Local Railway Items from Area Papers - 1968

10/01/1968 Ottawa Citizen Lachute Hull Montclair Blvd Hull youth slides car into train A Hull teenager escaped with minor injuries early today when his car skidded into a freight train at a level crossing.. Police report Maurice Cadieux, 18, of 257 Gamelin Blvd., was driving east on Montclair Boulevard at 12.35 a.m. when his car slid into a freight train proceeding north at the crossing. Cadieux suffered facial cuts. He was treated and released from Sacred Heart Hospital. Damage to his car was estimated at $1,000. 15/02/1968 Ottawa Citizen Montreal and Ottawa Interprovincial Bridge The dismantling of the railway bridges on the CNR [sic] line running north from the Interprovincial Bridge is expected to begin within a few days 19/02/1968 Ottawa Citizen Lachute Montee Paiment Train hits auto Gatineau couple in narrow escape A Gatineau couple's split second escape from being run over by a train Saturday afternoon has police investigating the possibility that signals failed to work properly. "The signals weren't working," said Julien Gauthier, 39. of 572 Main St., Gatineau. His small. German-made station wagon was ripped apart by a Montreal- bound CPR passenger train. He and his wife Agnes, about 36, were treated for shock and allowed to go home. Blowing snow obscured visibility when the acccident occurred about 3.15 p.m. Saturday. Mr. Gauthier said his station wagon was upon the level crossing when he noticed the train approach. About one and a half feet of snow was on the crossing and "the wheels were spinning in it." "There was nothing to do but jump out at the last second." said Mr. Gauthier. "The car bounced right over, or around, my wife. It's a miracle she wasn't crushed." "Very lucky" "They were very lucky," said Gatineau police. The mangled vehicle, its engine torn out, was dragged about 100 feet. The train stopped about 500 feet down the track and backed up. The car was going north on Montee Paiment as the Gauthiers returned from shopping. Police said the train sounded its whistle as it approached the crossing. Mr. Gauthier could not make it across in time. Checking lights Witnesses' accounts varied somewhat in their statements about signal lights, police said. A Canadian Pacific Railway spokesman said a report would be made in a day or two. but that any signal lights there would have been working. Possibly the lights were slow coming on, said police or Mr. Gauthier did not notice them in time, visibility being limited to about 200 feet by blowing snow. Police checked the signal lights about 9 p.m. Saturday and found them working satisfactorily. Investigation was by Constable Roger Aubry of the Gatineau Police Department. 18/03/1968 Ottawa Citizen Smiths Falls Woman dies following auto crash SMITH'S FALLS (Staff) A 51-year-old woman was killed Saturday afternoon when her car was involved in a collision at a level crossing near here. Dead is Eva Adeline Rogers, member of a Lombardy farming family. Corporal A. J. Roberts, of Ontario Provincial Police in Westport, said Miss Rogers was alone in the car when it reached a level crossing nine miles south of Smith's Falls. The car came into collision with a slow-moving Canadian National Railways freight train bound from Ottawa for Belleville, and was carried 50 feet down the track. It was left a tangled wreck 27/03/1968 Ottawa Citizen Beachburg Walkley Road Photo Auto hurtled off bridge Car rests on shoreline after plunging 20 feet from bridge Girl dies, mother injured when car struck by train By Dave Smithers Cltlien staff writer A 2 1/2 year-old Ottawa girl was killed and her mother injured late Tuesday afternoon when their car was struck by a passenger train at a Walkley Road level crossing. Dead is Andrea Louise Traversy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Traversy of 2636 Colman St. There are five other children in the family. Her mother. Mr. Netta Traversy, 44. driver of the car, is in good condition at Riverside Hospital with shoulder injuries. Short skid marks led to the crossing between McCarthy Road and Riverside Drive on Walkley Road where the eastbound car was hit by the southbound Canadian Pacific Railway's Canadian about 4.40 p.m. The car was dragged 675 feet by the train. The Canadian was just 15 minutes out of Ottawa station when the accident occurred. The child was thrown from the car on impact. Her body was found 100 feet from the crossing in the ditch beside the tracks. Mrs. Traversy was still in the car when police arrived. The CPR train was driven by Andre Labre, 55. of 25 Wright St.. Hull, who said that he was travelling at 40 miles an hour in 45 m.p.h. zone. CPR officials, who arrived shortly after the accident, said the red signal lights at the crossing were in working order. The lights were activated when another train came through the crossing shortly after 5.30 p.m. after the car wreckage had been cleared and the Canadian moved. An eye-witness, Ian Roy, 13. of 655 Farmington Ave., said he was walking home along the side of the tracks when he "heard an awful crash." "I turned around and saw the car being shoved along the tracks in front of the train." he said. He estimated the speed of the train at 45 m.p.h. when he first saw it. Area residents said that was an average speed for trains at that crossing. Other witnesses said it appeared the car stalled on the tracks as the train approached. The accident held up homeward bound traffic for almost an hour.

April-06-20 Colin J. Churcher © Page 1 of 6 04/05/1968 Ottawa Citizen Alexandria Faster trips on CN service Faster train schedules and an extra round trip in the Ottawa Montreal service are features in the summer schedule which became effective April 28 according to the Canadian National Railways. The extra round trip will commence June 14 to facilitate those wishing to visit "Man and His World" in Montreal. On weekdays, a total of six round trips will be available in the Ottawa - Montreal service, and three between Ottawa and Toronto. Special fares were recently announced by the CN for families travelling together; for young Canadians and for businessmen travelling re-peatedly between two points. 09/05/1968 Ottawa Journal Belleville Perth Soon to be closed Perth. The CPR station at Perth will soon become a deserted landmark The station agent there, Dalton Campbell, was advised this week by W.J. Bowles, general manager of Canadian Pacific Railway, that it is the company's intention to close the Perth station. Several other stations in the Trenton division are scheduled for closing. The earliest closing date was set for July 28. The present station staff including the express service is five. The pickup and express delivery will be handled out of Smiths Falls when the Perth station closes. Telegrams will be handled through the Kingston office. It is expected that the CPR will inform the public in more detail as to the new setup in services. The last two passenger trains to stop at Perth were discontinued Jan. 24, 1966. In the 1930's 14 passenger trains came through Perth each day. Marathon Realty, a section of CPR, notified Perth town council that it would co-operate in leasing a 3 1/2 acre section of land at the station for an industry. Any construction on the property would have to be on a longer term lease. 02/06/1968 Ottawa Citizen Prescott 2 escape serious injury when car hit by train Two women are in hospital with relatively minor but "painful" injuries following a car-train collision Friday night. Mrs. Andree Scullion, 24 of 840 Springland Dr., and Mrs. Geraldine Cogswell, 33, of 52 Second Ave., are in satisfactory condition at the Civic Hospital. Mrs. Scullion is suffering from a fractured jaw and lacerations and Mrs. Cogswell from, lacerations and shock. At 11 p.m., Mrs. Scullion turned the car off Bronson Avenue on to Heron Road going west just seconds before a Canadian Pacific train was to pass the crossing 100 yards away from the intersection. One of the six-man crew that was handling the train composed of three empty boxcars and a diesel engine, said he saw the car turn the corner and approach the railway crossing. He said he thought the car was going to stop. It didn't. The train slammed into the right side of the car close to the front wheel. The car was carried about 75 feet before the southbound train came to a halt. Police said the car was a total wreck. 21/06/1968 Ottawa Citizen Beachburg Jury rules death car had mechanical defects. A car-train accident March 26 on the controversial Beachburg Line in which a little girl was killed has prompted a plea for regular mechanical inspection of rented automobiles. A coroner's jury made the recommendation after hearing evidence that a rented car driven by Mrs. Raymond Traversy, 2636 Coleman Ave., stalled on railway tracks crossing Walkley Road and was struck by a southbound train. Andrea Traversy, 2, was thrown from the car by the impact and died instantly of multiple injuries. Witnesses said Mrs. Traversy appeared to have trouble with the car in a shopping centre near the railway crossing several minutes before the 4.30 p.m.accident. David Cox of 995 Walkley Rd. said he was standing in the Riverside Shopping Centre when he first noticed the woman. Troubles noted "She seemed to be having trouble starting the car and then, when she did get it going, she couldn't get it up a small hill. She stalled it in the intersection, too." Andre Labre of 25 Wright St.,- Hull, engineer on the eight-car Canadian National . passenger train out of Ottawa, said he saw the car approaching the crossing as the train came- out of a curve. "I saw the car coming slowly and stop right on the tracks," he said. "I put the emergency brake on and we hit it." The train carried the car more than 800 feet down the tracks before coming to a stop. Mrs. Traversy was pulled from the wrecked car, by the train crew. Her child had been thrown from the vehicle on impact. Raymond Traversy, father of the dead child, said he had leased the car from Argus Rent-A-Car, 300 Richmond Rd., and experienced some difficulty driving it. "I had a little trouble getting used to the automatic stick shift on the floor," he said. "Also, I noticed I had to put more pressure on the brakes than normal." Police examined the car after the accident and found bald spots on the tires and evidence that the carburetor had been overhauled. The jury ruled that the rented car was not in good mechanical condition and recommended that a law be enacted requiring mechanical inspection of rented cars before leasing. It recommended reduction of the train's speed limit, now 45 miles per hour where the accident occurred, to 20 mph in city limits. 