Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1919, April 15 - Express hits a truck load of eggs at Winchester, CPR., Winchester sub.

Winchester Press 17 April 1919 Smash In Eggs Over a hundred dozen eggs were smashed to smithereens at the C.P.R. depot here on Tuesday. The cases of eggs were on a truck, and the truck was too near the edge of the platform, and when the express came along the truck was struck by one of the passing coaches and the eggs couldn't very well stand the jar, so they went smash.

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