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Egan Estate
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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
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| 1894-11-19 | THE WHEELS CRUSHED OVER HIM. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A "STEEL TRAIN" ON THE O. A & PS. A very sad accident, the first with fatal results that has happened on the O, A & P S Ry, occurred yesterday near the Egan Estate Depot above Eganville. The 'steel train' was conveying a gang of men from camp to work after dinner; the men were seated on the platform cars. Four men were riding at the rear of the tender, sitting on the toolbox with their feet supported on the coupling of the flat car next to the tender. The roughness of the road caused the coupling pin to drop out unnoticed, and the engine and cars separated, causing the four men to lose their balance and tumble off. Two rolled off at the side of the track; one fell directly on the rails and was instantly run over and killed; the other fell between the rails underneath the train and miraculously escaped death but received a dreadful shaking up. The man killed was Wm. J. Chugg, who lived with his mother on Preston Street, Ottawa. The man injured was James McGowan, also of Ottawa; inquiry at the hospital found some of his bones broken. E.J. Chamberlin, general manager, was at the upper end of the line when the accident occurred; he arrived about four hours after and at once wired to Pembroke to have the coroner, Dr. Dixon, hold an inquest. Chugg's body was brought to Barry's Bay to await the coroner, and Mr. Chamberlin brought McGowan down to Ottawa on his special train, where an ambulance conveyed him to the Protestant Hospital. Mr. Chamberlin states that this is the first fatal accident on the line since the road left Ottawa. Chugg was employed on Heald's contract near the Egan Estate (J.R. Booth's depot on the Madawaska, 24 miles beyond Barry's Bay), per the Ottawa Citizen's account. | Ottawa Journal 1894-11-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Ottawa Citizen 1894-11-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1895-09-27 | The O.A. & P.S. Railway Company are building a station at Egan's estate on the Madawaska. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) |