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Select Committee on Railway Accidents
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Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established January 15, 1880 with James Young as chair. In its report of March 2, 1880 it recommended a number of safety measures. These were incorporated into An Act of make Provision for the Greater Safety of Railway Employees in 1881 (Bill 101).
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The Select Committee on Railway Accidents inquired "into the subject of frequent accidents, in many cases with loss of life, to Brakemen and others, employed on railways..".
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.
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Archivist(s):
Wayne Crockett