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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900-12-10 | Arnprior | Despite frequent protestations street crossings continue to be blocked by CAR trains in the Arnprior yard. Officials in Ottawa will be asked to abate the nuisance, and if this does not suffice, there may be a whole train crew placed under arrest one of these days. | Ottawa Journal 1900-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-01-04 | Alexandria | Mr. John Morrow, C.A.R. agent, has succeeded in establishing a regular stage line from Alexandria to Green Valley to connect with all C.P.R. trains. | Eastern Ontario Review 1901-01-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-03-22 | Caldwell | An elderly man named Hugh Henderson, a resident of Grattan township, was killed by the snowplough special on the Canada Atlantic near Caldwell's station on Wednesday afternoon. Henderson was walking along the track with his shovel on his shoulder, and evidently heard the whistle, for he started to run ahead. But he must have been confused, for he remained close by the rails, and was struck and killed. | Almonte Gazette 1901-03-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-04-29 | Chadiere Junction | On Saturday Ald. Plouffe had an interview with General Manager A.J. Chamberlain of the CAR and secured his sanction to the construction of a fully equipped station at the Rochester Street crossing. The public will be able to buy tickets at the new station for all points on the line. This will be a decided accommodation for the ratepayers of Dalhousie ward as heretofore they had to come all the way to Central station when they wished to travel by CAR. | Ottawa Journal 1901-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-05-28 | Ottawa East | George Ritchie of Ottawa East, a Canada Atlantic railway man, sustained a fractured skull and other serious, probably fatal injuries in the Canada Atlantic yard at Ottawa East yesterday morning. He was on his way to work at the time, and it is supposed he was struck by a train. He was found lying beside the tracks. | Kemptville Telegram 1901-05-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-06-19 | Rockland | Joseph Dumont, an employee at the Stewart quarries, was pinned between two cars at the C.A.R. siding at the quarries yesterday afternoon and was instantly killed. The couplings crushed the body of the unfortunate man. It seemed he was crossing the tracks when the cars came together. No one witnessed the accident. | Ottawa Citizen 1901-06-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-08-09 | Renfrew | A COLLISION AT RENFREW. West Bound Local Ran Into East Bound Freight but all Escaped With a Shaking up. Renfrew, Ont., Aug. 9. - The westbound local on the C.A.R. due here at 6.20 ran into the east bound way-freight last night by taking the switch instead of the main line. The switch board was properly set but in some way the switch was wrong or else sprung by weight of train. The engines and tender, along with two or three cars were smashed somewhat but all the passengers and employees escaped with a severe shaking up. The wreck is now cleared away and the line is again fit for traffic. | Ottawa Journal 1901-08-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Almonte Gazette 1901-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-08-15 | Rockland | R.C. Cummings of Malone, NY has secured a patent on a cattle guard to be known as the Automatic Cattle Guard, for the United States and Canada. Last week a sample was constructed on the Canada Atlantic railway near Rockland. | Record, Chesterville 1901-08-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-11-29 | Barrys Bay | Peter Menzies, a C.A.R. engineer, fell beneath his engine at Barry's Bay recently. He was dragged by the cowcatcher for quite a distance but escaped with a fracture of his left leg and the crushing of three toes on his right foot. | Almonte Gazette 1901-11-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-12 | Chadiere Junction | Gates placed at crossing with Richmond Rd. 3 pairs of gates in 150 yards -- citizens considering a viaduct. | CRSW p353 |
| 1901-12-27 | Madawaska | Mr. Jas. Campbell of Eganville, a C.A.R. conductor, had his right leg run over by a train at Madawaska last week. The limb had to be amputated below the knee. | Almonte Gazette 1901-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1901-12-27 | Caldwell | The company operating the St. Louis iron mines near Eganville, will build a spur line of railway from the mines to Caldwell's Station on the C.A.R. | Almonte Gazette 1901-12-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902 | Barrys Bay | Ontario Corundum Co puts new boat in service at Cobermere for service between Havergal and Barrys Bay. | leader |
