Photograph: Newspaper article, Ashton Train Wreck, 1950

Photograph

Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Photograph: Newspaper article, Ashton Train Wreck, 1950

Entry/Object ID

81.456

Description

Photograph of a newspaper article about the "Death Scene" Ashton Station trainwreck - March 1950. The article reads, "Death Scene Here in a wild turmoil of grinding steel and driving snow two Ottawa railwaymen died this morning and two others were injured. ABOVE on its side spewing live steam into the bitter night air is the engine of the West-bound train on which were Engineer Travers Short (lower left) and Fireman George H. Hannan (lower right), both casualties. The second picture shows how the cars from the East-bound freight were hurled against the Ashton station, smashing it like a child's toy."

Photograph Details

Subject Place

City

Ashton

Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Collection

Goulbourn Township Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1950

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Article

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Copyright

Copyright Details

Goulbourn Museum provides access to these photographs for research, private study, and educational purposes. Copyright status varies, and the Museum does not hold rights to all content. It is the user’s responsibility to determine and obtain any necessary permissions before reproduction or distribution, in accordance with the Copyright Act of Canada and applicable Ontario law.

Restrictions

Credit line: Goulbourn Township Historical Society Collection