22/06/1968 Ottawa Citizen Renfrew Barrys Bay Train kills district man BARRYS BAY (Special) A local man was killed when he was struck by a freight train a quarter-mile east of a level crossing at 5.25 p.m. Friday. Stanley Mintha, 70, is believed to have been walking-at the time of the accident, which occurred one mile west of Barrys Bay. There were no witnesses. 29/06/1968 Ottawa Citizen Prescott Heron Road 2 escape serious injury when car hit by train Two women are in hospital with relatively minor but "painful" injuries following a car-train collision Friday night. Mrs. Andree Scullion, 24 of 840 Springland Dr., and Mrs. Geraldine Cogswell, 33, of 52 Second Ave., are in satisfactory condition at the Civic Hospital. Mrs. Scullion is suffering from a fractured jaw and lacerations and Mrs. Cogswell from, lacerations and shock. At 11 p.m., Mrs. Scullion turned the car off Bronson Avenue on to Heron Road going west just seconds before a Canadian Pacific train was to pass the crossing 100 yards away from the intersection. One of the six-man crew that was handling the train composed of three empty boxcars and a diesel engine, said he saw the car turn the corner and approach the railway crossing. He said he thought the car was going to stop. It didn't. The train slammed into the right side of the car close to the front wheel. The car was carried about 75 feet before the southbound train came to a halt. Police said the car was a total wreck.

April-06-20 Colin J. Churcher © Page 2 of 6 18/07/1968 Eganville Leader Eganville Eganville The End of Steel For Herman Scheer Coincidental with the closing of the Eganville Section of the C.P.R., Mr. Herman Scheer, the last man to hold the post of foreman, also closed out his career and he is pictured above as he pulls into the station with the "speeder" to be warmly hosted by fellow C.P.R. employees and also to be presented with a purse of money on their behalf by Mr. Deb. Rose, of Haley's, Ont. Mr. Scheer began his railroad career in 1926, under the fore-manship of the late Ira Whalen, who prided himself on being able to accomplish a great deal without too much exertion. Most of Herman's time was spent in Eganville, with the exception of five years in Douglas, and short stints at Chalk River, Meath, Renfrew and Pembroke. Mr. Scheer recalls that $2.00 a day was the going wage when he started but the daily rate was $21.21 when he wrapped up the job in April. The other steady man on the Eganville Section, Mr. Reinhold Lemke, has been absorbed by the Renfrew Section, which has a greatly enlarged beat. 03/08/1968 Ottawa Journal Hull Electric Aylmer, Queens Park A Trip to Queens Park on the Open Streetcar. A Flashback By Claire Mitchell

"Taking the street car" in Ottawa in the year 1910 was not a daily habit with us. It was only on special occasions that we could enjoy this luxury and the trip to Queen's Park was such an occasion. Queen's Park, or Victoria Park as it was sometimes called, was situated on the Ottawa River a few miles west of Aylmer, Que., and was, for many years, an exciting place to go for a day's outing with the family. Besides the zoo — which consisted of a huge black bear, a deer and fawn, a fox, raccoons and ducks and geese —there was a picnic area in a picturesque grove, a “shoot-the-chute" ride at the pier, where in a wooden boat one was catapulted down the slide out onto the Ottawa River and by means of pulleys was drawn back to the starting point; a laughing house of distorting mirrors; a merry-go-round and a roller skating rink. Music for the merry-go-round and rink was supplied by a steam driven calliope. There was a bathing house with about 20 cubicles for those who wanted to go swimming. Though the shoreline was stoney, many hardy ones took advantage of the cool water. Bathing costumes in those days, especially for women, were not conducive to vigorous swimming, nor to sunbathing, since the body was covered from neck to toes, with stockings meeting the voluminous bloomers just below the knee. In the late twenties, Queen's Park was forced to close due to the popularity of the automobile which gave people greater mobility for-travelling to more distant places. But as a child in the early 1900's, the street car was the only means of transportation for most people, and the only way to get to Queen's Park. * *.