Sources on this page
History
6 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | Frank Turner moved to Ottawa with the Canada Atlantic Railway in 1882 and worked as a fireman and later an engineer for the CAR and the Grand Trunk Railway. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/t/frank-turner | Correspondence with Mark Cullen 2011-12-26(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) | |
| 1891 | Frank Turner was named by Austin Cross as one of two possible engineers (the other being McGaffney) involved in the Rideau Canal accident of 1891. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/t/frank-turner | Ottawa Citizen 1948-11-11(Austin Cross column; https://sites.google.com/site...) | |
| 1894 to 1904 | From 1894 to 1904 Frank Turner lived on Salisbury Place, Ottawa, just north of the Canada Atlantic yards. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/t/frank-turner | Correspondence with Mark Cullen 2011-12-26(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) | |
| 1895-09-21 | On 21 September 1895 Frank Turner's eastbound train of seven cars plus the pay car derailed between Renfrew and Douglas. Turner was badly shaken and his shoulder bruised, but he and the rest of the crew otherwise escaped unharmed. The same derailment is recorded on Robert Wilson, the OA&PS paymaster who was aboard. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/t/frank-turner | Ottawa Citizen 1895-09-23(https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/peo...) | |
| 1904 | In 1904 Frank Turner moved to a farm about one mile south of Rockland, Ontario. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/t/frank-turner | Correspondence with Mark Cullen 2011-12-26(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) | |
| 1912? | According to his obituary, Frank Turner retired from the Grand Trunk Railway about 1912. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/t/frank-turner | Correspondence with Mark Cullen 2011-12-26(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |