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Onawa Train Wreck
The Onawa train wreck was a fatal railroad accident that happened two miles west of Onawa, Maine on December 20, 1919 and killed 23 people. The line concerned was constructed and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, known as the International Railway of Maine. It crossed the state and provided a shortcut between the Canadian cities of Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick. On the morning of December 20, 1919, Train No. 39, an eleven-car immigrant special bound for Montreal, was moving west in four sections. Third 39 carried steerage passengers from the liner '' Empress of France,'' which had docked in Saint John the previous day, carrying a few Canadian soldiers and 300 immigrants, mostly English and Scottish. By the time Third 39 departed Brownville Junction at 6:25 a.m., it was running over five hours late. Freight train No.78 had departed Megantic at 6 p.m. the previous evening. It consisted of 26 cars and had been waiting on a siding at Moosehead Moosehead may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Piscataquis, Maine
Northeast Piscataquis is an unincorporated area in Piscataquis County, Maine, Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 304 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 1,820.4 square miles (4,714.8 km2), of which, 1,710.5 square miles (4,430.3 km2) of it is land and 109.8 square miles (284.5 km2) of it (6.03%) is water. The territory contains 42 townships plus parts of ten other townships (shared with Northwest Piscataquis, Maine, Northwest Piscataquis). Baxter State Park, the location of Mount Katahdin, Maine's highest mountain, is located within the territory. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 347 people, 157 households, and 108 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 0.2 people per square mile (0.1/km2). There were 1,214 housing units at an average density of 0.7/sq m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |