Carp

Date	Statement	Source
1892-04-08	A delegation from Carp waited on Mr. J.R. Booth with subscription lists totalling nearly $5,000, offered as assistance if the line to Arnprior passed through Huntley Township and touched Carp. Booth explained that the road was first projected to run direct from Ottawa to Arnprior and on to Renfrew, but that the Pontiac and Pacific Junction road, as far as completed, was now on the market and its owners were pressing the company to buy it on favourable terms, so much so that engineers had been sent to run a trial line from Portage du Fort to Renfrew; Arnprior's apathy over its own contribution could injuriously affect where the line was located. Booth stated it was the company's intention to touch Galetta, and that a trial line would be run at once from Carp for that purpose.	Almonte Gazette 1892-04-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1893-03-17	Messrs. Argue and Kidd were handling large quantities of wheat and oats at Carp since the Ottawa & Arnprior R.R. Co. had placed an agent there to look after freight; a temporary office was fitted up, with Mr. Robinson in charge.	Almonte Gazette 1893-03-17(Carp News. Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Lo...)
1893-07-07	It was rumoured that the prolonged negotiation for the purchase of the Rivington gravel pit at Carp had been completed: the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company was now the owner, the price paid being between two and three thousand dollars. The gravel was to be used in ballasting between Ottawa and Carp, and the steam shovel was expected there the next day; the proposed line from Almonte was said to have been an important factor in the purchase, as it too would have required the hill. Reported as a rumour; an earlier June 14 rumour of the same purchase is recorded separately.	Almonte Gazette 1893-07-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1893-11-22	The officials of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway were endeavouring to make their road second to none: of late they had spared no pains in levelling off the grounds in the vicinity of the station at Carp and sinking drains taking water from culvert to culvert, work that reflected great credit on the company and had greatly assisted the improvement of the adjacent lands.	Ottawa Citizen 1893-11-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1894-03-21	The workers of the steam shovel are beginning to talk gravel. They are billed for the 1st of April.	Ottawa Free Press 1894-03-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1894-06-08	In addition to the train leaving at 9.45 a.m. tomorrow morning for the Dominion SS picnic at Carp, arrangements have been made for a special to leave at 2 p.m. also. The 9.45 train will stop at Richmond Road crossing.	Ottawa Journal 1894-06-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1906-04-16	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...)
1912-07-16	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...)
1925-11-18≥	By 18 November 1925 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Quick action on the part of Mr. Ephraim Scharfe, of Carp, probably saved him from serious injury when the automobile in which he was driving was struck by a C.N.R. freight train at a railway crossing at Carp on Tuesday afternoon. The train was backing from a siding to the main line..."	Ottawa Citizen 1925-11-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1927-02-07≥	By 7 February 1927 (the issue date), the paper reported: Mrs. Margaret Hanlon Morrison, aged 67, wife of the Carp station agent, "was instantly killed on Saturday afternoon" when a C.N.R. train struck her as she walked on the track near the station, unable to get clear because of high snow. The Journal gives the time as two o'clock and the train as a through extra from Ottawa, not required to stop at Carp; the Citizen gives about 3.10 p.m. and "a light engine and van travelling from Ottawa to Madawaska", and says the electric bell at the highway crossing was ringing. Dated by the issue: "Saturday afternoon".	Ottawa Journal 1927-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1927-02-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Morrisburg Leader 1927-02-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1927-02-08≥	By 8 February 1927 (the issue date), the paper reported: "A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner's jury which last night at Carp investigated the death of Mrs. F.H. Morrison, aged 67, wife of the C.N.R. station agent at Carp... The jury exonerated the train crew of all responsibility in connection with the accident." Inquest following the death of Saturday 5 February 1927.	Ottawa Journal 1927-02-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1928-06-23≥	By 23 June 1928 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Jumping from the C.N.R. Ottawa-Pembroke passenger train before it had come to a stop at Carp station yesterday afternoon, George Martin, relieving section foreman for the C.N.R., fell and suffered a fracture of the right leg above the knee."	Ottawa Citizen 1928-06-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1930-09-25	John James Wilson, "one of the most prominent farmers in the Carp district, was instantly killed this morning at 8:30 o'clock when the auto in which he was riding alone was struck by the Canadian National Railway Ottawa-Scotia passenger train at a level crossing on the line between Fitzroy and Huntley townships." Two witnesses from Kinburn said they heard the train and its bell. The Carp Review places the crossing "near the cheese factory on the town line between Huntley and Fitzroy". Filed on Carp, the place the item is tagged and datelined at; the crossing itself is between Fitzroy and Huntley townships.	Ottawa Citizen 1930-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Carp Review 1930-10-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1934-01-02≥	By 2 January 1934 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The morning train from Ottawa to Pembroke ran into trouble here yesterday morning about 8.45 as it was leaving the station, when the engine ran off the track. The icy condition of the tracks was undoubtedly the cause and the fact that the train had not gained very much speed certainly prevented a bad wreck. One of the rails was broken into three pieces but the engine remained upright."	Ottawa Citizen 1934-01-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1935-05-08≥	By 8 May 1935 (the issue date), the paper reported: Robert Armstrong, aged 19, of Huntley, "received minor injuries" when the automobile he was driving "crashed into the side of a freight train at a crossing at the west end of the village of Carp at 1.30 p.m. yesterday". His auto struck the C.N.R. east-bound freight just after it had passed over the highway crossing, colliding with the first car behind the engine.	Ottawa Citizen 1935-05-08(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1936-09-08	"Claude Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Armstrong, of Carp, narrowly escaped death this morning when the car he was driving was hit by a freight train travelling west from the village." "About a year ago, Robert Armstrong, brother of Claude Armstrong, was struck at the same crossing while driving in the opposite direction." The brother's accident is the one of 7 May 1935, filed separately.	Ottawa Citizen 1936-09-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1954-12-21≥	By 21 December 1954 (the issue date), the paper reported: A C.N.R. mixed freight struck a tractor-trailer loaded with beer at the C.N.R. level crossing at Carp at 6.15 p.m. "last night"; the driver, William Giles of Montreal, was hurt, the $10,000 tractor was wrecked, but the trailer of beer was undamaged. The train was travelling east, locomotive No. 2524, Engineer George O'Connor.	Ottawa Citizen 1954-12-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1972-02-28	"The driver of an oil truck was killed today when his vehicle smashed into the side of a moving train and burst into flames on highway 17 just east of Carp." The Shell Canada tanker, carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline, skidded 200 feet into the side of a five-car CNR freight train bound for Barry's Bay and Whitney; "Three of five cars in the CNR freight train were derailed" and set afire. The accident was at 10.10 a.m. and the driver was named as Camille Brideau, 32, of Orleans; Highway 17 was closed for more than 24 hours. The inquest report of 27 April names the driver Joseph Brideau; the 29 February item has Camille.	Ottawa Citizen 1972-02-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Journal 1972-02-28(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1972-02-29(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1972-04-27≥	By 27 April 1972 (the issue date), the paper reported: A coroner's jury "recommended that signal lights be located at all level crossings on main highways to warn motorists in advance of approaching trains", at an inquest on Wednesday into the death of Brideau, whose gasoline tanker collided with a CNR freight on February 28. Evidence showed poor visibility at the Highway 17 crossing near Carp, at the bottom of a hill; the jury also recommended a remote warning light 500 feet north of the Carp crossing. Engineer Irwin Currie said the truck hit the train after veering off the road and knocking over a signal post. Follows the crossing death of 28 February 1972.	Ottawa Citizen 1972-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1975-04-22≥	By 22 April 1975 (the issue date), the paper reported: A fuel tanker "slid into a CN train near Carp Monday"; West Carleton Township firemen "quickly drowned the rig in foam extinguisher to prevent a possible explosion", and the truck driver escaped with slight bruises.	Ottawa Citizen 1975-04-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)