Wartime tragedy: The Almonte train wreck of 1942

THE JOURNEY BEGINS
The Turcottes found four seats together in the last coach of the Sunday Evening Special, the train they were taking home to Ottawa from their Christmas celebrations in Petawawa.
Maurice Turcotte, his wife Cecile and their two children, five-year-old Bernie and eight-month-old Denyse, had spent the holidays with Maurice’s mother, Clara, who had never before seen her grandchildren in person.
It was Dec. 27, 1942, and the following morning, a Monday, Maurice was expected ba