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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-07-05 | Hawkesbury | A horse was killed near Byers crossing on the G.T.R. this week. | Eastern Ontario Review 1907-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-07-08 | Bank Street | The GTR expects to have the permanent bridge at the Bank street subway in place this day week. The temporary adjustment will put the company to about $700 additional outlay, the total expenditure on the work being about $6,000. The magnitude of the work may be gathered from the fact that in the readjustment of the trackage 21,000 feet of rails and 50 switches will be required. The company hopes to begin next Saturday night to place the permanent bridge and see the work completed by the next morning. | Ottawa Journal 1907-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-07-15 | Bank Street | Bridge now ready over subway. The Grand Trunk Railway Company has now finished its work on the Bank St. subway. Operations began on Saturday night, and the work was rushed until completed. Cars were running over it the next afternoon. The railway officials say that it now only remains for the city and the electric company to do their part of the work. | Ottawa Journal 1907-07-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-10-07 | Ottawa | Formal notice from the board of railway commissioners has been received authorizing the G.T.R. to construct a siding from the G.T.R. line at Second avenue, along Second avenue crossing Elm street, to the premises of Argue, McColl and Son, west of First avenue. The company is given two years in which to construct the siding. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-10-20 | Bank Street | The Grand Trunk Railway has just about completed the entire re-arrangement of four miles of tracks in their yards at Concession Street. Some of the tracks have been raised considerably. While the work has been under way shunting had been impeded somewhat at times, but in a few days all of the sidings will be open and the work of moving trains will be greatly lessened by the new arrangement of the yard. | Ottawa Journal 1907-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-10-27 | Chaudiere | On October 27, 1907, Ottawa was the scene of an accident in which many people had narrow escapes from death. A street car on the Chaudiere line crashed into a G.T.R. freight train at the Queen street west crossing. The entire vestibule of the car was crushed in, and the car turned across the tracks. It was on its way to the Chaudiere filled with passengers, Motorman Page and Conductor Brisbois in charge. As the car came down the grade nearing the G.T.R. crossing, a long freight train was pulling out of the city; the motorman tried to apply the brakes but they failed to work. Conductor Brisbois ran back and put the brake on at the rear, then shouted for the passengers to jump for their lives. Many sprang through the windows and doors; a middle-aged woman leaving the rear steps was thrown towards the train. Motorman Page jumped just as the car struck the train, an instant before the entire vestibule was crushed in. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-10-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-11-12 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | KILLED IN COLLISION. Engine backed into Gravel Trains at St. Polycarpe. By a rear collision at 11.30 at St. Polycarpe, Que., Fireman A.E. Pope lost his life. Two G.T.R. gravel trains were working at St. Polycarpe Junction when, near the station, engine No. 851 backed into engine 862. Three cars were wrecked and Pope, who was between the tender and engine No. 862, was crushed and died almost at once. The crews of both ballast trains were Montreal men; the first engine, with crew, was going to Coteau for repairs. Traffic was not delayed on the line, the three cars being cleared away by two o'clock. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-11-13 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The coroner's jury decided to acquit Engineer Rudolphe Vallee of criminal responsibility in connection with the ballast train collision at St. Polycarpe in which Fireman Pope, of Montreal, was killed. Vallee explained that his engine was going tender first; his lamps had been giving him trouble, having gone out several times between Coteau and St. Polycarpe, causing him to lose his bearings, and, along with anxiety over his gauge indicating low water, he missed the switch, and a collision was inevitable before he realized what had occurred. This frank statement was largely responsible for the jury's decision to excuse him. | Montreal Gazette 1907-11-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-11-23 | Chaudiere | Electric car No. 36 is 'sandwiched' between car No. 35 and a Grand Trunk freight train, at Queen Street. | Ottawa Journal 1907-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-12-07 | Dalkeith | Fire At Dalkeith. Keeps the G.T.R. Hands Busy on Railroad Property. Fire originating from an unknown cause destroyed the pumphouse, engine room and water tank of the Grand Trunk Railway company on Saturday afternoon. The building was a wooden structure and the flames made such rapid progress that nothing could be done to save the property. A quantity of coal and oil was in the engine room and only added to the intensity of the heat. A crowd of employees, mostly section men and residents of the village, gathered around, but the flames raged so fiercely that it was impossible to get near the building. It is estimated that the damage will be about $1,100. | Ottawa Citizen 1907-12-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1907-12-11 | Arnprior | A head-on collision occurred at the G.T.R. yards Arnprior. The west bound passenger train ran into the freight, telescoping the baggage car and completely wrecking it and the engine. No one was killed but the passengers received a bad shaking up. Mr. Geo D.R. Milford of Carp, a traveller for McColl Bros of Toronto, was among the passengers, but escaped with a slight shaking up. | Kemptville Telegram 1907-12-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908 | Joe Lake | Hotel Algonquin constructed by Tom Merrill. | Wright p1 |
| 1908 | Joe Lake | Station constructed. | Wright pvii |
| 1908 | Algonquin Park | Hotel and station opened. | Fleming quoting Adelison, O. Early Days of Algonquin Park |
| 1908-01-30 | Depot Harbor | New machine shop completed in year ending today. | Newby 2005-04-26 |
