notice the cable, the impact jettisoned him and his load into the river. 1885: A barkeeper shot a customer through the lung in a barroom argument. 1886: A CP fireman was killed in a rail accident near Donald. Weeks later, freight car wheels cut off a young man's legs. 1887: Fires destroyed a large sawmill east and a mail car near Donald. 1889: A handcar ran over a small boy playing on the track, badly mutilating his arm. 1890: Sheriff Stephen Redgrave, who arrested Wm. Gray at Donald for stealing $3,000 from the United States Express at Hurley, Wisconsin, received a $350 reward. Earlier in the year, a fictitious news story regarding a Donald teacher appeared in numerous North American newspapers. The synopsis was that he received a $250 cheque on replying to a marriage proposal advertisement. A further $10,000 (nearly 200 times a rural teacher's monthly salary) was promised on going to Minneapolis and marrying the female suitor. 1892: When a freight train struck a landslide a short distance west, a locomotive and four cars plunged downward . The engineer sustained minor injuries. 1893: When Constable Harold Redgrave, son of Sheriff Stephen Redgrave, shot a man in the head during a personal conflict, he claimed it was accidental. The man survived, and Redgrave received a six-month sentence. 1894: A locomotive ran into a slide near Donald and rolled onto its side. 1896: While departing the station, a passenger car on a westbound train derailed and overturned. Several passengers sustained minor injuries. 1897: During switching, 14 freight cars passed over the yard master, fatally mangling his body. 1899: A Scotland Yard detective made an arrest at Donald regarding a $57,000 bond theft in England. 1905: In a head-on collision at the west side of the bridge, the locomotives were totally wrecked and three freight cars smashed, but no crew were hurt. Weeks later, a brakeman broke his back in an accident at Donald. 1934: When two companions went to rescue a man who fell from a boat, all three perished in the river. Revival and fading of the community A decade of highway construction activity brought revival. The post office, which reopened in 1930, operated until 1981. In 1939, two portable mills and a planer mill at Donald were incorporated as Selkirk Spruce Mills. By 1940, a general store existed. In 1946, the elementary school opened. In 1956, fire destroyed