 news coverage continued. The Toronto Daily Star had their own write up on the tragedy at Dundas. Here is one of the headlines dated Dec 26th, 1934.  In this news article from the TDS you can see the amount of damage the Flyer had done to the Christmas Special as the crane tries to move the engine of the flyer away from the passenger car.
 In this news article you can see the rescue workers around the crash site. The close up photos you see are the ones that got injured and were taken to the Hamilton General Hospital.  In this news article is a picture of D.W. Markham and his wife that were killed in the tragic train wreck in Dundas. Mr. Markham was just appointed for the Kings Council two weeks before the accident.  This photo was taken by a Hamilton Spectator camera man, of the flyer engine that derailed and ground itself into the ground. You can also see one of the passenger cars rammed up behind the engine of the Christmas Special.  In this artist's sketch of the Dundas Train Wreck you can see how the Flyer had no idea what was going to happen until it was too late.  Here is another artist point of view of the wreck of '34.  Here is one more artist's sketch of what it must have looked like when the Flyer first hit the rear car.  Many thanks go out to the Dundas Historical Society Museum for all their help in completing the news stories from the wreck of '34 on Dundas mountain. If you get a chance PLEASE pay them a visit they have alot on the Dundas Area and the Museum is a site to behold , well worth the visit. They can be found at 139 Park Street West, Dundas, Ontario.  Dundas Train Station History (2) July 20, 2002 July 29, 2002 November 24,2002 December 25, 2002 (1) December 25, 2002 (2) 
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