| 1908-02-20 | Vankleek Hill | An engine got off the track in the G.T.R. yard here yesterday and tied up the trains for the day. There were no morning trains at all. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-02-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908-03-10 | Casselman | Saved by a Conductor. Conductor D.P. Ward, in charge of the regular incoming passenger train from Montreal on the Grand Trunk Railway, made a thrilling rescue at Casselman. A passenger had boarded the train intending to get off at Casselman but failed to notice the station, though the trainmen had called out the next stop distinctly. The train was moving off at a good rate when he discovered his mistake and prepared to jump off backwards, likely to be thrown under the wheels. The conductor ran forward, jumped, and caught the passenger as he struck the ground, an instant before he would have rolled onto the rails. The conductor, without waiting for name or address, or stopping the train, swung onto the rear Pullman after averting a serious accident, and was warmly congratulated by the passengers for his bravery. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908-05-12 | Vankleek Hill | A freight train on the G.T.R. got off the track here on Tuesday evening and did not get away until Wednesday forenoon. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908-05-22 | Eganville | Messrs. Reinke & Boland this week shipped a carload of door and window frames to Algonquin Park. This is a portion of a contract received from them for the new hotel at that place and is probably the first carload of material of this nature ever shipped out of town. | Mercury 1908-05-22(Quoting the Eganville Star-Enterprise. Transcribed...) |
| 1908-07-02 | Renfrew | The G.T.R. has men at work putting in another siding between Renfrew and Renfrew Junction. | Mercury 1908-07-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908-07-24 | Barrys Bay | Northern Turpentine Co. factory closes. | leader |
| 1908-08-29 | Greenfield | A westbound freight train of the Canadian Atlantic, which passed Alexandria at two o'clock this afternoon, met with a mishap about two miles east of Greenfield, which derailed nine loaded cars and so damaged the tracks that traffic was tied up and the line was not cleared until Monday morning. The train was travelling at a fair speed when a rail broke, throwing the fifth car behind the engine off the tracks; eight more followed, the rails being torn up for some distance before the train could be stopped. None of the crew was injured and the cars were not badly damaged. A wrecking gang was sent out as soon as possible. Passengers were transferred at the scene of the wreck to specials sent from Ottawa and Montreal so that passenger traffic was little delayed. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1908-12-21 | Alexandria | Struck by a Train. A valuable team of horses owned by Laughlin McKinnon of Laggan were killed by the Grand Trunk train No. 27 at the bridge east of Alexandria. McKinnon, driving home along the Laggan road, accidentally turned the horses onto the track; the Montreal train, travelling about 50 miles an hour, struck them at the bridge, where one horse had become stuck between the ties, and threw them to the river about sixty feet away. The driver jumped clear and was not injured. After the horses were struck the train backed up, but after searching for half an hour among the mangled remains and in the snow no trace of the driver could be found; he was found later by a farmer and driven home. | Eastern Ontario Review 1908-12-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-03-03 | Rockland | A fatal accident occurred here on Saturday evening when Joseph Lalonde of this place, who was employed on the G.T.R. as a section hand, got on the hand car to go a short distance down the line. In some unaccountable way the handle of the hand car struck him on the neck, and it is presumed that the force of the blow broke his neck. He was taken to his home where Dr. Desrosier attended him. In the meantime the G.T.R. engine and crew were making preparations to take him to the hospital in Ottawa, but he succumbed before he could be removed. | Ottawa Journal 1909-03-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-03-12 | Coteau Junction | W.J. Finner, a fireman on the G.T.R. between Coteau and Hawkesbury, had his leg broken in an accident that occurred at Coteau on Sunday night. Finner was standing on the tender of the engine during a stop when the engine was taking water, and in some way fell to the ground, sustaining a badly broken leg. The accident, it is thought, was due to the engine suddenly starting, but it is not known if anyone was at all to blame. | Eastern Ontario Review 1909-03-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-04-15 | Pembroke | Timely action averts wreck of G.T.R. express near Pembroke. Track had been washed away by freshets; a young man flagged the train just in time. | Ottawa Citizen 1909-04-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1909-08-17 | Barrys Bay | A mixed G.T.R. train going west was ditched by a washout near Carson Lake, a few miles beyond Barrys Bay, on Monday night at 9.15, caused by a cloudburst that undermined nearly a mile of track. The engine, tender, four loaded cars and two empties left the track and rolled down an embankment; the passenger cars did not leave the rails. Fireman W.J. Thurston of Madawaska, brother of William Thurston, a G.T.R. operator at Alexandria, was found under a car, crushed to death. Another train had passed over the spot only about an hour previously. | Ottawa Journal 1909-08-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Renfrew Mercury 1909-08-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1909-11-26 | Moose Creek | Work is at once to be started on two new railway stations which the Grand Trunk authorities will erect. One will be at Moose Creek and the other at Heneysburg near Coteau. The foundations will be of concrete and the superstructures of wood. | Ottawa Journal 1909-11-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-03-04 | Admaston | The G.T.R. station is a busy place these days: lumber, ties, telephone poles and pulp wood are being hauled to the station daily, by several men from the Shamrock side of the township. | Renfrew Mercury 1910-03-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-04-16 | Hawkesbury | The Grand Trunk station here was partially destroyed by fire last night about eleven o'clock. The fire originated in the freight shed adjoining the station. The books and records of the office were saved, being slightly damaged by the water. The promptness of the fire brigade in responding to the alarm saved the building from total destruction. | Ottawa Citizen 1910-04-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-04-22 | Glen Robertson | A rear-end collision, happily unattended with loss of life, took place on the Grand Trunk about a mile east of Glen Robertson. Freight train No. 99 westbound had halted owing to a broken drawbar, and while engaged in effecting repairs a light engine from Coteau, in charge of Engineer Whitmore of Hawkesbury, speeding along at forty miles an hour collided with and demolished the van and damaged the engine. The engineer jumped from the engine, landing in a pool of water and sustaining injuries to his arm; he was conveyed to his home in Hawkesbury. A wrecking train from Coteau cleared the track and traffic was resumed after a nine hour interruption. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-12 | Arnprior | Fred Yahuke, a brakeman, was instantly killed in the Mclachlan lumber yard yesterday by being buried beneath a pile of lumber which fell from a lorry as he was passing. His home was in Mansfield, where he had been married a short time ago. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-08-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-08-19 | Vars | Dr. W.A. Empey of Vars was shot by a laborer. For two hours after the accident he was without medical aid; Dr. Chevrier of Embrun and Dr. Woods arrived about 2:30 in the afternoon. Arrangements were also made for a special train from Ottawa, on which travelled Dr. Webster and Dr. Graham of the Protestant General Hospital; the trip was made in seventeen minutes. On the physicians' arrival it was arranged to bring the wounded man back to Ottawa; he showed some anxiety on this point, for just before dying he asked about the departure of the train. | Ottawa Journal 1910-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1910-09-23 | Whitney | Falling off a wagon beneath the wheels of a moving train at Whitney, Martin Shields of Hastings County had both legs taken off. He was rushed to the hospital at Parry Sound, where he died. | Eastern Ontario Review 1910-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-02-17 | Renfrew | Mr. M. Donaldson, superintendent of this division of the G.T.R., came up by the noon train on Tuesday and was met by the Mayor and Engineer and the waterworks and streets committees. First the group visited the railway tank, the condition of which had caused an urgent message to be sent to the railway officials. Mr. Donaldson promised to have some temporary improvements done at once, and more permanent changes during the summer, to prevent waste of water and damage to streets and property. Then the party went on to the Smith's Creek bridge crossing, where arguments were offered for the building of an overhead crossing. Mr. Donaldson said his company was not averse to building overhead bridges where the conditions were right, but believed the land damages would be excessive; altogether between the cost of bridge and land damages, he felt the cost would be prohibitive. He agreed to send an engineer to look over the grades and get an estimate of the cost. | Renfrew Mercury 1911-02-17(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-05-26 | Alexandria | The gang of G.T.R. employees who were engaged in laying the Eastern Pipe and Construction Co.'s siding at Alexandria have completed the same, and now three sidings at the station here will be operated by the one switch. Two carloads of piping consigned respectively to Vaudreuil and Rigaud were shipped out this week by the Eastern Construction Co. of Alexandria, and as four cars of British Columbia fir are expected in a day or so, we may reasonably look for a boom at this factory. | Eastern Ontario Review 1911-05-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-07-07 | Maxville | The little town of Maxville on the Grand Trunk Railway in Glengarry County was almost destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, with the loss in the neighbourhood of $100,000 and less than half that amount of insurance. The chief losses were: Smiley & Robertson, sash and door factory, saw mill and lumber yard, $30,000; J.W. Smiley, residence and granary, $7,000; W.H. Dwyer & Co. Ltd., Ottawa, two granaries, $3,000; R. Woodroffe, residence, $2,000; D. Duparent, residence, $1,500; D. McMillan, stables, $1,500; Grand Trunk Railway Company station platforms, five box cars loaded with pressed hay, rails etc., $20,000; A.J. McEwen, logs, $1,200. Assistance was sent from Ottawa but the fire was under control when it arrived. The fire broke out in Smiley and Robertson's factory about 9 p.m. from some unknown cause, and quickly spread to surrounding buildings. | Eastern Ontario Review 1911-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Chesterville Record 1911-07-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1911-09-22 | Barrys Bay | Four members of the railway commission took up the complaint of Mr. J.H. Dennison of Barry's Bay that he had not been allowed to board the Grand Trunk train when it stopped and took on other passengers; to get on the train, he said, he was compelled to walk three miles down the track, while others were taken on where he started to walk. Mr. Morley Donaldson for the Grand Trunk explained that the train stopped to take on employees, and there were not facilities for taking on passengers. It was finally decided that the train should stop for Mr. Dennison when flagged once a week, on Wednesdays, and that he could get on with the railway employees on other days. | Eganville Leader 1911-09-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-10-06 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The G.T.R. train from Montreal was about twenty minutes late yesterday as a result of the derailment of a freight train at St. Polycarpe Junction last night. The freight, which was bound for Ottawa, ran into an open switch. No real damage was done, however, to either engine or cars, and it is not yet known how the accident occurred. | Ottawa Citizen 1911-10-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1911-11-23 | Chaudiere | A collision occurred yesterday early, when an electric car in charge of Motorman Fournier crashed into a train that was standing on Booth's crossing near Bridge Street. It appears there were no lights on the train, or anything to indicate that the road was blocked. | Ottawa Journal 1911-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-05-27 | Ottawa East | The Ottawa Gas Company have decided to build an auxiliary plant in Ottawa East. Mr. Thomas Ahearn, president of the company, has bought eight and one half acres of land on Lees Avenue, close to the civic incinerator site, and intends to commence immediately on the erection of the plant. The property is close to the Grand Trunk Railway and a siding will be put into the works, enabling coal to be supplied at minimum expense. | Ottawa Journal 1912-05-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-07-06 | Ottawa | The special Grand Trunk train which left Ottawa at 8.15 o'clock on Wednesday morning, July 3, carrying 200 members