Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1879, March 15 - Three Freight Cars derail at Osgoode, St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway, no injuries.

Ottawa Citizen - 17 March 1879 Three freight cars were thrown from the track by the accident on the St. L. & O. RR., about a mile beyond Osgoode, on Saturday. After several hours work the track was cleared, but the passenger train had to return to Osgoode. While there Mr. Johnson, editor of the Kingston News, attempted to jump on the cars after the train started, and fell between the cars and the platform. Fortunately he escaped with a few bruises. He returned to Ottawa after the accident. Kingston Daily British Whig 17 March 1879 Railway Accident The eastern (Ottawa and Montreal) mail was delayed by an accident which occurred on Saturday at Prescott, a run off interrupting traffic for several hours. One of the News staff, en route home from Ottawa, could not leave Prescott, and returned to the Capital. Kingston Daily News 17 March 1879 Off The Track The train leaving Ottawa on Saturday night ran off the track between that city and Prescott, causing a delay of five hours. Connection at Prescott with the train for the west was missed, and consequently we were without our Ottawa exchanges, including the Gazette, this morning. Kingston Daily British Whig 18 March 1879 Narrow Escape Three freight cars were thrown from the track by the accident on the St. L. & O. RR. on Saturday. The Citizen says, after several hours’ work the track was cleared, but the passenger train had to return to Osgoode. While there one of the Kingston News staff attempted to jump on the cars after the train started, and fell between the cars and the platform. Fortunately he escaped with a few bruises. He returned to Ottawa after the accident.

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