Accidents and Incidents

We are trying to accumulate a list of accidents, wrecks and incidents for the D.A.R. Of most interest will be train related events but we will not rule out of fail to list anything else that might have occurred in the "line of duty" on any part or service of the D.A.R.

We also already have a gallery of photos where these events can be seen and we also have many articles that describe the events.

Chronologically

• ????, Wreck at Moschelle.
• 1894-01-14 Engineer and fireman killed in snow plow accident at Wilmot
• 1919-04-05 Locomotive No. 33 derails with a passenger train near Hantsport.
• 1920-10-12, Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident when Locomotives No. 26 and No. 27 were wrecked after striking livestock.
• 1920s or 30s, A wreck just east of Bridgetown opposite Lew Pulans (sp?) or west of Paradise depending on the version.
• 1922-05-07-0426, Annapolis Royal railyard wreck in the wee hours of the morning.
• 1923-01, Wreck at Somerset.
• 1928-06, Wreck at North Range
• 1929-07-16, Level crossing accident near Falmouth when eastbound New Yorker hit an automobile killing five members of the Wright family of Wolfville.^[1]
• 1935-07-11, At Pereau a fatal level crossing accident occurred when westbound locomotive No. 39 pulling Train No. 14 struck a car.
• 1944-08-02, Train No. 98 derailed at Mile 3 of the Yarmouth Subdivision near Clementsport.
• 1965-10-29, At Coldbrook, Dayliner No. 9058 involved in an accident with a Burro Crane.
• 1977-02, In February 1977, Dayliner No. 9049 was involved in a level crossing fatality in Windsor, killing a truck driver.^[2]
• 1982-05-30, Engine 8139 & another SW1200 derailed due to track issues in Mantua. Train heading West back to Windsor from Truro

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