of the American Library Association, arrived in Montreal at 11 o'clock the same morning, making a record run which was very much appreciated by the delegates and their friends, who were warm in their praise of the Grand Trunk service. | Ottawa Journal 1912-07-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-07-16 | Carp | Mr. W. Glennie, Galt, spent last week in this vicinity buying and shipping hay. The Milne and Glennie Co. have a few more cars of hay to be shipped from the station here, which will end the shipment of last year's hay crop. | Ottawa Journal 1912-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-07-16 | Ottawa East | The gas plant is likely to be removed from King Edward avenue to Lees avenue, provided an agreement can be reached with the G.T.R. regarding a siding. | Ottawa Journal 1912-07-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-08-13 | Alexandria | On Tuesday morning a section man, Mr. Chartrand, was riding on a speeder when he was struck by an express about 9 o'clock. The train was stopped and he was picked up and brought to the station, where he lived for only a few minutes. These double accidents inside of a week cast a gloom over the town. | Eastern Ontario Review 1912-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-08-17 | Alexandria | On Saturday afternoon last about two o'clock little Isaac Theoret, aged fourteen, crawled under a freight car standing on the siding at Alexandria. He wanted to keep out of the rain and did not notice an engine shunting on the track. The car was moved in shunting and the boy was caught under it; his left leg and right arm were both severed. He died Sunday morning. | Eastern Ontario Review 1912-08-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1912-10-04 | Algonquin Park | An unusual use is being made of the G.T.R. In co-operation with the Ontario Government, a specially-modified car has been transporting black bass fingerlings to remote lakes in the Highlands of Ontario. Seventy-four thousand have been planted, with five thousand little bass going to Cache Lake. The bass grow quickly and after three years are of a catchable size; anglers report that fishing has improved greatly. | Renfrew Mercury 1912-10-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-02-03 | Barrys Bay | Craigmont mill destroyed by fire. | Fleming Lee Whiting, Brenda. "The Craigmont Corundum Boom, 1900-13" Canadian Geographic Journal, Vol 90, No 4, April 1975. pp22-29 |
| 1913-03-10 | Casselman | The Ottawa-Montreal train on the Grand Trunk Railway, due at Montreal's Bonaventure Station at 11:15 p.m., was derailed at about nine o'clock Monday night half a mile this side of Casselman, about thirty miles from Ottawa. The train, composed of three passenger coaches and a baggage car, left Ottawa at 8 o'clock and, running on schedule, had got half a mile out of Casselman when, from a cause not yet determined, the engine jumped the rails, pulling the coaches with it; two of the coaches turned over on their side, fortunately without loss of life. The only person injured was Mrs. Donald Campbell of Maxville, who was badly shaken. A relief train was despatched from Ottawa, and the Montreal-bound train returned to Montreal carrying the transferred passengers instead of proceeding, the single track making further progress impossible. | Montreal Gazette 1913-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1913-03-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1913-03-27 | Maxville | Grand Trunk train No. 23, Montreal to Ottawa, was wrecked about a mile east of Maxville station at 11:45 a.m., derailing completely at Christie's Pit between Greenfield and Maxville. Stopping dead in about twenty yards from a speed of about thirty miles an hour, the wrecked train tore up the rails, one of them piercing the second car along its full length; the three passenger coaches, baggage car and tender left the right of way and turned over on their sides, but the engine, though turned almost at right angles, did not leave the track. About a dozen passengers were injured, mostly thrown from their seats by the sudden stoppage, including several senators travelling in the parlor car; remarkably, no one was killed. The cause was supposed to be the washing away of the ballast by recent wet weather. Conductor A.J. Leamy, though badly cut about the head, walked to a farmhouse to phone Maxville for help; doctors from Alexandria and Maxville were sent in special trains, and a relief train under Superintendent Coleman brought the injured to Central Station at 4:05 p.m. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-03-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-05-02 | Ottawa | The building of a spur line by the Grand Trunk Railway to the proposed coal sheds of J.G. Butterworth on Mark street, involving a level crossing on Rochester and Mark streets, will come up at a meeting of the railway commission in Ottawa. The application will be opposed by residents of the locality, but it is thought likely it will carry. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-05-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-07-08 | Chaudiere | An engine and three flat cars were damaged in a collision between two Grand Trunk Railway shunting trains on the Chaudiere branch near the Wellington street viaduct, at about the dinner hour. Fortunately no injuries were caused, the trainmen jumping clear. One engine was taking cars loaded with green lumber to the Fraserfield yards of the J.R. Booth firm, while the other was bringing back empties, backing with cars in front; due to some cause not yet ascertained, the two trains collided. As it was not a head-on collision and neither was moving at any considerable speed, the damage was confined to the smashing of three flat cars and the demolition of part of one engine, expected to total no more than $1,000. The track was cleared a couple of hours after the accident. | Ottawa Citizen 1913-07-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1913-07-24 | Arnprior | The other evening Samuel Spence was the means of saving a boy's life. The boy, the twelve year old son of Mr. John McGonigal, had his thumb caught in a 'D' rail operated in the diamond at the intersection of the GTR and the CPR tracks. A through freight on the GTR was coming along just as Mr. Spence managed to have it stopped, while another boy informed the signalman of McGonigal's predicament and had the switch opened. The thumb was much flattened and a physician had to be summoned. | Chesterville Record 1913-07-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914 | Eganville | Station burned. Railway cars used until replacement constructed. | Fleming Eganville and District Old Home Week Souvenir. Aug 1-6, 1948 |
