The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) Tue 10 May 193223171

HAMILTON FARMER KILLED.
In a motor car accident about 7 p.m.
on Friday William H. Francis, about
65 years, farmer, of Yulecart, was kill-
ed instantaneously. His wife, who was
with him, was severely shaken. Fran-
cis was going home from Hamilton
along Digby road, and when at Violet
Creek bridge met a motor truck driven
by John B. Edwards, farmer of Mor-
ven. Apparently Francis misjudged
the distance, Edwards pulled to his
left, but Francis' car struck the para-
pet of the bridge and overturned.
Francis' son, Norman, died on 22nd
April last year as a result of a motor
car smash at Ararat on Good Friday
morning. Francis. who was well re-
spected, was a member of the council
of Hamilton Pastoral and Agricultural
Society.