The fall of a railway train from a bridge in Hamilton, Ontario. Wood engraving, 1857.
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- [1857]
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- 36605i
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On 12 March 1857, at Hamilton, Ontario, a train from Toronto left the track on approaching a bridge over the Desjardin Canal (also known as the Desjardins Canal). The locomotive and some of the carriages fell into the icy waters, and 59 passengers were killed by drowning or by the force of the fall
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[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1857]
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; image 14.9 x 24.3 cm
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Scene of the recent accident on the Great Western Railway, near Hamilton, Canada West.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 36605i
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