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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-10-07≥ | The village of Casselman was situated on both sides of the river Nation. The station was in North Casselman, but the largest number of houses and the mills were all in South Casselman. ... In the part called North Casselman the number of buildings burned is not large. The Canada Atlantic station and freight shed are both destroyed. ... The C. A. Railway Company lost heavily around Casselman. Not only was their station destroyed, but their bridge over the Nation was badly damaged. (As reported by 7 October 1897; the source dates the event only relatively.) Fire of 5 October 1897; account attributed to Rev. Hugh McLean. The Ottawa Free Press of 1897-10-11 calls it 'the station at North Casselman'. | Ottawa Citizen 1897-10-07(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1898-01-15 | Casselman Picking Up: Two brickyards have been built up and the railway station which was at a distance from the village is being built in the centre of the village. The transcription is a summary ('---') of a longer 'Casselman Picking Up' item; the station is the one destroyed by fire in October 1897 and rebuilt. | Ottawa Citizen 1898-01-15(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1899-10-24 | Mr. Coupel has just entered upon his contract to supply the tank with water. This is a new arrangement as up to the present the company have had their own pump house engineer. Mr Lisle Rice, who has had charge of the C.A.R. pumphouse here for several years leaves for Ottawa this week, where he intends taking up the machinist trade, He will work in the C.A.R. shops there. Mr Dewar who has been in town for the last three months superintending C.A.R. works, has left, the work having been completed. Unclassified 'Casselman' tag; filed on Casselman Depot as the site of the pump house/tank. | Eastern Ontario Review 1899-10-24(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1937-09-13≥ | By 13 September 1937 (the issue date), the paper reported: "Fire, which was discovered shortly afternoon on Sunday, completely destroyed the C.N.R. station and freight shed at Casselman, 31 miles east of Ottawa. The loss, according to railway officials, is confined to the frame building, 60 feet by 30 feet in size and erected about 30 years ago." The cause was unknown but attributed to defective electric wiring; the tickets and safe were saved, and there was no delay in traffic. The same item reports the freight shed destroyed; filed separately on Casselman Freight Shed. | Ottawa Citizen 1937-09-13(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |