The conductor looked ahead in horror. His train was barreling through the Don Valley on that summer morning in 1954, racing south into the city. On board, he had a load of new Canadians, twelve cars full of them, more than a thousand freshly arrived immigrants. After their ship had docked at Quebec City, they'd boarded their train to Toronto, travelling all through the night. Now, they were only minutes away from Union Station and the end of the long journey, arriving in their new city to begin their new lives. But their voyage was about to come to an unexpectedly dramatic halt.
I wish I knew! I haven't been able to find anything about him beyond that. The last newspaper mention is from the following year, when he's riding a pony at an Easter Seals camp at Blue Mountain while meeting Conn Smythe. He'd only be 77 today, so he very well might still be out there. Maybe if we're lucky someone who knows him will stumble across the newsletter someday and we'll get to find out what happened in the rest of his life!
What happened to Jimmy Pettipas after this accident?
I wish I knew! I haven't been able to find anything about him beyond that. The last newspaper mention is from the following year, when he's riding a pony at an Easter Seals camp at Blue Mountain while meeting Conn Smythe. He'd only be 77 today, so he very well might still be out there. Maybe if we're lucky someone who knows him will stumble across the newsletter someday and we'll get to find out what happened in the rest of his life!
Remarkable story!