Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area

1929, November 12 - Locomotive driving rod breaks at Iroquois, CNR., Kingston sub., no injuries

Ottawa Citizen 12 November 1929. Accident Avoided IROQUOIS, Nov. 12 - As a result of the driving bar of the engine on the 3.45 C.N.R. express train breaking this afternoon as she was about to leave the depot at Iroquois, a serious accident was probably avoided. Had the train been under speed it is supposed the train would have left the track Brockville was called by phone and an engine sent immediately to take the place of the broken one, and not until after six o'clock did the train proceed east.

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Updated 29 December 2020