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Joseph Thomas KELLY

Male 1875 - 1910  (34 years)


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  • Name Joseph Thomas KELLY 
    Birth 18 Mar 1875  Brock Twp., Ontario Co. Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Jan 1910  St. Columbkille's Cemetery, Uptergrove, Mara, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 21 Jan 1910  Spanish River, Nairn Dist, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I260  Arthur ' little" KELLY
    Last Modified 5 May 2015 

    Father James Joseph KELLY,   b. 27 Nov 1844, Brock Twp., .Canada West Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1923, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Josephine FINNIGAN,   b. 1854, Guelph,Wellington ,Canada West Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1938, Toronto, York, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 1873  Guelph,Wellington ,Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne UNKNOWN,   b. Apr 1878, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1910, Spanish River, Nairn Dist, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1897 
    Children 
     1. Florence KELLY,   b. 21 Feb 1899, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1910, Spanish River, Nairn Dist, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • on January 21st of 1910, Canadian Pacific Railway train #7 was running on time enroute from Montreal to Minneapolis, Minnesota. It had just departed Sudbury with at least 100 passengers around noon, and consisted of the engine, mail and baggage car, express package car, colonist car, second class coach, first class coach, dining car and Pullman sleeping car.

      At about 1:15 pm, the train approached the railway bridge crossing at the Spanish River, and was about 80 meters wide and 10 meters deep. Without warning, the train began to rumble and then jerk as the second class coach separated from the car in front and turned sideways as it slammed into the girder work of the massive steel bridge.

      Terror struck throughout the train as the car broke in half and became engulfed in flames as the other half plunged over the edge, slicing through the one half meter thick ice below. The first class coach followed, as it cut like a knife through the ice as it disappeared from view.

      The dining car followed and was over half submerged as the Pullman rolled over and fell down the embankment, landing on its side. Each of the cars constituted a chamber of horrors as people screamed for help while others set to, trying to come to their aid.

      This was the third worst train accident in the history of Canada with the loss of 43 lives. These include the lives of Joseph Kelly, his wife Annie and daughter Florence.

      Joseph and his family had just spent the Holidays with his parents and was returning West where he was a Sawyer.

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] Archives of Ontario- Deaths.
      Name: Joseph Kelly
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 21 Jan 1910
      Event Place: Nairn Division, Sudbury District, Ontario
      Gender: Male
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      Reference ID: P 435 CN 029211
      GS Film number: 1854630
      Digital Folder Number: 4175891
      Image Number: 1476

      Citing this Record:
      "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF3L-T5V : accessed 27 Nov 2014), Joseph Kelly, 21 Jan 1910; citing Nairn Division, Sudbury District, Ontario, P 435 CN 029211, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1854630.


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