Brock Street CPR Crossing Accident, 1936

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Types
Negatives
Photographs
Description
Black and white negative showing the car wreckage at the Brock Street CPR crossing following a collision between a train and a car. The railway station is visible in the background.
Notes
At 1:10am on 24 March 1936, three men who had attended at hockey game in Oshawa were returning to their homes in Brooklin when their car was struck by an eastbound freight train at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing at Brock St.

Arthur Lewis, 25, Fred Bradshaw, 52, and Clarence Zealand, 38, were killed instantly. The car was totally destroyed.

A railway overpass was constructed over Brock Street in 1878-1979.
Date of Original
24 March 1936
Dimensions
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Subject(s)
Local identifier
14-004-046
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8885389116672 Longitude: -78.94583043396
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
Recommended Citation
Brock Street CPR Crossing, 1936, Marjorie Ruddy, Whitby Archives, 14-004-046.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from copy negative.
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