffered a relapse and his condition became critical.
Arthur J. Bennett was born May 12, 1877, at Weedsport, the son of James Monroe Bennett and Elizabeth VanDenburgh Bennett. He removed to Clayton about 35 years ago to work for Farrell and Whitney as a plumber and steam fitter. About a year later January 11, 1902, he was married to Alice Kearney at St. Joseph's church in Weedsport.
About 25 years ago he and Carl Frink started a plumbing, heating and tinsmithing business in Clayton. During the war they manufactured ventilators for submarine chasers and brass cutwaters and ventilators for the Hacker Craft and Belle Isle Boat Works.
Since going out of the plumbing and heating business he has been distributor for Protane gas and gas ranges. He had also been employed by the Frink Sno-Plow works for several years past.
He was a member of the Clayton fire department for over 30 years and served several terms as chief, this being the tenth year that he had held that office on different occasions. He was a member of Clayton Lodge, 296, F. & A. M., and formerly was an Odd Fellow and member of the Elks.
Surviving him besides is widow, are one brother, William Bennett of New Haven, Conn.; and four children, Gordon, Helen, Marion and Arthur all of Clayton.
The funeral which was largely attended, was held from the home on Riverside Drive, Clayton, Tuesday at 2 p.m., in charge of the Masonic Lodge of that village. Burial was made in Clayton cemetery.
Cape Vincent Eagle, Cape Vincent, N.Y, Thursday, August 8, 1935
Arthur James Bennett, 58, chief of the Clayton fire department, died at 3:45 Sunday morning at his home in that village.
He was injured last Thursday evening when the squad truck of the Clayton fire department left the highway while going to answer an alarm. He was riding on the side of the apparatus and was thrown off and pinned beneath the truck.
The accident occurred as the truck containing seven firemen and the chief neared the scene of the fire which was at the St. Lawrence Chateau about a mile and a half out on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay road. The blaze was of no consequence and was out shortly after the alarm was turned in.
Marshall Farrell, driver of the truck claimed he was obliged to swerve to the left to avoid hitting a motorcycle driven by Clarence Hall, Jr., who was proceeding to the scene ahead of the apparatus and swung across in front of the truck.
The truck got out of control and skidded into the ditch on the left side of the road. Bennett, who was standing on the side of the truck was thrown up onto the bank and slid down and was pinned under the running board. Ernest Bender received a compound fracture of the left leg and Robert Wicks was badly cut above the eye.
Chief Bennett was brought to his home after the accident. He had received painful injuries about the left thigh and hip but his condition was not considered serious and he showed signs of improvement until Saturday afternoon when he suffered a relapse and his condition became critical.
Arthur J. Bennett was born May 12, 1877, at Weedsport, the son of James Monroe Bennett and Elizabeth VanDenburgh Bennett. He removed to Clayton about 35 years ago to work for Farrell and Whitney as a plumber and steam fitter. About a year later January 11, 1902, he was married to Alice Kearney at St. Joseph's church in Weedsport.
About 25 years ago he and Carl Frink started a plumbing, heating and tinsmithing business in Clayton. During the war they manufactured ventilators for submarine chasers and brass cutwaters and ventilators for the Hacker Craft and Belle Isle Boat Works.
Since going out of the plumbing and heating business he has been distributor for Protane gas and gas ranges. He had also been employed by the Frink Sno-Plow works for several years past.
He was a member of the Clayton fire department for over 30 years and served several terms as chief, this being the tenth year that he had held that office on different occasions. He was a member of Clayton Lodge, 296, F. & A. M., and formerly was an Odd Fellow and member of the Elks.
Surviving him besides is widow, are one brother, William Bennett of New Haven, Conn.; and four children, Gordon, Helen, Marion and Arthur all of Clayton.
The funeral which was largely attended, was held from the home on Riverside Drive, Clayton, Tuesday at 2 p.m., in charge of the Masonic Lodge of that village. Burial was made in Clayton cemetery.
Cape Vincent Eagle, Cape Vincent, N.Y, Thursday, August 8, 1935
He was injured last Thursday evening when the squad truck of the Clayton fire department left the highway while going to answer an alarm. He was riding on the side of the apparatus and was thrown off and pinned beneath the truck.
The accident occurred as the truck containing seven firemen and the chief neared the scene of the fire which was at the St. Lawrence Chateau about a mile and a half out on the Clayton-Alexandria Bay road. The blaze was of no consequence and was out shortly after the alarm was turned in.
Marshall Farrell, driver of the truck claimed he was obliged to swerve to the left to avoid hitting a motorcycle driven by Clarence Hall, Jr., who was proceeding to the scene ahead of the apparatus and swung across in front of the truck.
The truck got out of control and skidded into the ditch on the left side of the road. Bennett, who was standing on the side of the truck was thrown up onto the bank and slid down and was pinned under the running board. Ernest Bender received a compound fracture of the left leg and Robert Wicks was badly cut above the eye.
Chief Bennett was brought to his home after the accident. He had received painful injuries about the left thigh and hip but his condition was not considered serious and he showed signs of improvement until Saturday afternoon when he suffered a relapse and his condition became critical.
Arthur J. Bennett was born May 12, 1877, at Weedsport, the son of James Monroe Bennett and Elizabeth VanDenburgh Bennett. He removed to Clayton about 35 years ago to work for Farrell and Whitney as a plumber and steam fitter. About a year later January 11, 1902, he was married to Alice Kearney at St. Joseph's church in Weedsport.
About 25 years ago he and Carl Frink started a plumbing, heating and tinsmithing business in Clayton. During the war they manufactured ventilators for submarine chasers and brass cutwaters and ventilators for the Hacker Craft and Belle Isle Boat Works.
Since going out of the plumbing and heating business he has been distributor for Protane gas and gas ranges. He had also been employed by the Frink Sno-Plow works for several years past.
He was a member of the Clayton fire department for over 30 years and served several terms as chief, this being the tenth year that he had held that office on different occasions. He was a member of Clayton Lodge, 296, F. & A. M., and formerly was an Odd Fellow and member of the Elks.
Surviving him besides is widow, are one brother, William Bennett of New Haven, Conn.; and four children, Gordon, Helen, Marion and Arthur all of Clayton.
The funeral which was largely attended, was held from the home on Riverside Drive, Clayton, Tuesday at 2 p.m., in charge of the Masonic Lodge of that village. Burial was made in Clayton cemetery.
Cape Vincent Eagle, Cape Vincent, N.Y, Thursday, August 8, 1935
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