The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-07-26
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note: lalwr ^^l^A/[jOWNED MD C°NTR0U NO. 274^-EIGHT PAGES Long Hours Contributed I To Death of Truck Driver Inquest Witness Says That Truck Driver Was Tired Out as Result of Long Hours of Truck Driving—This Condition Is Quite Common With Non-Union Drivers. Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions VANCOUVER, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929 f ONG HOURS AND LONG TRIPS undoubtedly caused Norma. Brandow to lose his life in a railway crossing accident at New Westminster last week. Similar conditions exist in many of the auto driving trades, drivers even being compelled to work 24-hour shifts in order to meet the peculiar demands of the boss, and to hold their jobs. These conditions prevail under non-union conditions, union men being in a better position to demand and enforce reasonable and better-working conditions. Norman Brandow, who was.killed at a railway crossing accident in New Westminster last Friday, w«_ excessively tired, according to a reputable witness at the inquest. He worked till late hours at night and had to report to work at 5 o'clock on the morning of the accident, says Dr. S. Ransom, with whom the deceased lived, and who was a witness at the inquest. In reporting this, The Columbian of New Westminster says: A declaration that the strain of long hours of work had contributed to the death of Norman' Brandow, featured the inquest held today into the fatal accident of last Friday, when a C. P. R. freight train demolished a Rapid Transit truck at the cordage plant crossing. It was made by Dr. S. Ransom, 2418 Vanness avenue, Vancouver, with whom Brandow had made his home for some fifteen months. Dr. Ransom described how, on the night before the accident, Brandbw had come home late, excessively tired, and found a message to report for duty at 5 o'clock the next morning. On being awakened next morning he displayed extreme languor, and was aroused only with difficulty. Brandow, said the witness, had told him-that~oh the long trips he made he found it hard to keep awake. On one occas…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0439047
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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