Joseph Thomas KELLY
1875 - 1910 (34 years)-
Name Joseph Thomas KELLY Birth 18 Mar 1875 Brock Twp., Ontario Co. Ontario Gender Male Burial Jan 1910 St. Columbkille's Cemetery, Uptergrove, Mara, Ontario Death 21 Jan 1910 Spanish River, Nairn Dist, Ontario [1] Person ID I260 Arthur ' little" KELLY Last Modified 5 May 2015
Father James Joseph KELLY, b. 27 Nov 1844, Brock Twp., .Canada West d. 19 Aug 1923, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) Relationship Natural Mother Elizabeth Josephine FINNIGAN, b. 1854, Guelph,Wellington ,Canada West d. 18 Feb 1938, Toronto, York, Ontario (Age 84 years) Relationship Natural Marriage 1873 Guelph,Wellington ,Ontario Family ID F75 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne UNKNOWN, b. Apr 1878, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota d. 21 Jan 1910, Spanish River, Nairn Dist, Ontario (Age ~ 31 years) Marriage Abt 1897 Children 1. Florence KELLY, b. 21 Feb 1899, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota d. 21 Jan 1910, Spanish River, Nairn Dist, Ontario (Age 10 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural] Family ID F76 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- 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.
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Sources - [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.
- [S19] Archives of Ontario- Deaths.