| 1914-02-21 | South Indian | The Grand Trunk train due at Ottawa at 7:13 on Saturday evening from Montreal jumped the track about four miles east of South Indian, at Pilon Siding, at 6:45, the spreading of a rail said to be the cause. None of the 40 passengers or crew received anything worse than a slight shaking up. The train was making about 40 miles an hour when it left the tracks; engineer J. Kickley of Montreal shut off steam and applied the brakes so quickly and carefully that he prevented the coaches from turning over. All four passenger coaches, the baggage car and the tender left the tracks, the engine alone remaining on; the middle coach was tilted at an angle of about 60 degrees and was quickly propped up to prevent it falling over. Passengers were taken to a nearby farmhouse until the arrival of a special train from Ottawa three hours later. The accident delayed all traffic on the Montreal-Ottawa line for about three hours. | Kemptville Weekly Advance 1914-02-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-02-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-05-12 | Saint Polycarpe | The G.T.R. station at St. Polycarpe was destroyed by fire at five o'clock Tuesday morning. The damage is estimated at $4,000. Sparks from a passing engine are believed to have caused the blaze. | Chesterville Record 1914-05-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-05-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-05-29 | Madawaska | Word has been received at the G.T.R. office that unless the wind blows up, the bush fires in the vicinity of Madawaska are not likely to cause any further damage to property. Tents and blankets had been sent up by the militia department, although there was no need for them, as was first reported. The Grand Trunk had in all 16 freight cars burnt, one loaded with hay; a storehouse, wheelhouse and oilhouse were also destroyed by the flames, with a total loss to the railway of $6,500. A large number of men were fighting the fires, which were stated to be under control. | Eganville Leader 1914-05-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914-06-13 | Hammond | Fire, said to have been started by sparks from a railway engine, did about $10,000 damage on Saturday morning in the village of Hammond, on the branch line of the Grand Trunk from South Indian to Rockland. The fire started in the Grand Trunk freight shed soon after a train had passed and gained considerable headway before it was noticed by the station agent about 10:30; a strong wind carried it to the station and then through the village, destroying the Grand Trunk station, Joseph Roy's butcher shop and residence, O. Heney's general store, the Orange hall, the Methodist church and W.F. Empey's residence within about two hours. Mr. Roy's loss was about $2,500, partly insured; Mr. Heney's $2,600, also partly insured; Mr. Empey's $1,000; the Orange hall, Methodist church and the Grand Trunk station $1,000 each, with very little insurance on any of the three. The volunteer bucket brigade worked valiantly and saved the remainder of the village, with water drawn from long distances and considerable aid from the boiler of a G.T.R. train which pulled into the village while the fire was raging. | Ottawa Citizen 1914-06-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1914-06-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-06-21 | Kinburn | Two men were killed and three others more or less seriously injured when two freight trains collided head-on on the Parry Sound line of the Grand Trunk railway about a mile west of Kinburn, at Smiths Crossing, at 9:30 the previous night, as a result, it is believed, of a misunderstanding of orders. The dead men were the firemen on the engines, H. Jessop, who was firing the eastbound train and boarded at 397 Elgin Street, Ottawa, and E. O'Connor, a native of Arnprior, employed at similar work on the other; both were single. The injured were George Smith of Ottawa, engineer of the westbound train, injured in the right arm and right ankle; W.J. Moylan, brakeman; and E. Carroll, brakeman, left ankle injured. | Eastern Ontario Review 1914-06-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1914-06-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1914-11-06 | Alexandria | Another attempt was made to wreck the G.T.R. train at Alexandria by a man named Diotte, who is supposed to be mentally deranged. The young man, about twenty years of age and a life-long resident of Alexandria who had worked that day as a teamster, is supposed to have quit work about five o'clock, put his horses in the stable, and gone and done the work a short distance west of the station. Three ties were placed across the track, two in a V shape and another under the connecting end of the V, a clever arrangement for derailing trains. Had it not been for the discovery of the arrangement by a young Alexandrian returning to town, the fast train from Montreal to Ottawa due in Alexandria at 5:30, a few minutes after the discovery, would probably have hurled many lives into eternity. The young man stood preliminary trial the following Saturday night, pleading guilty, and was taken to Cornwall on Sunday for a medical examination. | Morrisburg Leader 1914-11-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1914-12-09 | Vankleek Hill | The worst railway accident recorded in the vicinity of Vankleek Hill occurred on Wednesday night shortly after six o'clock, when Moses Cameron, his wife, and Mrs. Joseph Dupuis were struck and killed by a G.T.R. train at a private crossing at Steele's Brickyard, about two miles from town, leaving six children under 13 years old without father or mother. The regular evening train from Vankleek Hill to Hawkesbury, running about thirty to thirty-five miles an hour on a downgrade, struck the horse and buggy as they crossed; no one saw the accident and none of the three survived to tell the story. The engineer did not see them until he saw the horse go into the air and felt the jar on his engine. The bodies were found several yards from the crossing; death came almost instantly. The train hurried to Hawkesbury and returned with two doctors, but nothing could be done. The horse was killed and the buggy broken into matchwood. Driver Whitmore and Conductor McDonald, in charge of the train, had seen many years of service and were badly shaken by the accident, their first. | Eastern Ontario Review 1914-12-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Morrisburg Leader 1914-12-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1915-01-14 | Maxville | The winter sitting of the high court before Justice Lennox was concluded by an action brought by John A. Hamel of Cornwall against the Grand Trunk Railway for injuries sustained while assisting in loading cattle at Maxville in October. An engine shunted against a car in which he was working, instead of on another track, causing serious injury to Hamel. A verdict was returned against the railway company and damages assessed at $1,000. | Kemptville Weekly Advance 1915-01-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1915-01-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1915-02-06 | Coteau Junction | A Brockville Grand Trunk Railway brakeman named W. Saundercook met his death on the line at Coteau. The train upon which he was working was pulling away freight from the junction when Saundercook was missed, and a search revealed his mangled remains alongside the track. The supposition is that he slipped and fell from the top of a car. | Eastern Ontario Review 1915-02-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-04-09 | Killaloe | Major fire in village. Started in Stack's harness shop, spread to house of Thos. Cybulski, barber shop of Tony Cybulski, Hazelton and Boland's general store and J.Palbeskie's general store. | leader |