| 1902-01-20 | Bank Street | Bank Street Subway. A question of Double Tracking Canada Atlantic prompts city engineer Ker to write a letter to the Board of Works. The sale of the Canada Atlantic railway and the probability of parts of it being double tracked brings to the fore again the question of a subway at Bank street to obviate the obstruction to general traffic as well as that of the street railway at that point. Mr. Ker wrote: 'I am informed that owing to the recent transfer, the Canada Atlantic railway crossing on Bank street will be double tracked and have a much larger volume of traffic in the near future... I think it would be advisable to take up the question of the Bank street subway with the different railway companies interested.' 'I suppose nothing can be done with this until the N.Y.C. formally takes over the road,' observed Chairman Davidson. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-01-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-02-06 | Ottawa East | BOY KILLED ON C.A.R. Otto Schroeder, a 19-year-old lad, was one of a gang engaged clearing snow from the C.A.R. tracks at Ottawa East. The snow was being removed on flat cars and Schroeder took up a position on the end of the last car of the train. A slight jolt when the train was being stopped threw him off his balance. He fell across a rail and the wheels of one truck passed across his abdomen. A fellow workman, Paul Rousseau, seized him and pulled him aside before further injuries were inflicted. Schroeder was taken to Ottawa East, but died before medical aid could be summoned. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1902-02-07(Corroborating report: Schroeder, one of forty-eigh...) |
| 1902-02-08 | Ottawa East | The Schroeder Inquest. The coroner's jury verdict: 'We, the jurors find that Otto Schroeder came to his death by accidentally falling from a snow train at Ottawa East on the 6th day of February, 1902. Orders appear to be given but not strictly enforced, consequently often disregarded... We don't consider that there was adequate accommodation for safety provided and that there should be a remedy provided in this respect by the railway company.' Mr. Donaldson, superintendent of the C.A.R. system, testified that the floor of one of the snow cars was about nine feet wide. The C.A.R. was represented at the inquest by Lawyer Bethune and Mr. Morley Donaldson, superintendent. | Ottawa Journal 1902-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-08(Fuller report of the same inquest and verdict. Tra...) |
| 1902-02-25 | Chadiere Junction | The dense fog was responsible for a collision this morning about 9 o'clock on the C.A.R. tracks at Chaudiere junction. An engine of an incoming train struck the rear of a freight train, the cars of which were loaded with logs. Three of these cars were thrown off the track and the logs scattered about. This was the extent of the damage, the engine that struck the cars not being injured. The engineer could not see the train ahead on account of the mist. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-02-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-03-17 | Douglas | Station burned. | Shawville Equity, thanks to Colin Churcher |
| 1902-05 | Elgin Street | Car repair shops damaged by fire recently. Two passenger cars, a combine, two freight cars and a wrecking derrick were destroyed. | CRSW p169 |
| 1902-06 | Elgin Street | Car repair shops will not be rebuilt, Subsequent work to be done in Ottawa East. | CRSW p189 |
| 1902-06-01 | Whitney | The St. Anthony Lumber Company are building a railway from Whitney to Big Opeongo lake, a distance of fifteen miles. The work is in the hands of Thomas McLaughlin, contractor of Ottawa. | Canada Lumberman 1902-06-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-17 | Alexandria | A C.A.R. MISHAP. Owing to an accident at Alexandria this morning the Montreal express on the C.A.R. was over an hour late. A switch had been left open by mistake and when the train pulled into the station, going at the usual rate of speed, it ran from the main line on to a siding, crashing into a number of freight cars there. The pilot of the engine was broken, the van at the rear of the freight cars smashed and some other damage done, but no one was injured. Another engine had to be secured to bring the train to Ottawa. | Ottawa Citizen 1902-06-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-06-20 | Hawkesbury | While pulling out from the lumbermills on Saturday afternoon a C.A.R. engine ran off the track at an open switch, and after bumping over the ties for about 20 yards it toppled over. Several cars were also off the track. The wrecking gang from Ottawa arrived about eight o'clock at night, and by noon on Sunday they had the wreck cleared up. | Eastern Ontario Review 1902-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-07-20 | Whitney | Whitney to Opeongo Lakes branch line under construction for St. Anthony Lumber Co. | leader |
| 1902-09-26 | Whitney | The Whitney and Opeongo Railway has been completed to Costello's camp, four miles from the big Opeongo Lake, the proposed terminus, or a distance of fourteen miles from Whitney. A steam hoist has been erected at the camp. Men are now employed in loading cars. One train-load of logs reached Whitney on Monday of this week. The Company intend on having all of Costello's cut of logs last season, numbering 45,000 pieces, immediately removed to their mill. Four or five camps are being opened up in preparation for this coming season's cut. Each camp will take out 5 million feet of lumber. It is estimated that it will take eight years to cut the limit. | Mercury 1902-09-26(Quoting the Eganville Star Enterprise. Transcribed...) |
