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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-04-13 | The first accident on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway occurred about six miles from Ottawa, a short distance beyond where the line crosses the C.P.R.: the daily way freight to Arnprior was derailed when the roadbed washed out in a spring freshet. The engine crossed the damaged roadway safely, but five freight cars (three loaded, two empty) were thrown off and badly smashed; it took several hours to clear the wreck, though the regular train ran only slightly delayed the next morning. No one was injured. | Almonte Gazette 1893-04-14(Renfrew Mercury correspondent, near the C.P.R. cro...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Free Press 1893-04-17(No trains except ballast cars ran over the line fo...) | |
| 1937-02-20 | A truck owned by Motorways Limited "crashed into the side of a special Canadian National Railways freight train headed for Barry's Bay at the Richmond road crossing at Graham Bay, about eight miles from Ottawa, early this morning"; Harry Purcell and Morris Ferguson were taken to the Civic Hospital. The train left the yards at 1.30 and reached the crossing at 2.10, in heavy fog; "The crossing has no signals as it is considered to be an open view crossing." The truck hit the fifth car from the rear and three cars were damaged. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-02-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1940-07-11 | Harold Grierson of Stittsville "beat a train to a crossing on Highway No. 15 near Graham's Bay" without noticing a provincial constable on a motorcycle behind him; he was fined $5 and $5.05 costs in county magistrate's court for careless driving, Magistrate A. H. Lieff remarking that he "had done 'a very dangerous thing.'" The item says "a train" without naming the railway; Churcher tags it Renfrew. | Ottawa Citizen 1940-07-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1941-07-02≥ | By 2 July 1941 (the issue date), the paper reported: George Raverty "escaped with body bruises and a severe shaking up when the heavy truck he was driving was in collision with a Canadian National Railways freight train at Graham Bay crossing near Britannia Heights, about 8.30 yesterday morning." The truck, loaded with sand and travelling west on No. 15 highway, was completely demolished. | Ottawa Citizen 1941-07-02(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1948-01-31≥ | By 31 January 1948 (the issue date), the paper reported: Two men escaped when "a 12-ton Fournier Storage van plowed into a moving CNR freight train at Graham's Bay" last night, at the railroad crossing intersecting Highway No. 15, about one mile southwest of Britannia. | Ottawa Citizen 1948-01-31(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1948-08-06 | Ronald Samuel Sealy, 40, of Montreal, "was critically injured shortly after 9 o'clock this morning when his automobile crashed into a speeding CNR train at the Graham's Bay crossing on Highway 15, some 12 miles west of Ottawa." The locomotive of the train to Barry's Bay was extensively damaged and the train delayed more than an hour until another was sent from Ottawa. The conductor was M. J. Reid, the engineer H. Sheehan. | Ottawa Citizen 1948-08-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1952-06-11 | Cecil Woods, 21, "was pronounced dead on arrival at the Civic Hospital" after his empty truck struck train No. 89, proceeding west to Pembroke, at the Graham Bay crossing about 9.11 a.m., half a mile west of Ottawa. The three-car train, travelling about 35 miles an hour and not stopping at the Graham Bay station, halted 150 yards on with a broken steam pipe; a new locomotive was brought and it reached Pembroke about 11. "There is no 'wig-wag' at the crossing but a warning sign is clearly visible." Train No. 89 leaves Union Station at 8.40 a.m. for the Ottawa Valley run. | Ottawa Citizen 1952-06-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |