Derailed carnival train litters streets of northern town.

Monkeyshines on boxcars.

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Callander, June 4.—The carnival came to town today, broke up a poker game, smashed several box cars, injured one person and tied up rail and road traffic.

It all happened when the Bernard and Barry Shows of Toronto, en route to Timmins, was derailed on Callander's main street. Some 13 boxcars carrying costumes and equipment, and one passenger coach of the show's train were derailed and smashed.

Monkey's scampered out of a car and played atop the overturned midway cars. None tried to escape. They hurried to their keepers when the latter appeared.

One member of the carnival, Arthur Gagne, 22, of Sudbury, was injured when he was hurried out the door of one of the cars. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in North Bay.

The crash, which took place about 4:25 this afternoon, strewed wreckage all over Callander's main intersection, blocked the CNR main line to North Bay, and shut off Highway No. 94 to the Dionne home at Corbeil. And on Callander's streets the twisted rides, games and other accoutrements of the carnival attracted almost as much attention as they would had they been in operation.

Callander's station was damaged when the undercarriage of one of the cars plowed into a corner. Wreckage also piled up near Norbie Wilson's service station and Leonard Wookey's Red Line Inn.

Front cars of the train escaped serious damage, since derailing started about the sixth car. The last two coaches also were unharmed, although one of them left the rails.Investigation led to belief that one car had been derailed some time earlier, but had continued in line. Something had been dragging on the tracks for about three miles, perhaps part of the braking equipment, officials said. It was thought whatever part of the cars had been dragging might have derailed other cars when planking at the main crossing here was hit.

The pileup was only a few yards from No. 11 Highway, but none of the wreckage reached this route.

Johnny Bannon, 22, of Vancouver, was one of the eyewitnesses of the crash. He was walking on top of one of the front cars when he saw other cars break away. There was little noise, he said.

About the most unhappy member of the crew was Leo Garridy of Toronto. He had been playing poker with Jimmy Wilson, L. Wilson, Gerald Kushner, Robert Frame of Toronto, Clarence Kudos of Kitchener and Michael Risko of Brampton. After 15 losses, Garridy picked up a good hand just in time for the wreck to break up the games. He was still carrying his cars in his hands as he surveyed the wreckage an hour later.

Ann Tiasecki, 19, of Montréal, a dancer in the Evening in Paris show, explained that "the first thing we knew there was a racket and the cars were off the track." She and five other girls in the act were worried about their costumes, but didn't know whether or not they had been damaged.

The wreck also inconvenienced Oliva Dionne, father of the famous quints. He had to turn around and go home after reaching the crossing where boxcars backed the road.

Carnival officials said it might take two weeks to get equipment working again.

Railways: C.N.Rys.

Stations: Callander

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