Son of John Wesley Smith & Matilda Lockart Boyle
OBITUARY: "Amherstburg Echo" August 2, 1912.
"The steamer Frank E. Kirby ran down a motor boat in the Detroit river opposite Sandwich early Monday morning, and it is believed that Walter Smith, of Detroit, went to his death. Smith left his home with his wife and three children Sunday afternoon, and took them to Sandwich, and placed them on board a C.P.R. train bound for Elmstead, where they went on a visit. Smith then went to visit his uncle, who conducts the Royal Oak house. Late Sunday night he started on the return trip to Detroit in his motor boat, and he hasn't been seen since, while pieces of a boat with the same name as his have been picked up."
According to his death certificate, Walter accidentally drowned when his motor boat was hit by the steamer "Frank Kirby" at 12 p.m. on July 28th in the Detroit River.
OBITUARY: "Amherstburg Echo" August 2, 1912.
"The steamer Frank E. Kirby ran down a motor boat in the Detroit river opposite Sandwich early Monday morning, and it is believed that Walter Smith, of Detroit, went to his death. Smith left his home with his wife and three children Sunday afternoon, and took them to Sandwich, and placed them on board a C.P.R. train bound for Elmstead, where they went on a visit. Smith then went to visit his uncle, who conducts the Royal Oak house. Late Sunday night he started on the return trip to Detroit in his motor boat, and he hasn't been seen since, while pieces of a boat with the same name as his have been picked up."
According to his death certificate, Walter accidentally drowned when his motor boat was hit by the steamer "Frank Kirby" at 12 p.m. on July 28th in the Detroit River.
Son of John Wesley Smith & Matilda Lockart Boyle
OBITUARY: "Amherstburg Echo" August 2, 1912.
"The steamer Frank E. Kirby ran down a motor boat in the Detroit river opposite Sandwich early Monday morning, and it is believed that Walter Smith, of Detroit, went to his death. Smith left his home with his wife and three children Sunday afternoon, and took them to Sandwich, and placed them on board a C.P.R. train bound for Elmstead, where they went on a visit. Smith then went to visit his uncle, who conducts the Royal Oak house. Late Sunday night he started on the return trip to Detroit in his motor boat, and he hasn't been seen since, while pieces of a boat with the same name as his have been picked up."
According to his death certificate, Walter accidentally drowned when his motor boat was hit by the steamer "Frank Kirby" at 12 p.m. on July 28th in the Detroit River.
OBITUARY: "Amherstburg Echo" August 2, 1912.
"The steamer Frank E. Kirby ran down a motor boat in the Detroit river opposite Sandwich early Monday morning, and it is believed that Walter Smith, of Detroit, went to his death. Smith left his home with his wife and three children Sunday afternoon, and took them to Sandwich, and placed them on board a C.P.R. train bound for Elmstead, where they went on a visit. Smith then went to visit his uncle, who conducts the Royal Oak house. Late Sunday night he started on the return trip to Detroit in his motor boat, and he hasn't been seen since, while pieces of a boat with the same name as his have been picked up."
According to his death certificate, Walter accidentally drowned when his motor boat was hit by the steamer "Frank Kirby" at 12 p.m. on July 28th in the Detroit River.
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