| 1902-10 | Ottawa | Ottawa city solicitor believes Ottawa should recover $50,000 from CA for station bonus. J.R.Booth states that he has not abandoned the project, and that it is to start when the site becomes available. | CRSW p337 |
| 1902-11 | Caldwell | Location surveys completed for new four mile spur from Caldwell to Radnor Iron Mines. | CRSW p381 |
| 1902-11 | Ottawa | Work to commence on new Central station next spring. | CRSW p169 |
| 1902-11-18 | Whitney | Having finished the construction of the Whitney and Opeongo Railway, Contractor McQuigge has returned to Arnprior with horses and implements. The horses he does not need and will sell them by public auction next week. | Ottawa Journal 1902-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-11-26 | Whitney | Whitney to Opeongo lumber line completed after 15 months of labour. Cost: $200,000, 15 miles long. Trestles over 400 feet long. | leader |
| 1902-11-27 | Bank Street | By rail to the Exhibition. Canada Atlantic to build a line. It will run from Concession Street along the ravine to Bank Street. The Central Canada Exhibition Association has completed arrangements for the laying of a track to the vicinity of the grounds from the terminals of the Canada Atlantic in the lumber piles at Concession Street, near the corner of Muchmore Street. The branch will run from Concession along the foot of the hill to a point about opposite the end of Lyon Street and about one hundred yards from the Bank Street entrance to the grounds. It is estimated that the branch will cost about $7,000. The laying of the road and the furnishing of the material will be done by the Canada Atlantic Railway, but they will have to be paid a rental over and above the revenue to be derived from the branch. The revenue from shipping will be about $300 per year and the extension of the line will cost the Association about $200. The distance from the terminus to the cattle stables will be about four hundred yards. | Ottawa Journal 1902-11-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1902-12-24 | Wilno | 10000 tons of iron ore waiting at Dacre to be shipped here. | leader |
| 1902-12-24 | Searsons Siding | 10000 tons of iron ore waiting at Dacre to be shipped here. | leader |
| 1903-01 | Elgin Street | Agreement with city respecting Elgin St. subway. Draft order in council prepared, subway to be 50 ft wide. | CRSW p19 |
| 1903-01-16 | Glen Sandfield | The new C.A.R. station at Glensandfield between Glen Robertson and Dalkeith is nearly completed. It will be a flag station. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-01-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-03-24 | Glen Robertson | Killed at Glen Robertson. Sidney Cluff, son of Capt. Cluff of No. 9 fire station, Ottawa, was killed on the Canada Atlantic Railway at Glen Robertson about 10 o'clock Tuesday (24/3) night. Deceased was a brakeman on the C.A.R., and slipped down between two cars of a moving train. The wheels passed over his legs above the knees and he died from the shock and loss of blood several hours after the accident. He was about 27 years of age and had entered the employ of the company about a year ago. His work necessitated his residing at Coteau, from which place his trips were made. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-03-27 | Hawkesbury | The C.A.R. are making direct connection of their tracks from the Lumber Co's saw dust house to the furnace rooms at the pulp mills and the sawdust from the mills will be delivered direct. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-04-17 | Vankleek Hill | A gang of Italians arrived at the C.A.R. station at Vankleek Hill to take the place of the striking trackmen. A score of boys and young men, thinking it would be good fun to scare the foreigners, armed themselves with stones and attacked the car, yelling, and one discharged a gun; the Italians took to the bush in alarm. The next day several C.A.R. detectives arrived and got the names of some of the boys involved. Superintendent Donaldson and a solicitor for the Company laid a charge against Victor Blackwell and a young man named McIntosh. McIntosh appeared before Magistrate Thistlethwaite and pleaded guilty, and was remanded until Monday next. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-04-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-05 | Elgin Street | Ottawa city council passed bylaw to divert streets for construction of subway under CA yards at Elgin St. Cost is to be $51,000 to be born by the CA, CP and Ottawa Electric. | CRSW p146 |
