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Canadian National (CN) Railway trainwreck

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Date Range
1940
Collection
BVM visual record collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
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1 image
Collection
BVM visual record collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Fonds No.
C2
Item No.
P0873
Accession No.
1982.8
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7.8 x 5.4 cm
Scan Resolution
300 dpi
Date Range
1940
History / Biographical
5 perished on October 19, 1940, in the CN trainwreck at the then flooded Lorne Creek, near Pacific, B.C, which had washed out the train tracks. Deceased were John (Jack) Calvin Carpenter (engineer), Sylva (Sam) Joseph Mayer (fireman), J.S. Thom (of Hazelton), P. Sterrit (of Kitwanga), and Otto Thom (New Hazelton)
Subject Access
Canadian National Railways
Geographic Access
Lorne Creek, B.C.
Pacific, B.C.
Related Material
P0870-P0874
Notes
Historical information from Bulkley Valley Stories, pp. 133-134.
Type of Record
Archival Description

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