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A Mess to be Cleaned

Black and white photograph of the debris from the Almonte Train Wreck with people standing behind it, 1942

Source: North Lanark Regional Museum

In the aftermath of the accident, wreckage was left behind to be cleaned up in the town. With two coaches from the Local shattered into splinters, and a third splayed open, wooden splinters and metal shards were flung everywhere.