Talk:Beloeil train disaster

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I went and edited both references to the bridge as the "Beloid" bridge to "Beloeil" bridge: both the Canadian Encyclopedia and Library and Archives Canada (for example the description of this document say "Beloeil Bridge", whereas practically all use of the "Beloid" typing outside Wikipedia are direct quotes of XIXth century news dispatches.--

The engineer, ... claimed that he was not familiar with the route and that he did not see the signal. No source says, that he survived. He hit probably the ground at first and all the rubble over him.217.246.112.144 (talk) 14:26, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the name of the article as this accident happened in Beloeil not St. Hilaire.

Geographical updates were made as well. The western shore is Beloeil not McMasterville. Makdash9 (talk) 15:37, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]