| 1903-08-15 | Hawkesbury | There was an accident in the C.A.R. yards at Hawkesbury on Saturday afternoon last. Two cars were derailed and damaged. The wrecking gang from Ottawa was sent for and arrived about 8 p.m. The wreck was cleared by Sunday morning. | Eastern Ontario Review 1903-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-08-27 | Barrys Bay | The C.A.R. Co. propose to build a spur line of railway from Barry's Bay station to the wharf on the Bay to facilitate the hauling of product of the corundum mines. | The Equity, Shawville 1903-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-09-17 | Bank Street | Car No. 222 of the O.E.R. crashed through the gates and into a freight train standing on the Bank Street crossing this morning at 7.40. The motorman said the rails were greasy. | Ottawa Journal 1903-09-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1903-11-19 | Arnprior | Finley McLaren, about 13 years old, was sentenced by Police Magistrate Tierney to the county jail at Pembroke, for ten days for throwing stones at a Canada Atlantic freight train. Detective Lefoile for the CAR laid the information. R. Dulmage, solicitor, assisted by Crown Attorney Metcalfe, prosecuted, and J.H. Grout, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The light sentence was due to the prisoner's extreme youth. | Record, Chesterville 1903-11-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904 | Pembroke | W.D.Cunningworth was agent. | Gard |
| 1904-02 | Barrys Bay | Craigmont mill is the largest ore concentrating mill in Canada -- 300 long tons per day. Finished corundum was packed in 100 lb bags, over 3/4 mile tramway to wharf on York River. Company boat made daily trips to Barry's Bay. In the winter, they used a wagon. | Fleming Lee Whiting, Brenda. "The Craigmont Corundum Boom, 1900-13" Canadian Geographic Journal, Vol 90, No 4, April 1975. pp22-29 |
| 1904-02-05 | Killaloe | A Canada Atlantic railway freight train consisting of 36 cars of logs in charge of Conductor Connelly, which left Madawaska late Friday evening for Ottawa, jumped the rails near Killaloe station at 7.45 p.m. The train was running at a moderate speed when it suddenly left the rails, overturning 16 cars and the tender, which was almost completely demolished. The engine did not go over. Driver H.H. Leggat had enough presence of mind to shut off the steam as soon as he felt something was wrong; he was thrown from his engine and, falling backwards across an iron bar, was considerably bruised about his back. He was the only one of the train hands hurt. | Ottawa Journal 1904-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-02-26 | Vankleek Hill | There were large shipments of horses and cattle from the C.A.R. station here (Vankleek Hill) Tuesday last. | Eastern Ontario Review 1904-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-03-11 | Admaston | The station yard at Admaston is filled to overflowing with logs taken out by the Cumming Company of Renfrew. Twenty men and six teams have been steadily at work for some weeks, and they have filled up the large yard at the station with logs five and six tiers deep. | Mercury 1904-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-04-13 | Maxville | A small sized wreck occurred on the C.A.R. this morning at Christie's ballast pit, 46 miles east of Ottawa near Maxville. A through freight train was delayed three hours by two cars leaving the track. The derailment was caused by a bent axle. A wrecking train left the city to clear the track. Both cars were loaded with lumber and escaped serious damage. | Ottawa Journal 1904-04-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-05-13 | Hawkesbury | The tracks leading to the pulp mills were badly flooded this week by the high water in the Ottawa. | Eastern Ontario Review 1904-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-06-10 | Hawkesbury | Owing to a car leaving the track near Hawkesbury the C.A.R. trains on Saturday afternoon were delayed several hours. The night train did not reach here (Vankleek Hill) until nearly ten o'clock. | Eastern Ontario Review 1904-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-06-10 | Arnprior | The Canada Atlantic Railway employees' picnic will be held at Arnprior again this year, the date fixed being June 25th. | Eastern Ontario Review 1904-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-11-27 | Madawaska | Collision at Madawaska. Two freight trains crash into one another. This is the first head-on collision on the Canada Atlantic for eighteen years. Two freight trains were given orders to cross at La Nappe, a small siding six miles west of Madawaska; the trains were proceeding slowly and the damage done was slight. It is thought that one of the trains had drawn onto the switch and either had not gone far enough or had pushed along too far, so a number of cars were ditched and the engines damaged. The fireman of the westbound train, Geo. Maguire of 432 Laurier Avenue, received such severe injuries that he was brought to St. Luke's hospital. The engines were not derailed and were used to assist in replacing the derailed cars. A couple of grain cars were broken open and the wheat scattered over the road bed; the road was blocked for some hours. With the exception of fireman Maguire the train hands escaped without injury. | Ottawa Journal 1904-11-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1904-12-02 | Barrys Bay | Tar factory being erected | leader |
