Allan, a young man of 24, was working as a laborer on a caisson in Port Stanley, Canada when suddenly the structure gave way trapping workers under water. Allan, was one of the unfortunate ones trapped and ultimately drowned.
I first learned of the cause of his death on his death certificate.
As I was unfamiliar with the word caisson, I googled it. Then I added Port Stanley to it and finally found newspaper articles about the tragedy.
Too add to the horror of it all, I discovered Allan's dad was also a victim.
Allan's mother died earlier the same year at the age of 49 leaving six children.
The next to the youngest child would have been about 14 years old when he lost three of his family members in 1937.
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