Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1937, July 28 - Two trains collide Kingston, CNR Kingston sub., no injuries.

Ottawa Citizen 29 July 1937 Nobody Hurt as Trains Collide Near Kingston KINGSTON, Ont., July 28. An eastbound Canadian National Railways through freight train late today wrecked a combination baggage and an empty passenger coach of the Napanee-Kingston local in a rear-end collision at the Cataraqui spur, four miles east of here. None was hurt but debris was strewn for 150 yards along the tracks. Two women left the coach a few miles east of the scene. The passenger coach was standing on the main line when the freight ploughed into the rear after rounding a curve. Wrecking crews started clean-up operations almost immediately. Ottawa Journal 29 July 1937 Train Hits Coach At Cataraqui Spur KINGSTON, July 28. - - An eastbound Canadian National Railways through freight train late today wrecked a combination baggage and an empty passenger coach of the Napanee-Kingston local in a rear-end collision at the Cataraqui spur, four miles esst of here. No one was hurt, but debris wss strewn for 150 ysrds slong the tracks. Two women left the coach a few miles east of the scene. The passenger coach was standing on the main line when the freight plowed into the rear after rounding a curve.

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