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==Description & History== | ==Description & History== | ||
| − | Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] snowplow extra derailed one mile east of Wilmot Station. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.<ref>[[Halifax-Herald - 1894-01-15 - WAR Crash On Bridge|Special Dispatch to the Halifax Herald. "Crashed Though A Bridge Fatal Accident on The W.& A. Railway" ''The Halifax Herald'' 1894 January 15]]</ref> | + | Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] snowplow extra derailed one mile east of [[Wilmot Station]]. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.<ref>[[Halifax-Herald - 1894-01-15 - WAR Crash On Bridge|Special Dispatch to the Halifax Herald. "Crashed Though A Bridge Fatal Accident on The W.& A. Railway" ''The Halifax Herald'' 1894 January 15]]</ref> |
==Operations & Orders== | ==Operations & Orders== | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 23 February 2015
Wilmot, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 27.1
Facilities & Features
Commerce & Industry
- England's Furniture
- Frenchies
Description & History
Wilmot was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on the DAR. On January 14, 1894, a Windsor & Annapolis Railway snowplow extra derailed one mile east of Wilmot Station. The locomotive fell through the bridge at Gibbon's Brook killing both the engineer and fireman.[1]
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Oregon Northwestern boxcar for England's Furniture in Wilmot.
Wilmot to Kingston
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
References
