Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1923, August 19 - Broken truck on tender at Papineauville,  Lachute sub., no injuries

Ottawa Citizen 20 August 1923 Passengers en route from Montreal to Ottawa on the North Shore line of the C.P.R. were delayed over two hours last eveneing, [sic] through a slight accident, which was fortunately unattended with any serious consequences. The train had just pulle [sic] into Papineauville station on time, when one of the trucks under the locomotive tender broke, and the train had to be held two hours and forty-five minutes.

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