| 1905-01-13 | Vankleek Hill | The C.A.R. is bringing in some very fine ice for sale here this year. Any citizen wanting ice should notify Mr. Goodier at once. The price will be 75c per ton at the station here. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-01-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-02-10 | Vankleek Hill | A. Cameron, foreman for Mr. J.T. Schell, Alexandria, is engaged at present loading logs at the C.A.R. station here (Vankleek Hill). | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-02-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-04-07 | Vankleek Hill | A union bus now does the business between the Hotels and the Canada Atlantic station. Mr. Joe Bray is the owner of the bus. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-04-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-05-08 | Elgin Street | Railway siding to the museum. Mr. George Goodwin makes application to Board of Works. A meeting was held of the Board of Works to consider an application by Mr. George Goodwin, contractor for the new Victoria Memorial museum, to lay a railway siding from the C.A.R. at Stewarton to the location of his work. The siding would pass by way of Catherine and Elgin streets and Argyle avenue. The board agreed to recommend that his request be granted, but the siding will have to be constructed according to plans and stipulations agreed upon by the city. The use of the siding would be wanted for the four years during which the museum will be in course of construction. | Ottawa Journal 1905-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-05-09 | Elgin Street | Approves of the siding. City council gives permission to Geo. Goodwin. The city council adopted the board of works' recommendation to allow Mr. George Goodwin to lay a siding from the C.A.R. tracks along Catherine, Elgin and Argyle avenue to the new museum, subject to stipulations to be drawn up by the city solicitor and engineer: he must flag every train going in or out, be responsible for all accidents, and his tracks must be built at the level of the street railway tracks. On Elgin Street only two householders would be affected. | Ottawa Journal 1905-05-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-06-09 | Vankleek Hill | Mr. Ed Flood, proprietor of the Windsor, has put on a fine new bus to the C.A.R. station. He has hitched to it one of the best team of drivers in Eastern Ontario. It makes an attractive turnout and does credit to the 'Windsor'. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-06-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-07-07 | Eganville | Lemon Bros. circus pitched tents near CAR station. | leader |
| 1905-07-14 | Elgin Street | At the board of works, Ald. Davidson drew attention to complaints made about shunting cars at night on the siding leading from the C.A.R. to the new museum grounds. He pointed out that unless the time of shunting is changed and the residents allowed to rest at night, he was prepared to move the privilege be cancelled. The board decided to hear some of the residents before taking any action; it was pointed out that the Railway Commission had set the hours and could doubtless change them. | Ottawa Journal 1905-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-07-21 | Coteau Junction | Fred Donovan, a brakeman on the C.A.R., was run over and killed at Coteau last week. | Eastern Ontario Review 1905-07-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-08-25 | Eganville | First automobile seen in town, from Pembroke. | leader |
| 1905-09-01 | Elgin Street | The C.A.R. applied to the railway commission for an order giving the right to operate a siding to the museum in course of construction at Argyle Avenue. An interim order was given and the company wanted it made permanent for the four years this work will be in progress. The board agreed to grant the order for as long as the city is willing to allow the siding to remain. | Ottawa Journal 1905-09-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1905-10-30 | Galetta | Branch line is required. From Galetta to Fitzroy Harbour at once. A branch line from Galetta to Fitzroy Harbour is what the residents of Fitzroy desire. Whether this be a steam line or electric road the people are not particular. Galetta is four miles distant and a stage which is capable of accommodating half a dozen people makes the trip twice a day and in wet weather the drive is far from pleasant. | Ottawa Journal 1905-10-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906 | Scotia Junction | Pump house built | GTR B&B-12 |
| 1906 | Algonquin Park | Hotel financed by Canadian Railway News. Station erected. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park |