* It was on a beautiful midsummer morning in 1910 with the sun a burnished orange in the sky giving promise of a hot day, that we waited impatiently for the streetcar. Finally it thundered toward us and stopped with a clamor of screeching and hissing brakes. We were hurried out into the road and clambered up to the wooden seats running across the width of the car facing the front, and we had begun our two great adventures — a trip on the open electric street car and a visit to the zoo. The conductor, who walked along a narrow running-board platform the length of the car, waited until everyone was seated, then pulled a cord above him which made a tinkling sound at the front where the motorman stood doing strange things with a large handle in front of him and with a "clang, clanging" noise we were on our way. He turned the handle round and round, back and forth, to regulate the speed of the car. * * * We watched fascinated as the conductor walked along his narrow platform, swaying to the movement of the car, holding on to poles at the end of each row of seats. He held out a metal box to each passenger and a nickle was pushed into a slot at the top, falling with a little clink to the bottom. Arriving at Major's Hill Park, where the Chateau Laurier was under construction, opening two years later in April, 1912, we descended a long flight of wooden stairs, which led down to the Hull Electric Railway terminus on the same level of the railway tracks. We then proceeded via the Royal Alexandra (Inter-provincial) Bridge, through Hull and westward beside the CPR tracks to Queen's Park. Though the day was hot, there was a lovely breeze through the open car as we clipped and swayed along at the fantastic rate of 15 to 20 miles an hour. * * * At last we arrived at the Park, with its gay sounds of music and shouts of children. Our first stop was in front of the cages where strange animals' paced back and forth. The great black bear, as he paced up and down behind the bars of has special cage, held most of our attention. But even the smaller animals, to a city bred child, were exciting and fascinating. The older Children were allowed on the thrilling shoot-the-chute ride but we smaller siblings were content with the merry-go-round. Then we were rounded up for our lunch of sandwiches, cookies and oranges in the picnic grove. We washed at the old pump that spewed out ice cold water, which we drank with relish- from a metal cup chained to the pump. Later in the afternoon we had ice cream from a concession at the Park. Then all too soon, the thrilling day was ended and we headed for the terminal. As the streetcar approached we could see the motorman as he turned the handle back and forth until this great monster once again stopped beside us. * * * As we jogged along the metal tracks, rumblings of thunder could be heard in the distance and clumps of black clouds tore across the sky. Then the thunder became louder and the breeze had turned into a strong wind. The lightning was great gashes of white flame in the sky followed by crackling thunder. The conductor was trying to pull down the side-curtains, but .gusts of wind ripped them out of his hands. Then with the help of some of the passengers, curtains on both sides were securely fastened which gave the feeling of being trapped in a dim floating, windowless room, which soon became hot and close. Slashing sheets of rain beat against the curtains and a hubbub of voices and cries of frightened children was heard over the crashing of thunder and howling of the wind as it tried to tear loose the flapping side curtains. Then suddenly, there was silence. The curtains stopped flapping, the thunder stopped roaring and even the gloom in the car seemed to be lessened. The conductor rolled up the curtains and once again we could look out. The sky was miraculously clear with the sun shining brightly. When we reached home, our tears and fears of the storm were forgotten, as we recounted the experiences of our day at Queen's Park. 31/08/1968 Ottawa Citizen Lachute Girl rescued after fall into deep railway cut. Ottawa police and fire departments, Exclusive Ambulance and a Canadian Pacific Railway train crew combined to rescue an 11-year-old girl who fell into a 40- foot deep railway cut Friday. Francis Tanner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tanner, of 1046 Fisher Ave., is in good condition in Civic Hospital with a fractured leg and cuts to her body. She and two friends, Douglas Ward, 13, son of James W. Ward, of 1070 Bakervale Dr., and Peter Charles, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A H. Charles, of 1052 Fisher Ave., were playing on the right of way near the Prince of Wales Bridge across the Ottawa River about 5 p.m. The trio started to climb down into the cut. When they were about half-way down, the young girl lost her grip on the rock wall and fell down beside the railway tracks. Her friends sought help and four police officers, an ambulance and two fire department ladder trucks sped to the scene. As plans were being made to lift the girl out of the cut, a train arrived. The girl was put on it and carried out to Carletton University where the tracks reach surface level. There she was transferred to the ambulance and taken to Civic Hospital.

