Keefers (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Place where the engine left the track above Keefers, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/6
Scope and Contents
245 x 192 mm. A view looking down from the line along the drop into the Fraser River. This is presumably the accident described by Pierre Berton: 'An unexpected slide near Keefers Station was struck by a train with such impact that the locomotive became detached. It hurled over a 250-foot embankment, did a full somersault, and landed upright at the river's edge. The fireman and engineer climbed out, unhurt' (Berton, 1971 p. 192).
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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View up Fraser River showing Jackass Mountains and RR, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/4
Scope and Contents
246 x 191 mm. A view looking along the river, with the railroad at the left of the photograph and the Jackass Mountains at the right in the background. Photograph taken near Keefers.
Dates:
1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).