| 1906-01-11 | Admaston | Crossing accident. Sleigh struck by a GTR train, seven miles from Renfrew. | Record, Chesterville 1906-01-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-04-16 | Carp | While shunting in the switch yard at Carp this morning, a car on the Grand Trunk west-bound way-freight left the rails and turned nearly crosswise on the main line. Both of the morning passenger trains were delayed until the wrecking train and crew arrived from Ottawa and cleared the line, which took over an hour. Practically no damage was done, and the accident was due to the breaking of a switch frog. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-04-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-05-22 | Bank Street | There is a rumour going the rounds which is understood to be well founded that the Grand Trunk Railway will build a suburban station at the Bank Street crossing of the company. Also that the GTR freight sheds in the canal basin will be removed when the big new Union station is erected and that the space thus left will be used for extra passenger tracks and sidings. | Ottawa Journal 1906-05-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-05-25 | Bank Street | Break Beam Dropped. The breaking of a brake beam caused the derailment of two freight cars on the Grand Trunk Railway crossing at Bank Street and for a while traffic across the street was to some extent impeded. A freight train was shunting in the Stewarton yard and a short distance east of Bank Street a brake beam on one of the cars dropped down and dragged across the ties; just as the car was going over the electric railway tracks at Bank Street the brake beam caught a wheel and the two cars left the track, veering up endwise, the rear of one crashing into the front of the other. The electric cars could not get past the obstacle, so passengers going east were transferred only as far as the GTR tracks. A passenger train from Parry Sound could not run in on the main line, but another engine and car took its passengers down to the Central depot. | Ottawa Journal 1906-05-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-06-06 | Killaloe | Narrow escape from train wreck. Passenger train air brakes failed, diverted onto siding. Smashed car of hogs. No other injuries. | leader |
| 1906-08-24 | Bank Street | GTR purchasing land for Bank Street subway. | Ottawa Journal 1906-08-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-09-09 | Renfrew | TRAIN ACCIDENT NEAR RENFREW. Unattached Engine Dashes Into a Through Freight Train on the Grand Trunk Railway. Traffic upon the Grand Trunk Railway was suspended owing to a rear accident, at 3.30 p.m. The through freight going east stopped a mile east of the station owing to a hot box, and was dashed into a few minutes later by an unattached engine going east which did not stop at Renfrew, nor was an attempt made to flag it. The van and three cars were demolished and seven or eight rendered unfit to travel, the balance of the train being taken ahead. The offending engine was badly wrecked. The fireman was buried for a short time beneath the coal from the tender but was rescued without serious injury. | Ottawa Journal 1906-09-10(Two near-identical reports appear under this date ...) |
| 1906-09-10 | Bank Street | The Bank Street subway has just been made ready in time to have the crowds for the Central Canada Exhibition properly handled. This work has been necessary for years and will prove a boon. | Ottawa Journal 1906-09-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-09-13 | Eastmans | STATION DESTROYED. Carlsbad Springs Station Was Burned Down. The G.T.R. railroad station here was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. Every effort was made to check the conflagration, but owing to a lack of appliances little could be done but watch the destruction of the property. The fire is supposed to have originated from the spark of an engine attached to a heavy freight train which passed through about noon, and the hot weather made all things considerably dry. The fire started at about one o'clock and the depot was quickly a blackened ruin. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-09-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-10-05 | Madawaska | New roundhouse under construction | Mercury October 5, 1906. Thanks to Colin Churcher |
| 1906-10-20 | Glen Robertson | Sad Death on the G.T.R. Mr. Homer Taylor of Montreal, a dealer in railway supplies, was killed Saturday morning by a fall from the rear end of the Canada Atlantic Express between Ottawa and Montreal. Taylor disembarked at Alexandria for a light lunch; when the train started he ran and caught the rail and step of the last car, the parlour car, but could not open the door because the platform trap inside was down. A man on the station platform at Alexandria warned him of the water tank. As the express sped up to about sixty miles an hour his position became more precarious; about ten minutes later a passenger noticed him and had the porter pull up the trap, but as the door swung open Taylor swayed, lost his hold, and fell, striking his head on the roadbed. The train was stopped and backed to the spot, but he was dead of a crushed skull when picked up. The scene of the accident was two miles from Glen Robertson. | Eastern Ontario Review 1906-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-11-17 | Canoe Lake | At Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, on the Canada Atlantic division of the Grand Trunk, a short train ran head-on into a stationary freight early Saturday morning. The crews jumped but Maurice O'Connell, the fireman of Ottawa, failed to get clear of the engine and was seriously injured; he was taken to Ottawa. The engines were considerably damaged. | Eganville Leader 1906-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-11-30 | Ottawa East | JUMPED THE TRACK. Seven Freight Cars Gave Some Work to Railroaders. Seven G.T.R. freight cars, four of which were loaded with lumber, were derailed at Ottawa East, near Ballantyne's coal chute. The train, which was just pulling out from Stewarton lumber yards, was crossing a switch when one of the foremost cars was derailed by the track moving. Seven cars were off the track, two of which, loaded with heavy plank, sank into the earth. The unloaded cars were quickly replaced on the rails, but the loaded ones had to be unloaded before they could be replaced. The tracks were cleared sufficiently to allow the regular 11 o'clock train to pass. