Standard Explosive, located in the Northwest of Ile Perrot went through a difficult stage in 1908.
On February 11, 1908 at 12:53 pm, 10,000 pounds of nitroglycerin blew up two buildings, killing nine of the 150 workers on hand.They were Pierre Menard, Baptiste Robillard, Fortunat Trepanier, David Dumberry, Joseph Henipain, Georges Rousseau, Joseph Rozon, Urgel Lauzin, Arthur Legault.
All lived in Vaudreuil Village, a short walk over a nearby bridge.
Eight women were left widowed and 29 children without fathers after the blast.
On June 2, another two were killed in similar circumstances.
And at 8:53 am Saturday June 6, 1908 yet another blast claimed two more workers.
Six more workers were injured at the Canadian Explosives factory on 25 Oct 1917 following a series of explosions and fire that started at about seen a.m.
13 dead in under 4 months! On the upside, the company went on to
contribute much to the explosives industry which was very effective in killing countless others a few years later in World War I.
Where exactly on Ile-Perrot? The NW corner would be approximately where the area known as Terrasse-Vaudreuil would be today....near the railway tracks...and where there is a bit of commercial development.
ReplyDeleteBrucy Stone (near where the Pincourt Bowling Alley is today on boulevard de l'Ile) and Trudeau Ready-Mix Concrete (on Highway 20 near Don Quichotte) were of WW II-era, late 40s/early 50s vintage.
Check the link that says 12:53, you'll see a map that might give you an idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kristian. That is the area that I assumed it was, just north of where the current AMT station is for Terrase/Pincourt....I will drive by that area this weekend just to see what great things now await on the site.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely nothing, even a street name, to indicate what was once there. Some of the local streets seem to be marginally where the lines are indicated on the map link...the only historical artifact found was an old Daniel Johnson election poster only feet from the train platform, which shows how often the AMT and CP Rail clean the area.
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