Would anyone have info on a train accident in Centreville 1934 where several young men were killed? Thank you.
You might have some luck contacting the New Brunswick Railway Museum at Hillsborough: nbrailway@nb.aibn.com Jay Underwood Elmsdale NS Coming soon: "Fleming's Army: The civil engineers who built the Intercolonial Railway" From Railfare*DC Books. Contact author for details Also from Railfare: "Ghost Tracks" supernatural stories from Nova Scotia's Railways. http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ---- comet <comsan29@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > Would anyone have info on a train accident in Centreville 1934 where several > young men were killed? Thank you. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
In a box of old family pictures, I have found three large photos of a horrific train wreck. I have no idea why my family would have them except that my uncle, Hazen Laverty (1894-1986), was a travelling engineer for the CPR. He lived in Brownville Jct. ME and travelled throughout NB in the 1930s and thereafter. Picture #1 shows two smashed engines with a freight car marked Canadian Pacific in the background. Picture #2 shows piles of debris and an engine marked 3546. There is a huge church in the background. Picture #3 shows a man standing on the wreckage and a crane attached to a large item marked Canadian Pacific. There is a crowd of onlookers and what I think are three cabooses beyond the wreckage. As Jay suggested I forwarded this info to the NB Railway museum and also to the CPR archives at archives@cpr.ca I doubt if this is the Centreville accident as there is a huge church in the background (looks like a cathedral). I have scanned the photos and will forward if there is any interest. Dawn Laverty Matheson Belleville ON ----- Original Message ----- From: "comet" <comsan29@nbnet.nb.ca> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 8:38 AM Subject: [ NB ] Train accident > Would anyone have info on a train accident in Centreville 1934 where > several > young men were killed? Thank you. >
Thank you but I think this crash involved a car and a train at a level crossing in Centreville, Carleton Co, NB. Will check the cpr archives. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Matheson" <laverty@kos.net> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Train accident > In a box of old family pictures, I have found three large photos of a > horrific train wreck. I have no idea why my family would have them except > that my uncle, Hazen Laverty (1894-1986), was a travelling engineer for > the > CPR. He lived in Brownville Jct. ME and travelled throughout NB in the > 1930s and thereafter. > > Picture #1 shows two smashed engines with a freight car marked Canadian > Pacific in the background. > Picture #2 shows piles of debris and an engine marked 3546. There is a > huge > church in the background. > Picture #3 shows a man standing on the wreckage and a crane attached to a > large item marked Canadian Pacific. There is a crowd of onlookers and > what > I think are three cabooses beyond the wreckage. > > As Jay suggested I forwarded this info to the NB Railway museum and also > to > the CPR archives at > archives@cpr.ca > > I doubt if this is the Centreville accident as there is a huge church in > the > background (looks like a cathedral). I have scanned the photos and will > forward if there is any interest. > > > Dawn Laverty Matheson > Belleville ON > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "comet" <comsan29@nbnet.nb.ca> > To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 8:38 AM > Subject: [ NB ] Train accident > > >> Would anyone have info on a train accident in Centreville 1934 where >> several >> young men were killed? Thank you. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message