Hawkesbury

Date	Statement	Source
1892-05-18	The heavy trestlework across the hollow has been completed and a track now runs right into the Lumber Company's yards.	Ottawa Citizen 1892-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1892-05-18	The station grounds, which a little less than a year ago was little better than a swamp, had been converted at no inconsiderable outlay for grading and filling into as pretty a piece of railway property as one would wish to see. The yards were commodious and convenient, affording exceptionally good facilities for the handling and shipment of freight.	Ottawa Citizen 1892-05-18(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1894-08-25	While working in the lumber yard at Hawkesbury last Saturday Mr. Laurent Harbick aged seventy-five was instantly killed. He was laying a track for the cars to run on when another man came up with a car loaded with heavy timbers. Mr. Harbick bent down to arrange some of the rails when the load of timbers accidentally fell off, three of them striking him on the head killing him instantly. When the timbers were removed the body turned over but the head was crushed into a jetty. Caution tag (Hawkesbury: also served by the Canadian Northern). The article names no railway; 'laying a track for the cars to run on' in a lumber yard could be the yard's own private tramway rather than CAR/Hawkesbury Branch trackage. Filed here per operator instruction despite that ambiguity.	Eastern Ontario Review 1894-09-03(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...)
1896-09-25	The Great Northern Railway Company, we understand, has made an informal proposal to the residents of Hawkesbury to construct a railway bridge across the Ottawa and erect repair shops there, the consideration to be a bonus of $50,000. Several of the officials of the Great Northern were in Hawkesbury on Tuesday and submitted their proposal at a meeting of citizens. The proposing company is the Great Northern Railway Company (Churcher's 'Hawkesbury' tag; the Canadian Northern also ran there), not the Canada Atlantic. Filed on Hawkesbury at the maintainer's direction because the bridge was important to the Hawkesbury Branch.	Eastern Ontario Review 1896-09-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1898-11-11	The C.A.R. have had very heavy freight the past week. There are large shipments of lumber from Hawkesbury.	Eastern Ontario Review 1898-11-11(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1898-12-02	Roundhouse destroyed by fire. One engine also destroyed.	Fleming Renfrew Mercury
1899-11-24	The stage line between here (Hawkesbury) and Vankleek Hill will be established at once. The stage will meet all C.P.R. fast trains and will carry passengers, express and baggage. Mr. D. Themens will operate it. A CPR-connecting stage service; recorded for context, not itself a Canada Atlantic event.	Eastern Ontario Review 1899-11-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1900-02	Filling trestle here.	CRSW p41
1900-04-27	A meeting took place of the board of education took place last night and decided to put up a fence between the play grounds and the C.A.R. station.	Eastern Ontario Review 1900-04-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1900-10-26	There was a big smash on the C.A.R. here last Friday at noon. A ballast train crashed into an engine and freight train standing on the line. Six of the ballast cars were badly damaged and the engine wrecked. No person was hurt although there were several narrow escapes.	Eastern Ontario Review 1900-10-26(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1902-06-20	While pulling out from the lumbermills on Saturday afternoon a C.A.R. engine ran off the track at an open switch, and after bumping over the ties for about 20 yards it toppled over. Several cars were also off the track. The wrecking gang from Ottawa arrived about eight o'clock at night, and by noon on Sunday they had the wreck cleared up.	Eastern Ontario Review 1902-06-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1903-03-27	The C.A.R. are making direct connection of their tracks from the Lumber Co's saw dust house to the furnace rooms at the pulp mills and the sawdust from the mills will be delivered direct.	Eastern Ontario Review 1903-03-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1903-08-15	There was an accident in the C.A.R. yards at Hawkesbury on Saturday afternoon last. Two cars were derailed and damaged. The wrecking gang from Ottawa was sent for and arrived about 8 p.m. The wreck was cleared by Sunday morning.	Eastern Ontario Review 1903-08-21(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1904-05-13	The tracks leading to the pulp mills were badly flooded this week by the high water in the Ottawa. Source does not itself name the railway; inferred as the CAR's own tracks from the 1903-03-27 item recording the CAR's direct connection to the Hawkesbury pulp mills.	Eastern Ontario Review 1904-05-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1904-06-10	Owing to a car leaving the track near Hawkesbury the C.A.R. trains on Saturday afternoon were delayed several hours. The night train did not reach here (Vankleek Hill) until nearly ten o'clock.	Eastern Ontario Review 1904-06-10(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1907-07-05	A horse was killed near Byers crossing on the G.T.R. this week. The same item also reports 'two young cattle killed this week on the C.P.R.' at West Hawkesbury -- a separate, out-of-scope event.	Eastern Ontario Review 1907-07-05(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1910-04-16	The Grand Trunk station here was partially destroyed by fire last night about eleven o'clock. The fire originated in the freight shed adjoining the station. The books and records of the office were saved, being slightly damaged by the water. The promptness of the fire brigade in responding to the alarm saved the building from total destruction.	Ottawa Citizen 1910-04-16(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1916-03-21	Mr. Stanley Robertson, a brakeman on the G.T.R. and a brother of Mr. James Robertson, formerly a G.T.R. agent here, was killed instantly at Hawkesbury when he was standing on the rear of the engine while it was shunting in the yards. He was out over the edge and was crushed between two cars; his chest was crushed in and nearly all his ribs were broken. Death resulted at once. His home was in Glen Robertson.	Eastern Ontario Review 1916-03-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1921-11-25≥	By 25 November 1921 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Since Monday our town has only one mail a day, at 8 p.m. owing to the change of service on the G.T.R. Branch line. This new arrangement is extremely unsatisfactory, and on Tuesday night our Board of Trade met and authorized the president to communicate by phone at once with the Postmaster General and endeavor to obtain relief by having mails come by C.N.R. both from Montreal and Ottawa."	Eastern Ontario Review 1921-11-25(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)
1940-10-11	Harry Reid, a conductor, "fell to the ground from the top of a box car in the yards of the Canadian International Paper Company here late this afternoon" and broke his right arm (the Citizen says his left forearm). "He was in charge of the Canadian National Railways switching crew here as well as a mixed train running from here to Glen Robertson, a distance of 21 miles and back every week day morning."	Ottawa Journal 1940-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...),Ottawa Citizen 1940-10-12(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...)