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The Almonte train wreck of Dec. 27, 1942: Part Two In his final words to the court, jury foreman Grant Dunlop said, “We place no blame whatever on the crews of trains #550 or #2802.”
Author of the article: Jamie Bramburger
Publishing date: Dec 28, 2020 • December 28, 2020 • 8 minute read • The second of two large stones that mark the site of the Almonte train crash. This one lists the 39 people killed in the collision. The stones were placed at the site in 2000 as a memorial to the victims. Photo by Jamie Bramburger /Postmedia
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PEMBROKE The train wreck involving a troop train slamming into the back of a passenger train at Almonte on Dec. 27, 29142 made international news headlines. The Canadian Press reported on it in a special overseas newspaper for soldiers serving in Europe. While none of the soldiers on the troop train were injured, several servicemen on the passenger train were killed including two cousins from Chalk River, 2
The Almonte train wreck of Dec. 27, 1942: Part One The crash left 36 people dead that day, and three more in the days the followed. It was one of the worst train disasters in Canadian history.
Author of the article: Jamie Bramburger
Publishing date: Dec 28, 2020 • December 28, 2020 • 4 minute read • One of the two large stones that mark the site of the Almonte train crash that occurred on Dec. 27, 1942. This one tells the story of the crash, the other lists the 39 people killed in the collision. The stones were placed at the site in 2000 as a memorial to the victims. Photo by Jamie Bramburger /Postmedia
Author of the article: Jamie Bramburger
Publishing date: Dec 19, 2020 • December 19, 2020 • 5 minute read • One of the two large stones that mark the site of the Almonte train crash that occurred on Dec. 27, 1942. This one tells the story of the crash, the other lists the 39 people killed in the collision. The stones were placed at the site in 2000 as a memorial to the victims. Jamie Bramburger photo jpg, PM
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The first telegram sent to the Board of Transport Commission arrived at 2:45 a.m., some six hours after a troop train had slammed into the back of a passenger train in the town of Almonte. The message indicated that five people had been killed and 15 injured in the crash, but by the time the sun came up, the news was much worse.