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Douglas
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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893-07-14 | The Ottawa Journal reported that the O.A. & P.S. Railway was not going to run into Douglas, because the grade on the proposed route was too expensive and the cuttings too heavy. | Ottawa Journal 1893-07-14(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1895-09-21 | An east bound freight train on the O.A. & P.S. railway, consisting of seven cars and the paymaster's van, ran off the track Saturday afternoon about half way between Douglas station and Renfrew. Fortunately the accident was not attended by loss of life. The train had just passed a slight curve when the engine, from some unknown source, jumped the track, pulling the cars and van along with it; for a couple of hundred yards the train went thumping along on the ties but remained on the roadbed. Driver Turner and his assistants stuck to their posts until the train was stopped. A couple of cars were toppled over, one loaded with horses and railroad construction tools; a man in this car was taken out from under a piece of machinery without a scratch. Paymaster Wilson, counting money in his van when the accident happened, was almost unconscious from the effects of a blow he received while being jostled about, his money scattered over the floor; Driver Turner had one shoulder badly bruised. A wrecking train left immediately from Renfrew under Roadmaster Hogan and the track was cleared in five or six hours. Two of the horses had to be shot, their legs broken; they belonged to Mr. Simmers, sub-contractor on the railway. | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...),Almonte Gazette 1895-09-27(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher, Ottawa Railway H...) | |
| 1896-03-20 | Douglas, March 17: Mr. Cook, a sub-contractor on the OA & PS construction, spent Monday here, purchasing a large order of supplies from J. & S. McEachen, who, by the way, have contracted to supply groceries and provisions to nearly all Fauquier's contractors during the coming summer and fall. | Mercury 1896-03-20(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1902-03-17 | Station burned. | Shawville Equity, thanks to Colin Churcher |