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-12-08 | Renfrew | A Collision At Renfrew. Two Freight Trains Come Together. Little Damage Was Done However. There was a collision at Renfrew Saturday evening between two freight trains, one belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway and the other to the Grand Trunk. No one was hurt and the only damage consisted in the smashing of two of the C.P.R. freight cars and the derailing of the G.T.R. engine. The smashup delayed traffic on the G.T.R. line for some hours. The C.P.R. freight was on the diamond at Renfrew and the G.T.R. train was going east. The cars struck by the engine were loaded with cement. | Ottawa Journal 1906-12-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-12-14 | Renfrew Junction | A G.T.R. freight train cut through the K. & P.R. mixed at the Junction. The evening G.T.R. express had gone past the Junction; the K. & P.R. mixed started to cross the diamond, and the G.T.R. freight, which had closely followed the express, dashed into it. The condition of the atmosphere had obscured the mixed from the GTR engineer's view, and the swinging of the K. & P.R. brakeman's lantern (meant for the K. & P.R. engineer) the G.T.R. engineer mistook for his signal to go ahead. His engine cut a K. & P.R. car clean in two and knocked down a little house by the side of the track. The G.T.R. engine was ditched and the tender thrown across the track. This was Friday night, and as the wrecking train was away up the line, it was Sunday afternoon before the line was clear for traffic. | Mercury 1906-12-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-12-17 | Cheney | USED THE WOOD. Man Lost Case Brought Against the Grand Trunk. At the division court before Judge O'Meara, Levi Solomon sued the Grand Trunk Railway company for $85. He had purchased a load of wood at Cheney station which was sent up over the G.T.R. system and went to someone else. It was to be mixed hard and soft, and instead he got the other man's wood, which was all soft; he used it anyway and then took action for damages. The case was dismissed without costs. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-12-19 | Arnprior | ENGINE RAN INTO DIAMOND. A light engine coming east on the Grand Trunk railway beyond Arnprior ran a D rail at Arnprior and was ditched. The accident occurred at the diamond, the crossing of the main lines of the C.P.R. and the Grand Trunk. The engine, pulling no cars, was moving along at a fair speed and, for reasons not yet explained, ran square into the diamond, which was open for crossing only to C.P.R. trains. It made bad havoc of the crossing, bending the rails and almost tearing up the track. The engine was turned completely over; the engineer, Champness, was hurt but not seriously, and fireman W. Hamilton had his ankle sprained slightly. A gang of men was called up at once to repair the track; very little delay was caused to trains on either system. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-12-22 | Madawaska | WAS FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED. The remains of the unfortunate man who was struck by a freight train early Sunday morning and killed have been identified as those of A. Logan, section man, married, and aged about 41 years. Logan was walking the tracks about a quarter of a mile from Madawaska station and, not hearing the approaching train, was run over about midnight. He leaves a family to mourn his sudden death. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1906-12-23 | Elgin Street | UNIQUE ACCIDENT. Box Car Tumbles Off Bridge Onto Ice of Canal. A G.T.R. freight train bound for Montreal was shunting along to get out of Ottawa and after crossing the canal bridge at the end of Elgin street, the crew discovered they had lost some weight behind. They backed up to the bridge which spans the canal and found that one of the empty box cars had jumped the track while crossing the trestle and plunged headlong into the canal. Luckily the water was covered with ice. In falling, the car came in contact with a pier of the bridge, upon which one end of the car remained; it was smashed to pieces, to be taken apart on the ice before removal. The car was the second to last of the train, followed by the caboose in which two brakemen were asleep; had the couplings not broken, they would have been thrown headlong into the canal. | Ottawa Citizen 1906-12-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907 | Canoe Lake | Gilmour spur removed. | Shaw p46 |
| 1907-01-15 | Madawaska | New roundhouse, coaling plant "just completed" | Mercury Jan 15, 1907. Thanks to Colin Churcher |
| 1907-01-30 | Depot Harbor | New roundhouse completed in year ending today. | Newby 2005-04-26 |
| 1907-02-15 | Ottawa | An order is to issue respecting the Bell street bridge, allowing the Ottawa Electric railway to cross the Grand Trunk by means of the bridge. The structure is not of a permanent character and any strengthening necessary will be divided as follows: the Grand Trunk to supply the uprights, the street railway the stringers and beams, and the city the top planking. If a new structure is required the board will make another order. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-02-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-02-20 | Galetta | BLOCK AT GALETTA. Caused by Derailment of Freight Cars in Early Morning. The east and west bound local express trains on the Grand Trunk railway were delayed for nearly two hours by the line being blocked at Galetta through the derailment of a couple of freight cars. A west bound freight of about thirty cars, hauled by engine number 1367, was passing through the village when about half way over the switch a brake rod dropped and caught in the frog, throwing the switch open and side-tracking the rear end of the train. The draw-bars held firm and the two sections were held together by one of the derailed cars, dragged crosswise of the tracks. The wrecking train and crew were sent from Ottawa and had the line clear for traffic by 11.45. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-02-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-03-22 | Barrys Bay | First turpentine factory in Canada here. | leader |
| 1907-04-26 | Alexandria | CRASHED INTO A FARMER'S RIG. The G.T.R. express from Ottawa to Montreal struck a carriage at the crossing at Alexandria. Mr. John St. John of Alexandria, about 59, and Mrs. Mary Landry, who was driving with him, were thrown several feet off the track. The long freight on the siding and piles of lumber are believed to have prevented St. John from seeing the approaching passenger train, which was slowing down to make the station but was still too fast; the engine caught the carriage, tearing it from the horse, which escaped uninjured. St. John was hurled about 120 feet, his head badly crushed, left leg broken above the knee, and left hand and forearm mangled. Mrs. Landry was thrown nearly 50 feet and badly injured but was expected to recover. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-04-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1907-04-26(Corroborating report naming the second passenger a...) |
| 1907-04-26 | Alexandria | DIED OF HIS INJURIES. John St. John, who was injured on Friday when a vehicle in which he was driving was struck by a G.T.R. express on the crossing at Alexandria, died on Friday evening. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-04-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-05-13 | Bank Street | Car trucks leave rails when crossing the temporary bridge over the Bank Street subway. The material for the new steel bridge is all ready to be placed in position. | Ottawa Journal 1907-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-06-21 | Bank Street | Improvements are now being made at the Ottawa yards of the Grand Trunk railway. Men are engaged relocating the main line through Bank and Elgin street yards preparatory to replacing the trestles at Bank street subway. It is expected that the work, including the replacing of the trestle, will take about two weeks. | Ottawa Journal 1907-06-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-06-21 | Eastmans | A station is being erected at Carlsbad Springs. | Ottawa Journal 1907-06-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-06-22 | Eastmans | As a result of a bad head-on collision on the G.T.R. about three miles west of Carlsbad (Eastmans) Springs late Saturday, William R. Douglas of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, a brakeman, met a terrible death, pinned under a locomotive. A locomotive and three cars were ditched and from 100 to 200 feet of track torn up. A shunting engine running light, westbound, collided with the regular eastbound freight train, No. 70, in charge of Conductor W. Summers, Engineer W. Cooper and Brakesman Douglas, travelling at a high rate of speed on the understanding they had the right of way. The shunting engine, driven by Engineer Alexander Dewar, had been coming from Hawkesbury on its way to Ottawa to allow certain repairs to be made to it. | Ottawa Journal 1907-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-06-23 | Eastmans | Coroner's jury verdict: 'We find that the late William R. Douglas came to his death in St. Luke's Hospital on June 23, 1907. The death was due to a collision of trains 70 and 1337 near Carlsbad Springs. We further find that the collision was due to a misreading of a time table owing to a defective light in the cab of engine 1337. We further believe that if the headlights had been properly displayed on train No. 70 the collision might have been averted. We would strongly recommend that all stations on the main line of a railway system be open day and night and that a responsible person should be on duty there.' | Ottawa Journal 1907-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |