Chronology
Every dated history fact across the site, in date order. Precision varies — some dates are just a year — so ordering within a year is approximate. Showing locations.
| Date | Subject | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894-08-10 | Killaloe | The rails of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. are laid to three miles beyond Killaloe. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Mercury 1894-08-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-20 | Elgin Street | Passengers who come in at the C.A.R. station complain at the way they are "mobbed" by the cabmen. One gentleman a few nights ago nearly had his satchel torn out of his hand by a driver who wanted to carry him. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-24 | Wilno | The directors have received an application from near Wilno, on the line of the O.A. & P.S.R., for the establishment of a skimming station there. An answer has been returned that the application will be favourably entertained, if a sufficient number of cows to supply enough cream can be obtained. | Mercury 1894-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-08-25 | Hawkesbury | While working in the lumber yard at Hawkesbury last Saturday Mr. Laurent Harbick aged seventy-five was instantly killed. He was laying a track for the cars to run on when another man came up with a car loaded with heavy timbers. Mr. Harbick bent down to arrange some of the rails when the load of timbers accidentally fell off, three of them striking him on the head killing him instantly. When the timbers were removed the body turned over but the head was crushed into a jetty. | Eastern Ontario Review 1894-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-08-31 | Barrys Bay | An enterprising Combermere merchant has purchased a two decked steamer, 40 feet long, which will be conveyed over the O.A. & P.S. railway to Barry's Bay in September. | Ottawa Journal 1894-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-05 | Barrys Bay | The O.A. & P.S.R. have started a steamboat service between the end of their line at Barry's Bay and Combermere, a distance of over 12 miles. | Almonte Gazette 1894-10-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | Renfrew | The engine and boiler [for the new creamery] came in from Vermont on Tuesday. The railway siding was so far completed that the car containing the machinery was run right up alongside the creamery. | Mercury 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | Renfrew Junction | The K. & P.R. took its first passengers from the O.A. & P.S. new station at the diamond junction on Friday morning last. | Mercury 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-12 | Barrys Bay | A new steamboat for the Madawaska, which is to run from Barrys Bay on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. to Combermere, has been launched and will at once commence to carry passengers and freight. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-26 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. The O.A. & P.S.RR. are putting in a new diamond at the junction. The switchman there has improved the surroundings with pretty flower beds. | Almonte Gazette 1894-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-27 | Ottawa East | DANGEROUS PLAY. BOYS UN-BRAKE CARS ON THE C. A. R. AND CAUSE A RUNAWAY. The charge will be that they set loose a number of freight cars on a down grade on the Canada Atlantic railway in Ottawa East and thereby might have caused a smash-up. The cars were set loose Wednesday evening. There are several tracks in the portion of the C. A. R. yard in Ottawa East and quite a number of the boys of the village have been in the habit of playing on and around them. Some of the boys loosened the brakes of several of the cars on the side track. There is a heavy grade on this part of the line and the cars sped away in the Montreal direction. They broke through a safety appliance designed to prevent them getting on to the main track, and tore down the line; a couple of them jumped the track further down. Yard hands discovered the occurrence in time to prevent any accidents. The Canada Atlantic authorities placed the matter in the hands of Detective Flanagan. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-10-27 | Ottawa | FREIGHTS CRASHED IN. A SMASH ON THE O., A. P. & S NEAR LE BRETON STREET. Eighteen Sheep Killed - Six Hundred Were on the Train - The Accident Occurred Saturday Night. There was a rather big smash-up Saturday night on the Parry Sound road at Le Breton street. Five box cars and seven flat cars came to grief. The accident occurred at 10 minutes past ten Saturday night. A way freight from up the line was the victim; the train consisted of 44 cars, 24 flat cars and 20 box cars, with two engines attached, one in front and one behind. It is supposed the train broke apart coming down the heavy grade at Preston st. crossing and that the hind part then smashed into the front part. Five of the box cars were thrown off the track and very badly damaged; heavy oak stringers were snapped and heavy iron bars twisted; a number of cars were wrenched from their trucks. Among the box cars destroyed were three loaded with sheep; in all 600 animals were aboard, but only 18 were killed, and all but 15 were recovered after the train hands broke into the sheep cars and liberated them. No one was injured. Men worked all Saturday night and all day Sunday until 5:20 p.m. to clear the track in time to avoid interference with ordinary traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Free Press 1894-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-02 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. A new engine made its first trip on the O.A. & P.S.RR. on Monday. The inhabitants were notified of its visit by its singular whistle. | Almonte Gazette 1894-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-02 | Wilno | On the OA & PS line west of Wilno, there is a sink hole which causes the company a good deal of trouble and expense, and is continually sinking and requiring more ballast. A few days ago, while a train was passing, one side sank eighteen inches, nearly throwing the last of the cars off the track. | Eganville Enterprise 1894-11-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-05 | Eastmans | What might have been a serious accident was narrowly averted on the C.A.R. Saturday about noon. A special train carrying Central Vermont Ry. officials, returning from a week's hunt at the terminus of the O., A. & P.S. Ry., left Ottawa about 11 o'clock on Saturday for home. When the special was approaching Eastman's Springs the agent at that place, it is alleged, flagged the train to stop, but the engineer took no notice of the signal and went straight through without stopping. The Boston express coming to Ottawa had, by this time, left Bearbrook, the next station below Eastman's, and it seemed a collision was certain. Half way between those stations the engineers of both trains saw the other train approaching; the engines were brought to a standstill not thirty yards apart. The Central Vermont special backed up in front of the Boston express to Eastman's. An investigation was in progress before Mr. E.J. Chamberlain, general manager of the C.A.R. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1894-11-15 | Wilno | The O.A. & P.S. Ry. Co. has been petitioned to build a station at Wilno, half way between Barry's Bay and Killaloe. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-19 | Egan Estate | THE WHEELS CRUSHED OVER HIM. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A "STEEL TRAIN" ON THE O. A & PS. A very sad accident, the first with fatal results that has happened on the O, A & P S Ry, occurred yesterday near the Egan Estate Depot above Eganville. The 'steel train' was conveying a gang of men from camp to work after dinner; the men were seated on the platform cars. Four men were riding at the rear of the tender, sitting on the toolbox with their feet supported on the coupling of the flat car next to the tender. The roughness of the road caused the coupling pin to drop out unnoticed, and the engine and cars separated, causing the four men to lose their balance and tumble off. Two rolled off at the side of the track; one fell directly on the rails and was instantly run over and killed; the other fell between the rails underneath the train and miraculously escaped death but received a dreadful shaking up. The man killed was Wm. J. Chugg, who lived with his mother on Preston Street, Ottawa. The man injured was James McGowan, also of Ottawa; inquiry at the hospital found some of his bones broken. E.J. Chamberlin, general manager, was at the upper end of the line when the accident occurred; he arrived about four hours after and at once wired to Pembroke to have the coroner, Dr. Dixon, hold an inquest. Chugg's body was brought to Barry's Bay to await the coroner, and Mr. Chamberlin brought McGowan down to Ottawa on his special train, where an ambulance conveyed him to the Protestant Hospital. Mr. Chamberlin states that this is the first fatal accident on the line since the road left Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-24 | Madawaska | O.,A. & P.S. Divisional Point Selected. Land is being surveyed at the Madawaska crossing for the divisional station and grounds of the O.,A. & P.S. railway. This place is exactly halfway between Ottawa and Parry Sound, located in the township of Murchison in Nipissing District, about twenty miles above Barry's Bay, on the property of Mr. J.R. Booth. A tract of land two miles long and one wide is being surveyed out and the remainder of the land that is not required for car shops etc. will be laid out into town lots. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-30 | Eganville | Mr. C. McKiernan is getting names to a petition to get a siding on the O.A. & P.S. Railway at the place known as the Spring Creek on the Perreault Road. A siding there would be very beneficial to the farmers in this country as it is very inconvenient for them to take their stuff to the Eganville station. A great many have signed the petition, and it is very probable that the work of construction will commence soon. | Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-11-30≤ | Killaloe | A flag station will be built at once midway between Killaloe and Golden Lake [at Ruby], which will be convenient for the people of South Algoma, Brudenall and parties getting out timber. | Mercury 1894-11-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-01 | Whitney | E.C. Whitney's saw mill at Long Lake, on the Ottawa and Parry Sound Railway, is nearing completion. The building is erected and ready for the machinery, which will be put in on completion of the railway to that point. | Canada Lumberman 1894-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-21 | Elgin Street | There are great improvements going on at the Canada Atlantic depot at present. All the offices have been removed from the depot to the handsome new three storey building across Catherine street and the interior of the depot is being completely changed. The eastern end, where the offices were, is being made into a ladies waiting room while the western end will be made into a restaurant. Mr. Burgess will have charge of the restaurant. The company are also to open a restaurant at Alexandria. | Ottawa Journal 1894-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1894-12-28 | Arnprior | A man named Bourdeau (also given as Napoleon Bourdon), a resident of Arnprior, was badly hurt by a steam shovel on the OA & PS Railway on Friday. He was standing on the bank above the cut where the shovel was at work when the earth gave way beneath him and he fell into the shovel; the accident was not discovered before the derrick had been swung around and the contents dumped on a flat car, where he was found among the earth and gravel. | Mercury 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-04 | Whitney | THOUGHTFULNESS OF A RAILWAY OFFICIAL. A man named Joseph Pelsky, employed in a shanty near Long Lake, had one of his legs badly crushed by a falling tree on Thursday. He was brought down on the OA & P S R. last evening and taken to the Water street hospital. Mr. Chamberlain, general manager of the line, had a train sent from Barry's Bay to Long Lake to pick up the sufferer, and in consequence the regular evening train was two hours late in reaching Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-04 | Whitney | A new town is to be laid out on the O.A. & P.S. RR. at Long Lake. It is to be called "Whitney", after one of the members of the St. Anthony Lumber Company, to which this town will owe its existence. | Almonte Gazette 1895-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-01-11 | Madawaska | A siding is being built at the Madawaska crossing for the benefit of the upper Bonnechere and Petawawa shanties. | Mercury 1895-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02-01 | Barrys Bay | The threatened stoppage of trains on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. line at Barry's Bay has taken place. The station master has been removed from that place and trains no longer stop there. Passengers are taken on and left off at Wilno, six miles east of Barry's Bay, and Martins, two miles west. The proprietor of the land, who thought that he had the company at his mercy, has now found out his mistake, but the misfortune is that others suffer as well as he does. The sidings at Barry's Bay have been taken up and the iron is being used in putting in a siding on the land of Mr. August Pilatzkie on lot 34 in the 25th Con. of Grattan. | Mercury 1895-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-02-15 | Aylen Lake | The new O.A. & P.S. station west of Barry's Bay is called Rabbit Station, on account of those animals being so numerous around there. | Mercury 1895-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-08 | Barrys Bay | Freight Troubles. A railroad tie contractor last fall gave out contracts for ties to be delivered at Barry's Bay station on the O., A. & P.S. railway. The ties were delivered but the company had closed the station there and refused to receive any freight at that point, so the contractor had to reload them on sleighs and draw them to Martin's station. A merchant at Barry's Bay, just previous to the closing of the station, had ordered a car of salt billed for Barry's Bay; the company brought the car through to Martin's, and the merchant refused to accept it there, claiming that if billed for Barry's Bay it must be delivered there. Pressed for the goods, he finally had to yield, but when he went for his salt he had to pay for five days' demurrage of the car. | Almonte Gazette 1895-03-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-15 | Caldwell | During the past winter there has been an average of fifteen car loads of pulp wood, railroad ties and fence posts delivered at Caldwell's station (Scotch Bush) on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. | Mercury 1895-03-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-03-28 | Whitney | Fully 300 men are waiting at Whitney for the re-opening of the work on the construction on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. At present the only work being done is on the rock cuts and pile driving; work on the gravel pits is expected to commence in about a fortnight, and this will give employment to many of these men. Work on grading will not commence until the frost is out of the ground. | Ottawa Journal 1895-03-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-02≤ | Barrys Bay | The pile driving operations on the Parry Sound Railway at Barry's Bay will be completed in about a week's time. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-04-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-05 | Barrys Bay | It is reported that the O.A. & P.S. R. Co. will rebuild their station at Barry's Bay, on land adjoining that of Mr. Stafford, which has been given them for free. | Mercury 1895-04-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-11 | Whitney | On the railway near Whitney the principal work is rock excavation and trestle work. There are 150 men employed there now, and the summer camps are being put up. | Ottawa Journal 1895-04-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-26 | Whitney | Arthur Bruce, engineer, OA & PS, has discovered a gravel pit on the right of way, one mile west of Whitney; as formerly gravel was brought from Opeongo Forks, the value of the pit is apparent, and it will supply gravel to the end of the road. Contractor Richardson was burning brush and it got out of control, burning for three days near Whitney; they tried to save buildings at Contractor Heald's headquarters. The fire was on the least valuable portion of the limit. | Mercury 1895-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-04-26 | Madawaska | The Booth limits on both sides of the Madawaska, near the mouth of L'Amable Creek, were on fire last week. All the men on the various drives of logs were taken off the river to try to prevent its spread but despite their efforts it spread with great rapidity; the fire started from the OA & PS Ry. line where the right of way was being cleared out. The McLachlin limits to the north of Carson Lake were also on fire and their men were also fighting it. The heavy downfall of rain on Saturday night and Sunday came just in time to save the limits from disastrous fires. | Eganville Enterprise 1895-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-01≤ | Whitney | Grading has begun at several places on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. near Whitney. By the end of this week there will be nearly one thousand