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Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19550
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.257
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.258
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-14
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19552
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.259
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19553
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.260
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men looking on damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men looking on damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.261
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19555
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done to the Britannia mill building and conveyor due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19556
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men standing alongside track that was damaged due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope of the Britannia Beach mine hitting the mill conveyor. Crichton Hawkshaw may be the man on the right.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men standing alongside track that was damaged due to an incline railway accident. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope of the Britannia Beach mine hitting the mill conveyor. Crichton Hawkshaw may be the man on the right.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.263
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
Wreck at Britannia Beach mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19557
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done railway tracks due to an incline railway accident at Britannia Beach mine. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of damage done railway tracks due to an incline railway accident at Britannia Beach mine. The accident occurred on April 6, 1939 whereby a locomotive with flat cars rushed down the slope hitting the mill conveyor.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.264
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Apr. 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on page of photograph album reads: "WRECK / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory290
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1927-1938
- Length
- 0:08:14
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Truc…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early memories of recreational activities and daily life as a young person in Burnaby (activities include swimming, skating and going to the movies). She mentions Frank Walsh's Garage and discusses photographs of Brown-John Trucking, "the blasting stump" and Burns Acreage.
- Date Range
- 1927-1938
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:08:14
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Swimming
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
![Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-001.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track four of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_4.mp3