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sharry

sharry Report 9 Nov 2007 08:58

Thankyou all for your rplies. I am now following them up

Lisa J in California

Lisa J in California Report 6 Nov 2007 17:24

Sharry:

This might be the CPR collision:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02EEDF103AE033A25755C2A9679C946195D6CF

If the link doesn't work, trying googling:
"north bay" eight killed collision

"15 dead in crash on Canadian road..." is the link you want. You can view the newspaper article. (The second article also concerns the collison.)

Thelma

Thelma Report 6 Nov 2007 14:56

There are shipping lists on Ancestry and Findmypast,both cost.
I am sure other members will help if you give details

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Nov 2007 14:55

I have searched and can't find any record of a Canadian Pacific train crash in North Bay, Ontario, 1920.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

sharry

sharry Report 6 Nov 2007 13:53

I have recently through Genes managed to find my Grandma. She had emigrated to Canada ..married returned to UK. with her husband and baby to visit relatives in 1919/20 and on the way back to Winnipeg they were all killed , with others, in a Canadian Pacific Railway crash in North Bay. My question is who (and where) would I contact to obtain a passenger list for the ship, (name not Known but the collision was reported in the Manitoba free Press on the 28th. Jan. 1920 ) Would it be the C.P. Shipping Company? and if they do not still exist , where can I look? I would also like details on the C.P.R. crash. They would have a record of it wouldn`t they. Any direction would be greatly appreciated. I have just about got the hang of research in U.K. (to a very limited degree ) Canada....I need help ! Thankyou