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rived a team drove into the yard. The military men went over to the wagon and the deserter was heard to say, “Oh,

all right, I will go back.”

On the way to and from the western part of PEI they met a number of horses. As was expected — the car would come to a stop; one of the men in the car would go to the head of the horse and

lead it safely by the automobile. They eventu-

ally delivered the deserter to the sanatorium and arrived back 1n Charlottetown the next morning about 8:00 o ’.clock This 18 the first

recorded trip of an automobile through Elmsdale— albeit an illegal act.

The Island Farmer, 20 Sept. 1916, p. 5

The controversial W.K. Rogers automobile ride in l 9 l 6

The following newspaper report was written June 29, 1932:

Mr. Bruce Brennan of Elmsdale is in Prince County Hospital suffering from hip injuries and shock as a result of an accident at Elmsdale on Sunday when the wagon in which he was driving was struck by an automobile. He was accompanied at the time by Mr. and Mrs. Parmenus J. MacArthur of Elmsdale.

The party were on their way to church and had just turned the corner when struck by a car. Mr. Brennan was thrown quite a distance. He is 70 years old and his condition is serious. Mr. and Mrs.

MacArthur were both bruised and are suffering from shock.

This was possibly one of the first accidents involving an automobile to take place in the community of Elmsdale. Another accident is reported in the Summerside Jour-

nal November 6, 1939: