The Railways of Ottawa

Finding No. 21   Railway Structures Destroyed (Mainly) by Fire


Canadian Pacific Perth Car Shops Boiler House destroyed by Fire  2 September 1887.



Almonte Gazette 9 September 1887

On Friday last the boiler house of the C.P.R. car-shops at Perth was destroyed by fire. The steam pump could not be used, as it was in the burning building.


Updated 15 November 2022

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