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Information regarding John James Porter, killed in a train crash on the London and Port Stanley Railway
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1998
- Storage Location
- W1 B4 F14
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- File Number
- W1 B4 F14
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- W1 B4 F14
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1998
- Series
- Ken Verrell Collection - Personal records and memberships series
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : sep ; 9 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence addressed to Ken Verrell from Sheila Heasman, whose relative was John James Porter. Porter was killed in a train accident on the London and Port Stanley Railway and Heasman wrote Verrell to share more information about her relative. Included with the letter is a photographic print of Porter and copies of newspaper articles covering the crash.
Written on the reverse of the photgraph is the following text handwritten in ink: "On reverse of original - Frank Cooper, Photographer, Richmond St., London, Ont / John James Porter, b. 26th April 1845. Killed in 'horrendous' train crash on the London & Port Stanley Railway on 12th July 1883."
- Name Access
- Verrell, Ken (1926-2016)
- London and Port Stanley Railway
- Subject Access
- Railways
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