Details of Railway Accidents in the Ottawa Area



1955, December 20 - Train Wrecks Truck of Lumber at Thurso, CPR Lachute sub., no injuries



From the Ottawa Citizen Wednesday 21 December 1955:

Train Wrecks Truck Of Pulp
THURSO, Que. (Special) Arthur Labelle, of R.R. No. 2, Thurso, escaped with a shaking up when his truck loaded with pulpwood was smashed by a Montreal-to-Ottawa CPR passenger train at noon Tuesday. The train was held up about half an hour while the wrecked truck and spilled pulpwood were removed from the track.





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