April-06-20 Colin J. Churcher © Page 3 of 6 20/09/1968 Ottawa Citizen Alexandria Casselman Man killed in accident with train CASSELMAN (Special) An 85-year-old Casselman man was struck and killed by a train at a railway crossing here Thursday afternoon. Hector Bray was hit by an Ottawa-bound Canadian National Railways passenger train as he was walking across the Cartier Street tracks at 1.50 p.m. The engineer was Lloyd Henderson, 51, of 2160 Elmira Dr., Ottawa. Ontario Provincial Police Constable Larry Clement said Mr. Bray was returning home after visiting friends when the accident occurred. 28/09/1968 Ottawa Citizen Waltham Tvo injured when auto hit hy train A Lucerne man and his daughter are in satisfactory condition in Hull Sacred Heart Hospital after their car was rammed by a westbound train near their home Friday. Albert Latour, 57, of Lucerne Boulevard, and his daughter Dianne, 20, were taken to the hospital with internal injuries after the 1.15 p.m. accident. Police said their car was crossing railway tracks on a private driveway leading from their home to Lower Road when it was hit by a train travelling about 20 miles per hour. 01/10/1968 Ottawa Citizen Kingston (CN) Cornwall Friend's shout fails to save man from train CORNWALL (Special) George McCallum, 82, of Lancaster did not hear the shouts of a friend Monday afternoon and was killed when he walked into the path of a commuter train. The accident occurred across from his home on Highway 34, not far from where his son was killed 20 years ago and where his wife was seriously injured last June in car accidents. Mrs. Margaret McCallum, 69, was still in Cornwall General Hospital recovering from leg and arm fractures when she heard of her husband's death. A signal light was working and a gate was down blocking the other side of the tracks. Train engineer Jack Pumple of Lachine, Que, said the bodv was carried about 130 feet and he was unable to stop he train until another mile had been covered. 12/10/1968 Ottawa Journal Winchester Smiths Falls Rail Welding The finished product 1,440-foot lengths of tracks roll off the assembly line onto a string of 30 flatcars and into their "pigeon-holes" for transportation. Trains of 30 flatcars are leaving Smiths Falls regularly regularly now. SMITHS FALLS The familiar clickety - clack of train wheels a sound that lulled many a railroad passenger to sleep will soon be just a, memory. A Canadian Pacific Railway crew from Winnipeg has moved into Smiths Falls and is now producing and shipping from here an entirely, new process of railway tracks in which the conventional 39-foot track lengths are welded into a single piece of track 1,440 feet long. The company's new welding railway plant will mean a substantial difference In the ride or trains in the future-like a car when it comes off a gravel road onto a paved highway. Forty strings of the 1,440 foot rails are now leavling Smiths Falls regularly on trains comprising 30 flatcars. These kind of track will eventually replace all the CPR's old tracks. It takes an hour and 48 minutes for one string to roll off the assembly line, and when in full production the plant will turn out 5.6 track miles or 11.2 miles of rail per week. The "portable" plant is made up of four diesel units that have been stripped of all their original equipment. The long-range plan of producing the tracks is being headed here by M. S. Wakely, assistant assistant engineer of tracks and G. I. Pollock, superintendent of the plant. The process works this way: unit one is the polishing car. Conventional rails are brought in and polished to insure proper welding contact. Unit two is the welder and stripper. The rails are welded and butted together under 60 tons of pressure. Surplus metal goes to the stripper within 20 seconds to maintain the contour of the rail. Unit three is where the grinding and inspection takes place. Here the rail goes into a grinder to make sure the base and edge of the rail are in proper contour. The new extra - long rails are pushed out onto trains made up of 30 flatcars, in lengths of 1,440 feet. The flatcars are designed to hold the rails loosely in what are known as pigeonholes so that the train can move freely around curves. Three feet of the track is lost in the welding process. The fourth unit is a power car which produces all the power for the entire operation. operation. Glen Pollock, plant superintendent, explained that allowance for winter-to-summer expansion is provided for by a 36-foot rail installed between each 1440-foot one. 28/10/1968 Ottawa Citizen Alexandria Casselman Youth jumps before train smashes car CASSELMAN (Special) A youth escaped injury when he jumped from his stalled car seconds before it was demolished by a freight train here. Police say Marcel Quesnel, 19, of Casselman was southbound in a 1965-model car on Donald Street Friday night when it stalled on a Canadian National Railway crossing. The youth saw a westbound , train coming and jumped from his car. It was thrown 50 feet. Damage to the train was slight. 08/11/1968 Ottawa Citizen Alexandria Vars Santa flies in Saturday With snow in short supply down south, Santa Clause [sic] is exchanging his reindeer for a helicopter Saturday to visit Ottawa. He will land at Vars from the North Pole to be greeted by 2,000 children and adults. Then he will board the 19-car CNR train to mingle with the children on the return trip: tickets for the Ottawa-Vars return ride were handed out at the Freiman's downtown store last Saturday. At Ottawa Union Station, Ald. Harold Waddell will welcome Santa on behalf of the city at 10.45 a.m. Santa will then be featured in a gay parade downtown to Freiman's store. Taking part will be the Governor General's Footguards' Band, baton twirling majorettes, clowns, fairyland personalities and many of the children's favorite animal friends. The parade will start at 11.35 a.m. from the corner of Daly and Nichlas Streets travel down Nicholas to Rideau and along Rideau to Freiman's 09/11/1968 Ottawa Citizen Beachburg Cedarview Road Two brothers die as train crushes jeep Two brothers died of multiple injuries Friday when the jeep they were riding was smashed to pieces by a train at the intersection of the Base Line and Cedarview Roads about 1.20 p.m. Killed were the driver, 24-year-old Royal Ernest Montpetit, married with two children, of 740 Springland Dr., and his brother, Maurice, 16, who was living with their mother, Mrs. Rose Montpetit, 2045 Base Line Rd. The eastbound train blew its whistle before reaching the crossing, report Nepean Township Police. The speed limit for trains there is 60 miles an hour. Police said the red signal lights were flashing and the warning bell ringing at the crossing when the jeep entered it. The jeep disintegrated along the north side of the track. "There's nothing left of it," said police. "Parts of it are spread all over the place." The locomotive, driven by Robert Whitmore, 658 Somerset St. West, was not damaged.

April-06-20 Colin J. Churcher © Page 4 of 6 23/11/1968 Ottawa Citizen Alexandria NCC cleaning up old bridge sites. The abandoned truss bridge on the Rideau River just sough of the Queensway is ugly and dangerous. The three 150-foot long sections obviously were designed for efficiency, not beauty. the big triangulated beams might be acceptable in a hidden spot in an industrial area, but certainly not beside a major access road to the capital and in an area which is being rapidly upgraded. Besides that, old abandoned bridges of this type are an open invitation to exploring children. Thus the decision of the NCC to demolish the old relic should be greeted with enthusiasm. It has served its purpose - from the days when the old Montreal-Ottawa railway line crossed it until a few years ago when the railway tracks in the area were phased out. Demolition was slated to start on Wednesday. And it should be interesting to watch because the bridge presents probems not faced in similar demolition jobs on the Rideau River. Before, it was possible simply to knock the bridge into the river, then pull out the bits and pieces with a crane. But the water is too deep in this particular spot to try this - which means the demolition crews are going to have to either build a pontoon rig underneath or a bailey bridge beside it to get it down. To the NCC this is simply part of a clean-up job on railway bridge sites. One other bridge on the Rideau River in the Mann Ave. area has already come down, as has the bridge on the Rideau Canal at the end of Dows Lake. 28/11/1968 Ottawa Citizen Chalk River Pembroke Child killed, mother injured in collision of car and train PEMBROKE (Special) - a five year-old child was killed and her mother injured ub a car-train collision one mile east of Pembroke Wednesday morning. Penny Anderson, daughter of Mrs. Eileen Anderson, 30, of Pembroke, was pronounced dead on arrival at Pembroke Cottage Hospital. Mrs. Anderson was transferred to the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she is in fair condition with fractured hips and lacerations. The Anderson vehicle was struck at 9 a.m. by an eastbound Canadian Pacific Railway train at a level crossing leading to Cedar Beach. The car was travelling south and appeared to have been hit broadside on the right-front portion. It was thrown 100 yards and demolished by the 92-car freight. The train's engineer was Wilfred Hogan and the conductor was John L. Smith, both of Smiths Falls. Police said visibility was good at the time. Constable George Grant of Pembroke Ontario Provincial detachment is investigating the accident. 