Accidents & Disasters

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Accidents & Disasters

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Newspaper photo of the "Windoc" after it colled with the Allanburg bridge
Tugs and a barge manoeuver the listing Windoc a short distance along the Welland Canal Monday to a tieup ... Lock 7 in Thorold.

Train accident
Train accident on the Welland Canal - 1872 M. C. R. (Michigan Central Railroad)

A fatal accident on the Canada Southern Railway
The photograph is a print of a sketch of the locomotive that was involved in a fatal accident in Wainfleet in 1876, drawn by Robert Minor possibly in 1983. The second image is a copy of the newspaper report of 1876 which describes, in full detail,…

Windoc burning
The Windoc still burns a full day after striking the Allanburg Bridge.

Chaos on the canal
Ship on fire after collision with Allanburg bridge

Port Robinson Bridge Disaster, Port Robinson, ON
Port Robinson Bridge, 1974/08/25

Port Robinson Bridge Disaster, Port Robinson, ON
Port Robinson Bridge Disaster, Port Robinson, ON

Port Robinson Bridge Disaster, Port Robinson, ON
Port Robinson Bridge Disaster, Port Robinson, ON

Wreck on the Grand Trunk Railway Port Colborne, June 16, 1916
Black and white photograph showing the derailed engine and cars of the Grand Trunk Railway at the Port Colborne Railway Bridge (West Side), June 16, 1916.

Baggage Car at Welland Canal Bridge 15, c. 1929
Black and white photograph of a baggage car at the Welland Canal Bridge 15 swing bridge, c. 1929. Engine 8419 of the New York Central lines broke away from the cars and went into the canal leaving this car hanging several feet over the edge.
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