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St-Hilaire Train Disaster
The St-Hilaire train disaster occurred on June 29, 1864, near the present-day town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River after the crew failed to obey a stop signal. The widely accepted death toll is 99 people. The disaster remains the worst railway accident in Canadian history. Background During the 19th century, the Richelieu River served as an important waterway for trade between New York City and Montreal. Tourism also greatly developed in the area due to the steamboats that travelled up and down the river. The Belœil Bridge was built as a swing bridge so that the railway would not interrupt the shipping lanes. The bridge connects the present-day municipalities of Otterburn Park, on the river's east bank, with McMasterville, on its west bank. Other nearby municipalities are Mont-St-Hilaire, on the east bank, and Beloeil, on the west bank. The British-owned Grand Trunk Railroad company, which had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otterburn Park, Quebec
Otterburn Park is a small town located 40 km east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 8,450. The town lies south of Mont-Saint-Hilaire on the Richelieu River and is one of the few officially bilingual towns in Quebec. History Originally a rural agricultural area, Otterburn Park's transformation began in the late 1800s, when it became a favourite weekend destination for employees of the Grand Trunk Railway, which, starting in 1885, ran a weekend train from Bonaventure Station to Mont-Saint-Hilaire. Occasional recreational visitors, including railroad employees, bought or built summer cottages, spurring development and, eventually, permanent settlement. Until 1949, the Otterburn park was a neighbourhood within Mont-Saint-Hilaire parish. It took its present name, Otterburn Park, by vote in 1953. Otterburn Park was the scene of the St-Hilaire train disaster in 1864, in which nearly 100 people were killed when an immigrant train failed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloeil Train Disaster Illustrated London News Summer Of 1864 or Mont Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
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Beloeil or Belœil may refer to: * Beloeil, Belgium, a municipality in Hainaut, Belgium **Château of Belœil *Beloeil, Quebec, a city in Quebec, Canada *Mont Saint-Hilaire Mont Saint-Hilaire (English: Mount Saint-Hilaire; abe, Wigwômadenizibo; see for other names) is an isolated hill, high, in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is about thirty kilometres east of Montreal, and immediately east of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Disasters Involving Open Moveable Bridges
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, and the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge (dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese) is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces the origin of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Disasters In Canada
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, and the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge (dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese) is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces the origin of the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Accidents And Incidents In Canada
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 In Canada
Events from the year 1864 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Victoria Federal government *Parliament — 8th Governors *Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck *Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Anthony Musgrave *Governor of New Brunswick — Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon * Governor of Nova Scotia — Charles Hastings Doyle then Richard Graves MacDonnell then Sir William Fenwick Williams *Governor of Prince Edward Island — George Dundas Premiers *Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada – **John Alexander Macdonald, Canada West Premier **Étienne-Paschal Taché, Canada East Premier *Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles * Premiers of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley *Premiers of Nova Scotia – Charles Tupper *Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Hamilton Gray Events *June 29 – St-Hilaire train disaster : A train of newly arrived immigrants fails to stop at the open swing span near Beloeil, Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Accidents In 1864
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer faciliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents (before 1880)
17th century 1650 * 1650 – ''United Kingdom'' – Whickham, County Durham. Two boys die when they are run over by a wagon on a wooden coal train way. While such tramway accidents are not generally listed as rail accidents (note the lack of accidents listed for the next 163 years) this is sometimes cited as ''the earliest known railway accident''. 1810s 1813 * February 1813 – ''United Kingdom'' – A 13-year-old boy named Jeff Bruce is killed whilst running alongside the Middleton Railway tracks. The ''Leeds Mercury'' reports that this would ''"operate as a warning to others"''. 1815 * July 15, 1815 – ''United Kingdom'' – Thirteen or sixteen people, mainly spectators, are killed and 40 are injured by the boiler explosion of the experimental locomotive "Brunton's Mechanical Traveller" on the Newbottle Waggonway at Philadelphia, County Durham. 1818 * February 28, 1818 – ''United Kingdom'' – The driver is killed on the Middleton Railway in Hunslet, Leeds, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Disasters By Death Toll
This list of Canadian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Canadian soil or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more. 200 or more deaths 100 to 199 deaths 10 to 99 deaths * 99 – St-Hilaire train disaster, Richelieu River, Beloeil, Quebec, June 29, 1864 '' eadliest train disaster in Canada' * 99 – Knights of Columbus Hostel fire, St John's, Newfoundland, December 12, 1942 * 84 – ''Ocean Ranger'' oil platform sinking, Grand Banks, February 15, 1982 * 81 '' anadian fatalities only' – Hurricane Hazel, Toronto, October 1954 * 78 – SS ''Newfoundland'' seal hunt disaster, Newfoundland, March 1914 * 77 – Laurier Palace Theatre Fire, Montreal, January 9, 1927 * 76 – Quebec Bridge first collapse, August 29, 1907 * 74 – Third Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, October 23, 1958 * 74 – The 2018 North American heat wave resulted in 74 deaths in Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rail Accidents In Canada
Worst railway accidents Other major railway accidents Footnotes References * External links * {{Commonscat-inline, Rail transport accidents in Canada Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... Railway accidents and incidents in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Respondeat Superior
''Respondeat superior'' (Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: ''respondeant superiores'') is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (has vicarious liability for) acts of their agents.''Criminal Law - Cases and Materials'', 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, /ref> For example, in the United States, there are circumstances when an employer is liable for acts of employees performed within the course of their employment. This rule is also called the master-servant rule, recognized in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. In a broader scope, ''respondeat superior'' is based upon the concept of vicarious liability. In common law The concept of ''respondeat superior'' has its roots in ancient Rome. At the time, the concept applied to slaves, as that was the meaning of what has been translated as servants, and it applied if the slave could not pay himself for the act. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas George Roddick
Sir Thomas George Roddick (July 31, 1846 – February 20, 1923) was a Canadian surgeon, medical administrator, politician, and founder of the Medical Council of Canada born in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland He is known for his work in helping pass the "Roddick Bill" or the "Canada Medical Act" which through the Medical Council of Canada created standard national medical licensing process for medical practice in every province in Canada. Medical service Thomas George Roddick attended the Model and Normal Schools in Truro, Nova Scotia and graduated from the Medical Faculty of McGill University in 1868 with the highest honours, winning the Holmes Gold Medal and Final Prize. From 1868 to 1874, he was Assistant House Surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital. In 1872, he was appointed Lecturer on Hygiene at McGill University. He was appointed a Demonstrator of Anatomy in 1874 and in 1875 was named Professor of Clinical Surgery. Earlier in 1877, Roddick traveled to Edinburgh to wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
