On this day in 1926, there was a train wreck in the Don Valley near Todmorden Mills. Two freight trains collided head-on at slow speed, slightly damaging the locomotives and injuring one engineer. The train cars piled up and derailed, causing an impressive mess.
1. Globe and Mail Fonds 1266, Item 7226.
2. Globe and Mail Fonds 1266, Item 7227.
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