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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929-07-30≥ | By 30 July 1929 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Traffic on the C.N.R. line between Ottawa and Golden Lake was delayed by the derailment of several cars of a freight train about two miles east of Glasgow station, west of Arnprior, shortly after noon yesterday." The C.N.R. attributed it to a damaged truck; the afternoon passenger train to Ottawa reached the city about an hour late. | Ottawa Citizen 1929-07-30(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1938-09-23 | Joseph Lacaille of Maniwaki, Que., "died in Victoria hospital here Friday afternoon, the result of an accident this morning when the automobile he was driving crashed into the rear steps of the last coach on the eastbound Canadian National local", at the highway crossing "nine miles east of Renfrew and two miles west of Glasgow". "There were no signs of skid marks" and it was thought he fell asleep at the wheel. Filed on Glasgow as the nearest named place (two miles west of Glasgow station). | Ottawa Citizen 1938-09-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1938-09-28 | A coroner's jury found that Joseph Lacaille "died in Renfrew Victoria Hospital on September 23 from injuries received when the car he was driving on provincial highway 17, township of McNabb, collided with Canadian National Railways train No. 686. Death was accidental. We attach no blame to employes of the Canadian National Railways." Follows the collision of 23 September 1938. | Ottawa Citizen 1938-09-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1955-04-28≥ | By 28 April 1955 (the issue date), the paper reported: Four men were killed and two hurt "as the result of a car-train collision nine miles east of" Renfrew "on Highway 17 and the CNR line yesterday afternoon", shortly after 2 p.m.: the car was struck in mid-section by the engine of "a passenger train running from Barry's Bay to Ottawa", due in Ottawa at 4.50, and tossed 60 feet into the ditch. A slight rise adjacent to the tracks partly blocks the view for 50 to 60 feet. The engineer was M. J. Gaffney. Filed on Glasgow as the nearest named place to a point nine miles east of Renfrew (inference). | Ottawa Citizen 1955-04-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1970-02-28≥ | By 28 February 1970 (the issue date), the paper reported: William Melanson, 30, of RR 2 Arnprior, "was not hurt" when a snowplow owned by McNab Township, which he was driving, was hit Thursday by a CNR freight train near Glasgow Station, 10 miles east of Renfrew: "The front of the plow was caught by the engine and spun sideways. Six freight cars were ripped along the side by the blade before the train came to a stop." Damage to the engine was estimated at $1,000. | Ottawa Journal 1970-02-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1977-01-24≥ | By 24 January 1977 (the issue date), the paper reported: Katheline Fraser, 28, of Glasgow Station, died after "a car-train accident Friday" and her husband and two children were seriously injured: the car driven by Gordon Fraser "collided with a Canadian National work train on McNab Township Road, less than 150 feet from the Fraser home" at 4:30 p.m. | Ottawa Citizen 1977-01-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |