Fatal Accident - Bay and Hannah - 1893
Each of the three little steam engines that operated on the Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway was popularly known as “the Dummy.” On Saturday afternoon, November 4, 1893, sadly, one of the Dummys became deadly. The interurban train connecting Hamilton with Dundas had almost completed its journey into the city from the Valley Town. As the train, which ran on tracks in the middle of streets, approached the corner of Bay street south and Hannah street (now Charlton avenue west), the engine was being driven by William McDonald, with Conductor Harrison on board in the passenger car. At the corner mentioned, there were some children playing a game of hide-and-seek. Suddenly, one of the boys intending to run from one side of the street to the other, he instead ran directly in front of the moving train. Before the train could be brought to a stop, it had run over the unfortunate young fellow. As described in the Spectator’s account of the incident, “ when taken from under the wheels...