Renfrew

Date	Statement	Source
1893-04-28	Arriving in Renfrew to inspect the routes located there by his surveying parties, Mr. Booth was asked by Mr. A.A. Wright, a local businessman keen on a union station, whether he would co-operate with the C.P.R. on the idea; Booth said he was willing to co-operate if the C.P.R. was, and agreed to meet Renfrew's civic authorities and C.P.R. representatives if the local council arranged it. Absent a union station, the probable route through the village was expected to run through the Agricultural Grounds, past Rouselle's windmill and Mrs. Freer's residence, down through the Sadler section and the lacrosse grounds, with the station and yard behind the British Hotel. Tenders for construction between Arnprior and Renfrew were to be opened that day, with awards expected within three or four days.	Mercury 1893-04-28(Renfrew Mercury. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher ...)
1894-01-19	"Fault is beginning to be found with the new railway already," remarked a merchant to The Mercury last week. "What is the complaint?" was the query. "Why, goods from Montreal are now delivered so quickly that we have to keep them lying around until the invoices arrive by mail."	Mercury 1894-01-19(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1894-07-20	A special excursion rate - Renfrew to Portland, return - $9.95. Moncton - $12.05.	Mercury 1894-07-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1894-10-12	The engine and boiler [for the new creamery] came in from Vermont on Tuesday. The railway siding was so far completed that the car containing the machinery was run right up alongside the creamery.	Mercury 1894-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1895-07-25	About 300 people left the city this morning on the O.A. & P.S. Ry. regular to attend the opening of the Renfrew Creamery by Lord Aberdeen today. Lord and Lady Aberdeen went up on their special car. His excellency the Governor General passed up this morning at 1 a.m. on his special car attached to No. 7 train for the west and will remain over at Renfrew until the hour of formally opening the creamery.	Ottawa Journal 1895-07-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1895-09-13	The O.A. & P.S. Railway recently donated four car loads of gravel to the Creamery Company for the fixing up of the yard around the Creamery building.	Mercury 1895-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1896-04-28	There will be an excursion to Renfrew on May 25 from Ottawa in connection with a fireman's demonstration in that town. Announcement only.	Ottawa Journal 1896-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1896-06-25	A big farmers' excursion will be run into the city tomorrow from points over the O.A. & P.S. Ry. between Renfrew and Ottawa. Announcement only. Churcher adds 'No mention of use of station in Ottawa.'	Ottawa Journal 1896-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1896-09-04≥	The second accident occurred on Tuesday. When about a mile this side of Renfrew a man was noticed walking on the track, and on whistling he left the rails, but returned. The train was brought to a standstill, but not before the man had received a tremendous blow, which lifted him into the ditch. It was found that his arm and a rib were broken, and he was brought to the Ottawa Protestant hospital. His name is Alexander Matthews, a stonemason by trade, having been at work in Renfrew for some weeks. He appeared to be under the influence of liquor when the accident occurred. He will recover. (As reported by 4 September 1896; the source dates the event only relatively.) Filed on Renfrew as the nearest named place ('about a mile this side of Renfrew').	Almonte Gazette 1896-09-04(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1898-03-25	Excursion to see "Field's Big White Minstrels" at Russell Theater, Return fare 70 cents.	Fleming Renfrew Mercury
1898-04-15	Editorial in Renfrew Mercury blasts cheap excursions due to competition from Ottawa dry good merchants.	Fleming Renfrew Mercury
1898-06-03	The engine of the Parry Sound railway passenger train going east on Thursday last killed fourteen cows and one deer before reaching Renfrew.	Almonte Gazette 1898-06-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1898-11-04	Long new siding under construction at Renfrew. New cattle slip other end of Elizabeth St.	Fleming Renfrew Mercury
1899-10-20	There passed through Renfrew last week, one of the largest, if not the largest, wheat trains to pass over the rails there. It was on the Parry Sound line, and was composed of 36 cars, containing 37,000 bushels of wheat. The train, cars and freight weighed 1,650 tons.	Almonte Gazette 1899-10-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1900-06-23	The Canada Atlantic employees will hold their annual picnic at Renfrew today. ... It is usually held at Clark's Island, in the St. Lawrence, but this year a change in favor of a point on the Western Division was decided on. ... Twenty-six Canada Atlantic coaches filled with excursionists left the city to-day for Renfrew where the Canada Atlantic employees are holding their annual picnic. Fully three thousand people were on board. (Ottawa Citizen, 25 June: 'about four thousand journeyed up to Renfrew' with 'at least 6,000 people at Aberdeen park in the afternoon' including Renfrewites; the last train back 'was so crowded that the platform between the cars had to be utilized.') Papers give varying crowd counts (3,000 to 6,000); the picnic ran Saturday 23 June 1900.	Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1900-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1900-06-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1901-08-09	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. Churcher's file carries this item twice under 1901-08-09 (Ottawa Journal), a plain-paragraph copy and this fuller, headlined one; treated as one clipping.	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...)
1906-09-09	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. Dated to the afternoon before the 1906-09-10 issues that reported it.	Ottawa Journal 1906-09-10(Two near-identical reports appear under this date ...)
1906-12-08	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...)
1908-07-02	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...)
1911-02-17	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...)
1925-05-08	Jamieson Lime Kiln and quarry closes. Lay between Queen and Hart streets. In operation for over 30 years.	leader
1928-12-07	A coroner's jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Louis Blaskovich of Barry's Bay "had come to her death through mischance and through no fault of railway employee" at "the Elisabeth street crossing of the C N. R. in Renfrew on Dec. 5th". She "was struck by a shunting freight train and killed instantly without anyone witnessing the accident."	Ottawa Journal 1928-12-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1950-08-22	People living near the railroad depot at Renfrew found it hard to sleep early in the morning because "there were no haunting noises of the train whistles and the shunting back and forth of freights": "Some 50 men have walked out on strike as did others in stations across Canada." Buses carried the passengers and only first class mail and medicine left the district each afternoon. The item does not name the railway; Renfrew was also served by the C.P.R. The strike was national, and the depot and freights are taken as the ones in the Churcher Renfrew tag (inference).	Ottawa Citizen 1950-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1954-11-25≥	By 25 November 1954 (the issue date), the paper reported: Joe Cartier, 18, "escaped with minor abrasions when he was thrown to the road as the three-ton truck he was driving hit the side of the engine" of an eastbound train at "the CNR crossing at the south end of Raglan Street" about 2 p.m. yesterday; the truck was thrown against an automatic signal. Damage was about $600 to the truck, $200 to the engine and $200 to the signal.	Ottawa Citizen 1954-11-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1960-03-24	Keith Towler, 14, "suffered slight injuries this morning when struck by a diesel passenger train at the Raglan Street crossing" at Renfrew, dashing across the front of the train on his way to school. The item says only "a diesel passenger train"; Renfrew was also served by the C.P.R., but the Raglan Street crossing is named in the 1954 item as a C.N.R. crossing.	Ottawa Citizen 1960-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1970-11-21≥	By 21 November 1970 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Canadian National Railways has been given permission by the Canadian Transport Commisson to remove agents from seven stations in Ontario and Quebec"; "The points affected are St. Anne de bellevue and Pointe Claire in Quebec and the Ontario stations in Maxville, Casselman, Vars, Renfrew and Eganville." The commission noted that each station, as long as it is serviced by passenger trains, "shall be 'kept clean, heated and lighted.'" One item about several stations; filed once for each of the five Ontario stations it names.	Ottawa Journal 1970-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Eganville Leader 1970-11-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
	Leader p147 has photo of creamery.