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CPR passenger train wreckage in Ontario

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45211
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many w…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-097
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many wounded was Burnaby school teacher; sculpture and painter Jack Hardman.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Transportation - Rail
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Hardman, Jack
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
United Press International (UPI) Radio Telephoto
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Linking the Atlantic to the Pacific, ocean to ocean : Montreal greets Vancouver, 23rd May, 1887

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7457
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Matthews, J. S. (James Skitt), 1878-1970
Vancouver City Archives
Edition
3rd ed.
Publication Date
1968
Call Number
385.1 VAN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
385.1 VAN
Edition
3rd ed.
Author
Matthews, J. S. (James Skitt), 1878-1970
Vancouver City Archives
Place of Publication
Vancouver, B.C.
Publisher
Vancouver City Archives
Publication Date
1968
Printer
Brock Webber Printing Co. Ltd.
Physical Description
36 p. : ill, maps ; 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Vancouver (B.C.)--History
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Notes
Author's full name and dates: James Skitt Matthews, 1878-1970.
"With the compliments of the Trustees and Governors, City Archives, Vancouver." -- cover
"The first Trans-Canada train, Montreal to Vancouver..." -- p. 1
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