Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area
1901, July 31 - Canadian Pacific Freight Train Derails near Pembroke, Two Injuries.
Ottawa Journal 2 August 1901 RUN OFF AT PEMBROKE Rails Spread and the Freight ran Into a Ditch, the Engineer and Fireman Being Injured (Special to The Journal.) Pembroke. August 1. - A bad smash up occurred on C.P.R. last night at one o'clock. The engineer and conductor were injured. Two miles west of Pembroke a freight train going west ran off the track. The engine with fender [sic] and one box car loaded with freight were landed in the ditch. The tender and box car were completely destroyed and a box car loaded with coal broke through a culvert. The rail were badly twisted and other damage done to the road. Wrecks trains from Chalk River and Carleton Place were soon on the scene, and had ths track cleaned [sic] and repaired by noon. The west Soo express was express was held at Chalk River, and the east Soo was held at Pembroke. The rails spreading caused the accident. Almonte Gazette 2 August 1901 A. C.P.R. freight train was wrecked beyond Pembroke on Wednesday and engineer Griffith was injured. The Soo and Winnipeg trains are greatly delayed as a result. The rails spreading caused the wreck. |
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