Shared Photo: 508 crashes into the St John River

Question

1900 Train wreck about a mile above the Falls Grand Falls, NB, Canada 

I wanted to share this photo of Gabriel Poitras (he's one of the guys on the bridge) with the community. Location: Grand Falls, NB, Canada. Date: 21 Jun 1900.

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Comments

Wow - did a search for the incident and amazingly no one died.  Thanks for sharing

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Thanks, yes amazing that no one was killed there is a short story about it on Gabriel's profile. I could expand it if there's an interest.

Answer 1

Amazing history photo what a great photo thank god no one was killed

Comments

There was a hobo who had hidden himself in one of the freight cars that nearly went over the falls but lucky for him, someone who had a boat nearby noticed him and rescued him.

Answer 2

Love it when people have family photographs demonstrating their part in history.  It's so exciting to learn about such events!