| 1915-04-30 | Eganville | GTR station and freight shed burned. Perhaps started by cigar or cigarette butt thrown under platform? Agent Smith and family escaped. Passenger car on siding serving as station. | leader |
| 1915-08-27 | Alexandria | W. McFarland, a brakeman of Montreal on the Grand Trunk special bringing the annual load of excursionists from Montreal to Ottawa, fell off his train one mile west of Alexandria and was killed. When the train reached Greenfield, the first station west of Alexandria, he was missed and a wire was sent to Ottawa, which was transmitted back to a second train asking that a lookout be kept for him. His body was found lying beside the track. There were no marks indicating whether he had killed himself in the fall or not. | Morrisburg Leader 1915-08-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-10-29 | Vankleek Hill | The old Canada Atlantic Railway Stations will soon be out of sight. Several of them have been destroyed by fire in the past few years. Unless the one in Vankleek Hill burns pretty soon it will fall down. It is a disgrace to the Grand Trunk Railway Company. | Eastern Ontario Review 1915-10-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915-11-01 | Hammond | The Grand Trunk Railway company is the defendant in an action, the trial of which started in the high court, brought by Oliver Harvey and seven other residents of Hammond claiming damages from the railway company for the destruction of buildings by a fire which occurred on June 13, 1914, and for which they allege the Grand Trunk was responsible. Witnesses testified the fire started in the roof of the company's station and was observed almost immediately after a train had passed; the plaintiffs' theory was that sparks from the engine ignited the station and spread to the other buildings, with Mr. Heney's loss considerable and the others' much smaller. The defense was that the fire started from other causes. G.F. Henderson K.C. and A. Greeve acted for the plaintiffs, the company being represented by W.E. Foster K.C., the Grand Trunk solicitor of Montreal, and W.N. Tilley K.C. of Toronto. | Eastern Ontario Review 1915-11-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1915? | Eganville | Jack Redmond's father, a section foreman, "was killed when he and two other men were riding a handcar about a mile west of Eganville. They met a train and tried to get the car off the track. The other two jumped clear. Jack was only eight years old". | Ottawa Citizen 1970-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-03-21 | Hawkesbury | Mr. Stanley Robertson, a brakeman on the G.T.R. and a brother of Mr. James Robertson, formerly a G.T.R. agent here, was killed instantly at Hawkesbury when he was standing on the rear of the engine while it was shunting in the yards. He was out over the edge and was crushed between two cars; his chest was crushed in and nearly all his ribs were broken. Death resulted at once. His home was in Glen Robertson. | Eastern Ontario Review 1916-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1916-06-02 | Barrys Bay | Michael Conlon sells livery business to Mark L. Billings | leader |
| 1916-08-25 | Rockland | A search for train wreckers, after the six o'clock passenger train had come to a stop within a few feet of obstructions placed across the rails of the Grand Trunk Railway within a short distance of town, resulted in the arrest of five young boys who wanted to see a train wreck, and to satisfy their wishes, placed a tie across the rails and then hid themselves behind the hill to watch the smash up. Engineer H. McCulloch saw the obstruction in time and stopped his train within a few feet of the tie, near the roundhouse and only a few hundred yards from the station. Detectives aboard the train found the five boys crouching behind the hill; one confessed that they had committed the deed and said he would 'do it again' as he wanted to see a wreck. | Eastern Ontario Review 1916-09-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917 | Canoe Lake | Tom Thomson died. | Shaw |
| 1917 | Joe Lake | Molly and Edwin Colson purchase Hotel Algonquin. | Wright p1 |
| 1917-01-16 | Coteau Junction | A fatal accident occurred at Coteau, resulting in the death of Alexander Lauzon. The young man was boarding the Toronto train and slipped under the platform and was dragged 175 feet. He had his scalp taken off, arm bruised, and suffered other severe injuries from which he died that evening, never regaining consciousness. Deceased, 21 years of age, was a son of the late Alexander Lauzon of Coteau Junction. The remains were taken to Williamstown and interred beside those of his father. | Eastern Ontario Review 1917-02-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-06-22 | Eganville | GTR starts construction of new station and separate agent's residence. | leader |
| 1917-09-10 | Vars | The Montreal-Ottawa express, due at Vars at 10:40 p.m. and on time, crashed into a Dodge automobile at the Main street crossing, instantly killing Rev. Dr. John Mavety of Ottawa West Methodist Church, Mrs. John Orr, Mrs. J.O. Hodgson and Miss Florence Orr, all of Carlsbad Springs; Mr. John Orr died shortly after at St. Luke's hospital in Ottawa. The party had been driven from an anniversary service at the Vars Methodist Church toward Carlsbad Springs when the car attempted the crossing at a moderate speed and was struck broadside. Freight cars on a siding obstructed the crossing's view, and the automobile's own headlight beams, joined with the train's searchlight, brilliantly illuminated the crossing in a way that apparently masked the train's approach. Engineer F. Ferguson reported he had sounded the whistle a mile from Vars and at each crossing, and did not see the car's lights until the engine was practically on the crossing, when he applied the emergency brake; G.T.R. officials called the crossing a known dangerous one, with the line of sight obstructed by buildings and no gates or alarm gong installed. | Ottawa Journal 1917-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1917-09-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1917-09-15 | Vars | The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the death of Rev. Dr. John Mavety and four friends at the Vars crossing was accidental, finding the crossing dangerous and recommending it be protected because the east view was obstructed by box cars usually or often placed on the siding close to the crossing. Engineer Fred Ferguson and Fireman Charles Gorr swore the whistle had been sounded and the bell ringing before the crossing; other witnesses said they heard no warning but would not swear none was given. Ferguson testified the train was travelling 45 miles an hour, two minutes late, and that he had sounded the whistle at each of the three Vars crossings within a mile; he saw a horse clear the tracks, then a flash of light he took for an approaching automobile, and applied the brakes too late. The verdict exonerated G.T.R. employees of blame. | Ottawa Journal 1917-09-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1917-10-25 | South March | Spreading rails, it is said, was the cause of a wreck on the G.T.R. line between South March and Renfrew, when seven freight cars were derailed a short distance past South March station about three o'clock in the morning. No one was hurt, although several lengths of track were torn up and service on the line was tied up for several hours. According to C.W. Asmussen, of Asmussen's Chemical Laboratory, who arrived at the scene before the track was cleared and took snapshots, the spikes holding the rails to the ties were loose on that portion of track, which he believes caused the rails to spread. | Ottawa Journal 1917-11-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918 | Eganville | New station constructed. | Fleming Eganville and District Old Home Week Souvenir. Aug 1-6, 1948 |
| 1918-02-01 | Killaloe | Paul B. Mask sells sash and door factory to Messrs O'Reilly and Mask. | leader |
| 1918-02-05 | Vankleek Hill | On account of the very severe weather, trains on the G.T.R. branch were cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday. | Eastern Ontario Review 1918-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-04-19 | Vars | Actions against the Grand Trunk Railway Company for the killing of Rev. J.E. Mavety and four other persons at Vars on September 10, 1917, were settled between the parties, damages being adjudged in Cornwall. | Morrisburg Leader 1918-04-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-05-08 | Saint Polycarpe Junction | The derailment of a couple of freight cars at St. Polycarpe Junction caused a tie-up in traffic on the G.T.R. line, and the Ottawa-bound passenger train from Montreal was held up for over two hours, not arriving until after 2 o'clock. So far as could be learned, no one was injured in the derailment. | Ottawa Journal 1918-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-05-11 | South Indian | Following closely upon a derailment of several freight cars at Alexandria early in the week, the G.T.R. Montreal line was the scene of another mishap on Saturday afternoon, when twelve cars loaded with wheat were derailed near South Indian. No one was injured, but the cars were badly broken up; passengers on the afternoon train from Alexandria to Montreal were compelled to walk from where it was held up to another train on the other side of the derailment, and traffic was held up for some time. Grand Trunk officials scouted the rumor that the two derailments in quick succession were due to the work of enemy agents, attributing them instead to natural causes, with a broken axle assigned as the cause of this one; no investigation beyond the customary one was reported. | Ottawa Journal 1918-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1918-07-16 | Vankleek Hill | Two G.T.R. detectives were here looking for the parties who placed rocks on the tracks near the station. They have secured the names of several boys who have been on the track, and as this offence is a very serious one these boys may be arrested any day. | Eastern Ontario Review 1918-07-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1919-06-18 | Dalkeith | A serious accident happened at the crossing of the G.T.R. tracks on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Gruer, liveryman, was taking Mr. P. McMaster and Mr. T.N. Barton out to Dalkeith to buy horses; they were chatting and did not notice a through freight coming. The engine struck the car right in the centre. Mr. McMaster jumped and was uninjured; Mr. Gruer was badly cut about the head, face, arms and legs, and Mr. Barton had an arm broken. The car was completely wrecked. The injured men were taken to hospital and are doing well. | Eastern Ontario Review 1919-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1919-07-30 | Casselman | Big fire in Casselman. About 4 p.m., Mr. Damase Racine, member of the Legislative Assembly for the county of Russell, phoned for assistance to Ottawa, and an engine and equipment from No. 4 fire station arrived on a Grand Trunk special at 5:20 p.m. The engine and crew did marvellous work and credit is due them for practically saving the town from being completely destroyed. | Eastern Ontario Review 1919-08-01(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-05-08 | Ottawa | While playing about the G.T.R. tracks crossing Le Breton street Saturday afternoon, little Solomon Viner, five years old, was hit by the 6:30 train from Pembroke and, as a result of his injuries, died one hour later at St. Luke's Hospital. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-05-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-05-18 | Ottawa | After listening to the greatest mass of contradictory evidence ever taken at an inquest in Ottawa, the coroner's jury investigating the death of Solomon Viner, five years old, returned a verdict of accidental death, finding that he was struck by G.T.R. train number 52 at the Le Breton street crossing on May 8, 1920. The most conflicting evidence concerned whether the electric signal bell at the crossing had rung as a warning; the train crew swore it had, and that they heard it ringing after the train stopped, while several residents of the vicinity swore it had not, one stating he had nearly been run over himself at the same place in mid-March under the same circumstances. The hearing had to be extended over two nights to hear all the witnesses. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-07-27 | Maxville | Thomas Blaney, a prosperous farmer living near Maxville, was instantly killed and his son William, aged 14, died in St. Luke's hospital shortly after midnight, when a motor car in which they were driving with Mrs. Margaret Blaney, another son and a nephew was struck by the Montreal-Ottawa express two miles east of Maxville at Donald Allan Cameron's crossing at eight o'clock in the evening. The other three occupants were seriously injured but expected to recover. Dr. W.B. McDiarmid of Maxville, called to the scene, described Cameron's crossing as one of the worst in the country, with a stone fence on one side and the tracks hidden from approaching traffic by large trees. An eyewitness, Mr. J.A. McLeod of Maxville, said the engine struck the automobile a tremendous blow, throwing two of the boys fifty feet; the car was turned completely around and left a total wreck. A passenger on the train, Harry Conley, said he felt the engineer apply the brakes and heard shrill whistle blasts before the tender struck the rear of the auto; Conley believed Blaney had been trying to beat the train across the crossing, remarking afterward, 'another yard and he would have made it.' | Ottawa Citizen 1920-07-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1920-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, same collection,...) |
| 1920-08-17 | Maxville | The inquest jury investigating the death of William Blaney, who died in an Ottawa hospital from injuries received when the auto in which he was driving was hit by G.T.R. Montreal-Ottawa train number 1 on July 27, returned a verdict that he died as a result of several fractures and shock caused by the collision, at Cameron's crossing in the county of Glengarry, a mile and a half from Maxville, at the intersection of the G.T.R. right of way and the public highway. The jury made no additional comment on the crossing itself, having already condemned it as very dangerous at the inquest into Thomas Blaney's death on August 11. The jury was out about ten minutes. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-08-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1920-09-28 | Kinburn | The Ottawa-Pembroke G.T.R. local collided with a buggy at Kinburn, injuring Mrs. Walter Acres and her four-year-old son Howard, whose escape from death seemed miraculous; the horse was instantly killed and the buggy completely wrecked. Mrs. Acres suffered a fractured hip and internal injuries, and the boy severe injuries to his head; both suffered greatly from shock. Mrs. Acres, driving up to the village to shop, apparently did not see the train until it was almost upon her and attempted to cross ahead of it; the crossing was not considered dangerous, having clear vision on both sides. The accident occurred about 9:40 a.m. | Ottawa Citizen 1920-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-01-18≥ | Bank Street | By 18 January 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mr. Albert H. Harvey, "a man about 60 years old, was killed shortly before noon today by the incoming Pembroke train near Rochester street crossing of the Grand Trunk railway." Harvey "was very deaf, and was walking on the track. He apparently did not hear the whistle or the electric bell at the crossing". An inquest was called for that night. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-01-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-01-26≥ | Bank Street | By 26 January 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The G. T. Railway Company and train crew in charge of the train that killed the late A. H. Harvey on Jan. 18th at the Rochester street crossing, Ottawa, were absolved from blame at the inquest held last night at the police station by Coroner J. E. Craig." The verdict was that Harvey came to his death "due to him being struck by G. T. Railway train No. 58 at the Rochester street crossing, which was accidental. In all probability the fatality was due to the fact that the deceased was deaf." | Ottawa Citizen 1921-01-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-02-11 | Coteau Junction | "Ice on the St. Lawrence for use on the Grand Trunk at Coteau Junction is now being harvested at Valleyfield, Que., and being stored at Coteau." | Eastern Ontario Review 1921-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-04-25≥ | Casselman | By 25 April 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Noel la Plante, an old resident of Casselman, was "instantly killed by a G.T.R. train near Casselman station yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock." The Eastern Ontario Review later reported that Noel Leplante, aged 75, was "struck down on Sunday afternoon by the G.T.R. Ottawa-Montreal express" while crossing "at a private crossing near the station", and that the inquest returned a verdict of accidental death with no blame against anyone. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-04-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1921-05-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-06-20≥ | Glen Robertson | By 20 June 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Miss Phoebe Villeneuve of Montreal "was instantly killed, when their buggy was struck by a G.T.R. Montreal-Ottawa train on Saturday morning", about a mile east of Glen Robertson; her nephew Eugene Villeneuve, who was driving with her, was hurt and taken to St. Luke's hospital, Ottawa. The Journal and the Citizen both report it on 20 June; the Review says it happened "Monday" and gives the train as G.T.R. train No. 2. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1921-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eastern Ontario Review 1921-06-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-08-31≥ | Eastmans | By 31 August 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: Three Grand Trunk trainmen, brakeman Edward Carroll, fireman F. J. Brisbois and engineer F. W. Cleveland, "were arrested yesterday shortly before noon... with having broken into and stolen from a freight car at Carlsbad Springs on Wednesday last." The train had left Coteau Jct. for Ottawa; goods of about $300 were taken, most of them recovered. | Ottawa Citizen 1921-08-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |
| 1921-09-20≥ | Bank Street | By 20 September 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: The proposed level crossing of the Ottawa Improvement Driveway, later FDC Drive, now Island Park Drive, "at the GTR/CNR was opposed by the Grand Trunk Railway (formerly CAR). (CP opposed the same crossing, both railways wanting an overpass). This is the site of the current overpass on the Queensway at Island Park Drive." | Churcher https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Papers%20by%20Year/1921.pdf(Churcher's own summary, filed under the Ottawa Jou...) |