men at work on the line. | Ottawa Journal 1895-05-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-03 | Barrys Bay | Mr. J. R. Booth passed west on the OA & PS on Wednesday, 17th, accompanied by Mr. Chamberlain, the manager of the road. Part of their business going west was reportedly to settle the Barry's Bay dispute, either by arranging with Mr. Stafford or by moving the station onto the land of Mr. James Drohan, who has made a most liberal offer. While at Eganville station they were interviewed as to furnishing material to gravel the travelled road from the station to the village, which at present is almost impassable; they promised that as soon as the gravel pits were opened, several car loads of gravel would be dumped at the station, if the villagers would draw and spread it, which the hotel keepers and other owners of teams have promised to do. | Eganville Enterprise 1895-05-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-05-24 | Killaloe | The sawmill at Killaloe was completely destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is supposed to be a spark from a passing OA & PS locomotive. Damages were about $2,500, and there was no insurance. | Mercury 1895-05-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-06-07 | Whitney | James Perrigo, of Eganville, at Whitney, on the O.A. & P.S. construction, had several fingers smashed, necessitating amputation. | Almonte Gazette 1895-06-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-09 | Whitney | O'Neil and Ferguson were the OA & PS contractors in the Whitney area; the subcontractor for stonework (from Eganville) was Mr. Keating. Mr. Force, contractor on the OA & PS near the terminus of the twenty-mile contract above Whitney, discovered a few days ago the skeleton of an Indian, with tomahawk and other curiosities at his side, while excavating for the rail bed. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-10 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. are shortly to begin building a siding into the new porcelain works near the depot. The siding will be about five hundred feet long. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-12 | Barrys Bay | Barrys Bay is again booming since the station has been opened and it has become a temporary divisional point between Ottawa and Whitney. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-15 | Whitney | THE WHITNEY SAWMILL. The large saw mill that has been built by the St. Anthony Lumber Company at Whitney on the O.,A. & P.S. Ry. is thus described by the Eganville Star: The mill proper is a three-story gable roof building, 207 feet long by 80 feet wide, with a shingle and lath mill attachment 48 feet by 50 feet, and sorting shed 270 by 32 feet. The capacity for sawing will be about 250,000 feet per day, supplied by three band saws and one gang saw. The engine and boiler house, built separately, is 72 feet by 81 feet, and is fire proof, of stone, brick and iron. Motive power is a Corliss engine of 700 horse power furnished by E. P. Allis & Co. of Milwaukee; steam is obtained from eight Wickes' boilers. The burner is 85 feet in height and 30 feet in diameter. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-25 | Renfrew | About 300 people left the city this morning on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. regular to attend the opening of the Renfrew Creamery by Lord Aberdeen today. Lord and Lady Aberdeen went up on their special car. His excellency the Governor General passed up this morning at 1 a.m. on his special car attached to No. 7 train for the west and will remain over at Renfrew until the hour of formally opening the creamery. | Ottawa Journal 1895-07-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-07-26 | Whitney | WHITNEY NEWS. The big Sawmill of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., at Whitney, has cut its first log. The main building is 207 feet long by 88 feet wide, three flats, and can cut about 250,000 feet of lumber a day. The engine is of 700 horsepower, with eight boilers, and a power-house for electric lights is being erected. Mr. Whitney, president of the St. Anthony Lumber Co., superintended the work in person; nearly 200 men, with 25 spans of horses, were employed. Mr. Anderson has taken charge of the mill. The undertaking is said to have cost upwards of $200,000, $150,000 for mill. Some 30 million feet of logs have been gathered in for the first season's cut, all of which has already been ordered. | Almonte Gazette 1895-07-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-02 | Wilno | There is dissatisfaction amongst the residents around Wilno at the place where the OA & PS Ry. Co. have placed the Wilno station. There are no public roads leading to it, and the settlers through whose land it is reached are threatening to close the road, as travellers will leave gates open. The station house is an old car placed on a siding where a gravel pit was. The difficulty of placing it in a more convenient place for the public is the steep grade throughout the whole length of the pass. | Mercury 1895-08-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-22 | Ottawa East | Workmen of the C.A.R. and O.A. & P.S. railway companies were engaged yesterday in staking out the site of the proposed new round house in connection with the car shops in Ottawa East. It will be erected on the former site of Mr. W.S. Odell's brickyard. The companies have also diverted the junction of Second street and Hurdman's Road. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-22≥ | Ottawa East | Yesterday the employees of the Canada Atlantic and Parry Sound lines were at work placing stakes for the new round house which will be erected near the new car shops. The site is on the ground formerly used as Odell's brick yard. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-08-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-08-29 | Ottawa East | The new trestle within the "y" west of Archville, where the new car shops are to be located, is now half built. | Ottawa Journal 1895-08-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-06 | Goshen | The people of Goshen, Renfrew Co., want a station on the O.A. & P.S. line, and the company is willing to build a station if the people interested will provide a site. | Almonte Gazette 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-06 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Co's. mill at Whitney is cutting 150,000 feet of lumber per day. | Almonte Gazette 1895-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-13 | Renfrew | The O.A. & P.S. Railway recently donated four car loads of gravel to the Creamery Company for the fixing up of the yard around the Creamery building. | Mercury 1895-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-15 | Clarence Creek | On September 1st last year the Canada Atlantic secured control of the Central Counties railway 'and on the 15th of that month a rail was removed at the first culvert west of Clarence Creek. Investigation revealed nothing.' Several times during the closing months of last year fish plates were removed and obstructions placed on the track of that line. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-09-20 | Ottawa East | The building of the O.A. & P.S. workshops in the "Y" beyond Archville are to begin without delay. Within a few weeks the foundations of the massive buildings will be laid; the plans have been ready for months. There will be two large workshops and a roundhouse, entirely of stone with steel roofing supported by immense steel stringers now being manufactured in Germany, making the shops almost fireproof. The workshops will each be about 60 feet wide and 130 feet long, and will give employment to about 150 men. The roundhouse will be located near the intersection of the two branches of the "Y" and will be large enough to house about thirty locomotives. The site for the workshops and roundhouse is already picketed out. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-21 | Douglas | An east bound freight train on the O.A. & P.S. railway, consisting of seven cars and the paymaster's van, ran off the track Saturday afternoon about half way between Douglas station and Renfrew. Fortunately the accident was not attended by loss of life. The train had just passed a slight curve when the engine, from some unknown source, jumped the track, pulling the cars and van along with it; for a couple of hundred yards the train went thumping along on the ties but remained on the roadbed. Driver Turner and his assistants stuck to their posts until the train was stopped. A couple of cars were toppled over, one loaded with horses and railroad construction tools; a man in this car was taken out from under a piece of machinery without a scratch. Paymaster Wilson, counting money in his van when the accident happened, was almost unconscious from the effects of a blow he received while being jostled about, his money scattered over the floor; Driver Turner had one shoulder badly bruised. A wrecking train left immediately from Renfrew under Roadmaster Hogan and the track was cleared in five or six hours. Two of the horses had to be shot, their legs broken; they belonged to Mr. Simmers, sub-contractor on the railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-21 | Whitney | The first shipment of lumber from Whitney mills was made on Saturday, when seven cars were loaded and shipped. A large number of empty cars were brought to Whitney the same day to be loaded with lumber, and the shipment of it will now continue regularly. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-27 | Egan Estate | The O.A. & P.S. Railway Company are building a station at Egan's estate on the Madawaska. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-09-28 | Elgin Street | An electric car full of people going home from the fair narrowly escaped missing the afternoon train on the C.A.R. Saturday. The train was half way out of the station when the car ran into the platform. The conductor had to pull his bell rope. | Ottawa Journal 1895-09-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-01 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Company which has recently constructed large steam mills at Whitney on the line of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound, have started work. The mill proper is 207 feet long by 80 feet wide, with shingle and lath mill attached 48x50 feet and storing shed 32x270 feet. The capacity is 250,000 feet a day, supplied by three band saws and one gang saw. Motive power is a Corliss engine of 700 horse power. Sawdust belts carry a continuous supply of sawdust to the furnace. | Canada Lumberman 1895-10-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-03≤ | Ottawa East | Work on the round house at Ottawa East is to be started at once. It will be built on the "Y" nearest the village. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-10-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-09 | Ottawa East | The work of filling up the land where the proposed car sheds of the C.A.R. are to be built in Ottawa East is proceeding rapidly. In a few days the site of the round house will be finished and the building itself commenced. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-26 | Arnprior | ARNPRIOR NEWS. At the intersection of the railway lines a new diamond is to be put in on Sunday. The O.A. & P.S. Ry. Co. wish to purchase McNab's grove on Chats Lake from McLachlin Bros. for the purpose of converting it into a picnic ground to be used by excursionists brought here by the railway. | Almonte Gazette 1895-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Mercury 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-10-31 | Ottawa East | The work of filling in the "Y" beyond Ottawa East is taking more time than was at first expected and it is doubtful if the construction of the O.A. & P.S. Ry roundhouse will be begun this fall. | Ottawa Journal 1895-10-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-05≥ | Pembroke | Another year and the railway to Parry Sound will have been completed, and the greatest port on the Georgian Bay will be closer to Ottawa than Toronto is to the Capital. Today only fifty miles of the entire distance between Ottawa and Parry Sound — two hundred and fifty-nine miles — remains uncovered by the rails, and Engineer Mountain says it is more than probable that this gap will be covered before October of next year. Another year or two and the branch to Golden Lake connecting Pembroke with the Parry Sound railway will also have been completed. On Monday, Mayor F. E. Fortin, Thomas Mackie, J. A. Thibodeau and J. R. Moffat went out to Wilberforce to look out the line through Wilberforce. | Pembroke Observer 1895-11-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-11-15 | Clarence Creek | On November 15th notices written in French were posted in Rockland and Clarence Creek stations to the effect that unless certain debts which were owed by the Central Counties Railway were paid at once, all trains would be liable to be wrecked without further notice. | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Montreal Gazette 1896-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1895-12-06 | Elgin Street | KILLED BY THE CARS. Andrew Easton (also reported as Eastman), a young brakesman employed in the C.A.R. yards adjoining the Elgin street depot, was almost instantly killed a few minutes after half past six o'clock in the evening. At half past six he was seen alive by yardmaster Patrick Brennan; five minutes later his body was found lying between two tracks by car inspector P. Driscoll and car repairer W. Crooks, with signs of life still present. Dr. Cormack arrived and pronounced the case hopeless; Easton expired within a few minutes, his back broken in the lumbar region, with otherwise only a swelling and bruise on the lower back. No one witnessed the accident, but O.A. and P.S. railway freight cars were being shunted down a siding at the time, and it was concluded he had been jammed between cars coming together. The body was taken to Moodie's morgue on Bank St.; Coroner Mark opened an inquest, adjourned until the following Monday evening. Easton, about thirty, lived at the corner of Percy and Somerset streets and left a widow and two small children. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-12-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-06≥ | Goshen | Our flag station on the OA & PS is now up and completed, and is a credit to the Company, as it is made very comfortable for the winter months. We have not heard yet what it is to be called, but we hope and expect it will be called after the wonderful place itself "Goshen." | Mercury 1895-12-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-09 | Elgin Street | NO ONE TO BLAME. JURY FINDS ANDREW EASTMAN'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. The adjourned inquest, conducted by Coroner Mark, lasted from half past seven until after eleven, examining a dozen witnesses. Engineer Thomas F. Kane testified he had been instructed to couple his line of 22 cars to a separate freight car; when the cars joined, the shock was no greater than usual, and he did not know at the time that the coupling had failed or anything about the accident. Yardmaster Paul Brennan, who gave the coupling signals, said he had noticed Eastman on the steps of the van preparatory to coupling, and that Eastman had partially succeeded, having put the coupling ring into the drawbar; the train, about 120,000 lbs, was thought to have passed over him, and the car was afterwards found off the track. Superintendent M. Donaldson stated a car has been known to be put off the track by running over a man's leg. Dr. Cormack, who performed the post mortem, found a compound fracture of the left leg and broken organs around the hip, death caused by internal hemorrhage, and thought Eastman had been killed by the car passing over him rather than being crushed between the cars. The jury's verdict: 'the deceased, Andrew Eastman, met his death by accident while attempting to couple cars in the C.A.R. yards of Ottawa, but the exact cause of such fatal accident does not appear clear to us,' and exonerated the railway company and employees from all blame. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-17 | Elgin Street | Officials in the C.A.R. station on Elgin street are making preparations for the removal of the offices into the new temporary station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-20 | Goshen | A new station is to be opened on the line of the O.A. & P.S. railway on Monday, at a point five miles east of Renfrew. It will be known as Goshen station. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-12-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Journal 1895-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-24 | Elgin Street | The platform around the old Elgin street depot is being torn up in order to permit the laying of another freight track. | Ottawa Journal 1895-12-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1895-12-27 | Elgin Street | The Canada Atlantic depot is disappearing owing to the onward march of Ottawa's progress. People coming in from the west feel it strange to be whirled past the old depot and round the bend to the temporary Central depot. It is close upon fifteen years since these buildings were erected. | Ottawa Free Press 1895-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |
| 1896 | Scotia Junction | Oil and coal house built | GTR B&B-12 |
| 1896 | Algonquin Park | A.W.Fleck buys 5000 acres from St Anthony Lumber Co. on Rock Lake for summer home. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park |
| 1896-01-10 | Bank Street | At the Bank street level crossing the O.A. & P.S. company has improved the protecting arms which swing across the roadway when a train is coming by putting on a similar attachment to stop the approach of pedestrians on the sidewalks. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-01-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-30≥ | Rockland | Rockland - A C.A.R. engine became embedded in a snow bank in the deep cut, on the mill siding, Saturday night. It took some time to extricate it. (As reported by 30 January 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-01-31≥ | Clarence Creek | Three men were arrested near Clarence Creek on the Canada Atlantic Railway, charged with systematically attempting to wreck Canada Atlantic trains: 'detective Carter has been working on the case and yesterday arrested Fabien Lavictrie and two brothers who live on a farm near the scene of the attempted wrecks.' They were held at L'Orignal awaiting trial. (As reported by 31 January 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Montreal Gazette 1896-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1896-02-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-07 | Clarence Creek | L'Orignal. Fabien Lavictoire, Louis Dusireau and Joseph Dusireau, held for attempting train wrecking on the Canada Atlantic were remanded for a week. Two more warrants were issued on the following day for the arrest of two other men, named Dubreuil and Lavictoire charged with committing a similar offence, and on being brought before Mr. Fraser Friday last, they were admitted to bail on their own recognizance, as the evidence against them is of no material importance. | Ottawa Free Press 1896-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-17 | Whitney | The OA & PS RR is now transporting passengers to and from Whitney. | Eganville Leader 1896-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-17 | Whitney | The owners of the new sawmill in Whitney are American, and it is now a one-company town with houses, stores, etc. all run by the company's representative, Mr. John Ferguson. It has been described as 'a remarkable hamlet.' | Eganville Leader 1896-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-02-27≥ | Arnprior | Fred Rollin of the Chaudiere, Ottawa, had his ear bitten off in a fight on the Parry Sound railway train near Arnprior a few days ago. John Cyr, of Ironsides, was arrested for the assault. (As reported by 27 February 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | The Equity, Shawville 1896-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-03-20 | Douglas | Douglas, March 17: Mr. Cook, a sub-contractor on the OA & PS construction, spent Monday here, purchasing a large order of supplies from J. & S. McEachen, who, by the way, have contracted to supply groceries and provisions to nearly all Fauquier's contractors during the coming summer and fall. | Mercury 1896-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17 | Canoe Lake | The Gilmore Lumber Co. have also been rushing in machinery and supplies for the new mill on Canoe Lake. The foundation of the mill is being laid, and it is expected that one band saw will be running by August. The main building is 180 ft. by 65 ft. - not as large as the Whitney mill. It is estimated that it will cut 50,000,000 feet in the season. Two hundred acres of land has been leased from the local government at Park headquarters for the mill and yards, exactly ten miles from the end of track by the right of way, and 30 miles west of Whitney. About 150 men are employed at present, and a portable saw-mill is cutting lumber for the building. | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-17≥ | Whitney | A deaf and dumb man named Hoover, of Pembroke, had his foot taken off at the ankle by an O.,A. & P.S. Railway train on Saturday last. He was walking along the track above Whitney station when the train came up behind him; the engineer blew the whistle and expected to see the man step off the track, but he did not do so. The railway company sent a special train to Ottawa with him, where he was placed in the hospital. (As reported by 17 April 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-04-28 | Renfrew | There will be an excursion to Renfrew on May 25 from Ottawa in connection with a fireman's demonstration in that town. | Ottawa Journal 1896-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-19≥ | Whitney | On Tuesday last Mail Clerks Reeve and McLatchie in sorting the mail from west of Eganville came across a parcel which did not meet the requirements of the postal regulations. ... Upon examination it was found to be a boy who was attempting to steal a ride from Whitney to Ottawa. It appears that when examining the train at Barry's Bay where he would be safe from the lynx eyed conductor, the urchin passed through the mail car and discovered some empty mail bags hung on hooks. Thinking one of these would fill the bill he popped in and remained until discovered by the mail clerks. ... The boy had made a sudden disappearance upon the arrival of the train at Eganville. (As reported by 19 June 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1896-07-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-25 | Renfrew | A big farmers' excursion will be run into the city tomorrow from points over the O.A. & P.S. Ry. between Renfrew and Ottawa. | Ottawa Journal 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-06-26 | Arnprior | The railway company has filled with gravel the frog pond at the signal tower. | Almonte Gazette 1896-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-23 | Madawaska | The O.A. & P.S. company are preparing to remove the divisional point from Barry's Bay to the Madawaska crossing. A round house is being built, side tracks being laid down and preparations being made for the necessary buildings. Track laying will commence on the western end of the line on August 15th, 2,000 