30/11/1968 Ottawa Citizen Smiths Falls Ottawa's trail of hooliganism TORONTO Grey Cup fever among Ottawa fans aboard CN trains bound for Toronto last night developed into a massive epidemic of hooliganism. "There's never been anything like it," said the conductor of the late train. "About five per cent make it rough for the rest, ruin it for everybody else." A pregnant girl had to be taken off at Brockville. Students and young adults clogged up the centre cars of the train, producing a shambles of sights, bottle-breaking, pub-singing and go-go dancing. Several times- three times between Ottawa and Smiths Falls alone - jokers pulled the emergency cord. Such stops for a train barrelling along at 75 to 80 miles per hour are "like hitting a brick wall," said a train official. One sudden stop broke a pull bar, forcing CN to disconnect one passenger car. "Lunacy, sheer lunacy!" said a train official. "It wouldn't be so bad if they were alone in an automobile but there's 900 people in that train." Sudden braking throws passengers around and could derail or jack-knife fast-moving cars, the official added. When an emergency cord is pulled the brakes clamp on every wheel. It takes 25 minutes each time to restore air pressure in the brakes. "If I had known it would be like that I d've stayed at home," said train conductor Les Lee, a 63-year-old resident of Burlington, Ont. "I don't want another like that," added the trainman with 42 years' experience. Real smashup "I thought one guy was going to lose an eye over it. There's smashed bottles, broken windows and beer cans all over. "It's just some punks. We got six off at Oshawa. We couldn't find the others. They locked themselves up somewhere. 'Fighting! Some wanted to fight everyone on the train. "You asked them to keep the booze out of sight and they just say 'go to hell!" "We tried our best to let them have their fun, but the more you let them go, the more they wanted." Passengers were shuddering. "It was murder no heat for half of it, from Smiths Falls up," said Joan Ward, 2112 East Acres St. "We had to wait three hours at Kingston," added student Peter Call of 674 Portage St. CN Police reportedly removed three rowdies at Smiths Falls. A tearful woman, when asked about the afternoon trip, opened her mouth. A front tooth had been knocked clean out. A CN policeman got a beer shower when he tried to discipline some youths at the Brockville stop. "What amazes me," said a fellow cop, "is that these are supposed to be decent, respectable people." 06/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Beachburg Bells Corners Half-million subsidy for rail bridge The proposed $871,000 railway bridge over Highway 7 and 15 just north of Bells Corners has been taken another step to ward reality with the Canadian Transportation Commission's announcement of, a $500,000 subsidy. Plans for the grade separation began in 1965 and suffered setbacks in tangles between various official bodies, including Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, Nepean Township, Ontario Highways department and the transportation commission's railway committee. Construction will begin some time in 1969, Walter Wigle, program engineer with the highways department, said Thursday. Construction is expected to take between 21 and 27 months. "There have been considerable problems in co-ordinating the project," said Mr. Wigle. "There are still a few engineering problems to be solved." Decision reversed A major hangup was the reversal of the earlier decision, backed by Nepean, the railways and highways department, to build a second grade separation at the Cedarview Road, just east of the highway crossing. Two nunters were Milled at the Cedarview crossing recently when their vehicle was smashed by a train. The main railway bridge will be built just past Ottawa city limits, immediately south of Base line Road. It is expected to be similar to the CPR bridge over the same highway just west of Bells Corners. It was the Canadian Transportation Commission's railway committee which decided against the Cedarview railway bridge. The decision was reached after an inspection of the crossing a year ago indicated traffic was too light to warrant construction of the grade separation. An alternative possibility is that Nepean would close off Cedarview and require motorists to use service roads to go around via the Highway 7 underpass or Woodroffe Avenue.

April-06-20 Colin J. Churcher © Page 5 of 6 06/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Beachburg Bells Corners Half-million subsidy for rail bridge The proposed $871,000 railway bridge over Highway 7 and 15 just north of Bells Corners has been taken another step to ward reality with the Canadian Transportation Commission's announcement of a $500,000 subsidy. Plans for the grade separation began in 1965 and suffered setbacks in tangles between various official bodies, including Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, Nepean Township, Ontario Highways department and the transportation commission's railway committee. Construction will begin some time in 1969, Walter Wigle, program engineer with the highways department, said Thursday. Construction is expected to take between 21 and 27 months. "There have been considerable problems in co-ordinating the project," said Mr. Wigle. "There are still a few engineering problems to be solved." Decision reversed A major hangup was the reversal of the earlier decision, backed by Nepean, the railways and highways department, to build a second grade separation at the Cedarview Road, just east of the highway crossing. Two nunters were killed at the Cedarview crossing recently when their vehicle was smashed by a train. The main railway bridge will be built just past Ottawa city limits, immediately south of Baseline Road. It is expected to be similar to the CPR bridge over the same highway just west of Bells Corners. It was the Canadian Transportation Commission's railway committee which decided against the Cedarview railway bridge. The decision was reached after an inspection of the crossing a year ago indicated traffic was too light to warrant construction of the grade separation. An alternative possibility is that Nepean would close off Cedarview and require motorists to use service roads to go around via the Highway 7 underpass or Woodroffe Avenue. 09/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Alexandria National Capital Commission Removal and disposal f concrete abutments and piers from two abandoned railway bridges over the Rideau River in the Hurdman Bridge area. 09/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Montreal and Ottawa National Capital Commission Removal and disposal of concrete railway bridge abutments from Laurier Avenue to St. Etienne Street, Hull, Quebec. Request for tenders. 19/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Lachute Gatineau Man killed when train hits car A Papineauville man was killed instantly Wednesday when his car was rammed by a west-bound Canadian Pacific freight train at a level crossing in Gatineau. Dead is Charles Gaulii, 62. A passenger in his car, Yvon Daignault, 35, also of Papineauville, is listed in serious condition with multiple injuries in Ottawa General Hospital. Police say the accident occurred about 1.15 p.m. Wednesday after the Gaulin-car turned north from Maloney to Paiement Boulevard. The tracks are about 25 feet north of the intersection. Police, who estimated the speed of the train at about 30 miles per hour, said warning flashing lights at the crossing were working at the time of the accident. The car, which was demolished, was thrown 127 feet by the impact. 20/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Montreal and Ottawa Anderson Road Train hits truck, man injured A Hull man is in hospital after a mid-morning collision with a train threw him out of the truck he was driving for the National Capital Commission. Gerard Duguay, 43, of 138 St. Jacques St., was in satisfactory condition in St. Louis Marie de Montfort Hospital. The truck was hit by a west-bound, six-car Canadian Pacific passenger train at the crossing over Anderson Road, half a mile south of the Cyrville Road. Gloucester Police Department was investigating. 21/12/1968 Ottawa Citizen Chalk River Pembroke Train demolioshes car - driver slightly hurt PEMBROKE (Special) A Pembroke man escaped with minor injuries early this morning when his car was struck by a CPR freight train on a Rankin Street level crossing. Michael Hodgins, 25, of 850 Moffat St., managed to get out of the vehicle which had stalled on the tracks, but was hit when the rear of the car swung around on impact. He will undergo x-rays for possible chest injuries this afternoon. Mr. Hodgins was not admitted to hospital. The vehicle, which was thrown about 200 feet on impact, was demolished. The westbound train required minor repairs to the front of the engine and was held up three hours. Hubert Macdonald, 55, of Smiths Falls was the engineer. No traffic had to be rerouted at the accident scene, just outside the eastern town limit shortly after midnight.

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