January 14, 1909
The Toronto World
of Tuesday reports that when a heavy freight train of 46 cars ran wild down the
grade of the dangerous Caledon horseshoe curve Saturday night, only a kindly Providence
staved off what seemed to be an inevitable disaster.
The engineer explained
that icy rails and the train's great weight were too much for his single engine
to combat and estimated the train went down the grade at anywhere from 60 to 90
miles an hour. J. R. Bates and A. E. Rosevear, of Shelburne, were on the train
and have no desire to repeat their experience.
