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=Lower Truro, Nova Scotia= | =Lower Truro, Nova Scotia= | ||
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| + | [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 53.04 | ||
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| + | Next Station West: [[Truro]] | ||
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| + | Next Station East: [[Clifton]] | ||
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| + | *[[Lower Truro Station]] | ||
Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive [[DAR0026|No. 26]] with [[DAR0027|No. 27]] were in a double headed freight from [[Truro]] and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped.(1) | Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive [[DAR0026|No. 26]] with [[DAR0027|No. 27]] were in a double headed freight from [[Truro]] and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped.(1) | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 9 January 2013
Lower Truro, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Truro, Mile 53.04
Next Station West: Truro
Next Station East: Clifton
Facilities & Features
Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive No. 26 with No. 27 were in a double headed freight from Truro and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped.(1)
Gallery
A double header wreck in 1920 at Lower Truro involving No. 26 and No, 27.
A double header wreck in 1920 at Lower Truro involving No. 26 and No, 27.
References and Footnotes
(1) J.B. King "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", Halifax Chronicle Herald