men are on the construction. (The Ottawa Journal of the same date says the company has 2,000 men at work at Madawaska Crossing 'preparatory for the removal of the divisional point from Barry's Bay to that station.') | Ottawa Free Press 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-29 | Madawaska | Seven hundred acres of land have been purchased by the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway at Madawaska, which place the company have chosen as the divisional point of the line between Ottawa and Parry Sound. The land was purchased from the Ontario Government, and is to be largely utilized for workshops, round houses, offices, station buildings and sidings, and what is not used for this purpose will be divided into village lots. Madawaska is 133 miles distant from Ottawa, and exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound. | Montreal Gazette 1896-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-07-31 | Madawaska | It has been selected as the divisional station between the eastern and western sections of the railway. ... Yesterday morning Mr. Tomlinson, contractor for the railway, left with a staff of men to commence the work of construction. ... It has excellent natural advantages for a divisional point, inasmuch as the district thereabout is a level plain, well adapted for branch lines and sidings. On this account the place was selected in preference to Barry's Bay or Whitney. | Almonte Gazette 1896-07-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1896-07-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-07≥ | Algonquin Park | On Saturday, the bodies of two men were brought down to Renfrew by the OA & PS express ... One, whose name was James Ryan, was buried in the Renfrew cemetery. The other, Louis St. Pierre, was interred in the R. C. cemetery. Another body, of a man named McLeod, was taken to Cornwall: while a fourth victim, alive, was taken down to the Ottawa Hospital. So far as can be learned, the three deaths and the injury were due to a blasting accident. ... Foreman McLeod was badly mangled - his hands blown off and legs badly torn. Ryan was picked up dead in the bush, more than 100 feet away. The coroner's inquest as to the death of the three men killed in the dynamite explosion up the Parry Sound Railway resulted in a verdict of accidental death. Two boxes of dynamite had been placed in the hole drilled in the rock and the men were packing earth over it when the explosion occurred. (As reported by 7 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Citizen 1896-08-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-09-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-08-19≥ | Chaudiere | A horse owned by Mr. H.F.G. Brading ran away at the Chaudiere Monday night. It crashed into the C.A. Ry. drop gates on Queen street which were down for a train. One gate had about 6 feet smashed off. Half an hour later two drunken men ran into the other gate, smashing it. They narrowly escaped being hit by a train. (As reported by 19 August 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Ottawa Journal 1896-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-04≥ | Killaloe | At the crossing near Killaloe station on Monday evening last a man named Lamontagne, (from Quebec), who had strayed on to the track in an intoxicated condition, was run over and killed by the train. His head was severed from the trunk, and the body was fearfully mutilated. An inquest was held, and a verdict in accord with the above facts returned. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-04≥ | Renfrew | The second accident occurred on Tuesday. When about a mile this side of Renfrew a man was noticed walking on the track, and on whistling he left the rails, but returned. The train was brought to a standstill, but not before the man had received a tremendous blow, which lifted him into the ditch. It was found that his arm and a rib were broken, and he was brought to the Ottawa Protestant hospital. His name is Alexander Matthews, a stonemason by trade, having been at work in Renfrew for some weeks. He appeared to be under the influence of liquor when the accident occurred. He will recover. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-25 | Hawkesbury | The Great Northern Railway Company, we understand, has made an informal proposal to the residents of Hawkesbury to construct a railway bridge across the Ottawa and erect repair shops there, the consideration to be a bonus of $50,000. Several of the officials of the Great Northern were in Hawkesbury on Tuesday and submitted their proposal at a meeting of citizens. | Eastern Ontario Review 1896-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-09-25≥ | Vankleek Hill | The excursion train which left here on Thursday morning is said to have carried the largest number of passengers ever taken into Ottawa in one train, it was composed of seventeen cars and carried over seventeen-hundred excursionists. (As reported by 25 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Eastern Ontario Review 1896-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-09≥ | Ottawa | Thomas Costello, a car repairer at the Canada Atlantic railway works at Ottawa, was working at one of the bumpers of a car that had been jacked up. The jack slipped and the bumpers came down on his hands, crushing them into jelly from the wrist to the finger ends. (As reported by 9 October 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) | Almonte Gazette 1896-10-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1896-10-14 | Madawaska | Barry's Bay will not be the divisional point of the O.A. & P.S. Ry. after 15th November. Madawaska will then be made the terminus of the first division it being exactly half way between Ottawa and Parry Sound. | Ottawa Journal 1896-10-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1896-10-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |