DAR locomotive No. 10 derailed at Canning, November 9, 1912. The locomotive was on a Kingsport bound train approaching the level crossing of Chapel Road beside the Canning School when one of the axles broke on the locomotive. The locomotive and baggage car derailed and tumbled down a 16 foot embankment, while the passenger car and several freight cars remained on the track. The conductor, Augustus Wilbur Dickie of Canninf (1861-1949) broke his wrist.</ref>The Weekly Monitor and Western Annapolis Sentinel, November 13, 1912, courtesy Phil Vogler</ref> The engineer Thomas William Hiltz (1878-1947) had a fractured skull and had to be rushed to Halifax on a special train for treatment.^[1] Dickie had just returned to work after being off for three months. Both men recovered and continued with long careers on the DAR into the 1920s.^[2]

Standing on the locomotive smoke box is Bill H. Payzant (1908-1998) while his cousin and violin teacher 15-year old Minnie Vivien Miller (1897-1980 can be seen with her violin case in the foreground.

With thanks from the Kaye Family collection, Fieldwood Heritage Society, Canning.

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