▁left ▁the ▁office , ▁and ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁station ▁to ▁put   his   mail ▁on ▁the ▁train . ▁All ▁that ▁remained ▁of ▁his ▁office ▁was ▁his ▁chair . When ▁the ▁train ▁came ▁to ▁a ▁crash ing ▁halt ▁it ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁gra in . Three   ▁people ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁the ▁accident ;   the   lo comot ive ▁fire man , ▁the ▁engineer , ▁and ▁a ▁passenger ." ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁later , ▁a ▁fire ▁destroyed ▁most ▁of ▁main ▁street ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁large ▁scale ▁ex od us ▁from ▁the ▁community ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁community ' s ▁ 1 5 0 ▁residents . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁a ▁man ▁murder ed ▁another ▁man ▁bel ieving ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁someone ▁else ▁and ▁then ▁burn ed ▁down ▁a ▁house , ▁the ▁cul min ating ▁event ▁that ▁contributed ▁to ▁Ar d ath ' s ▁event ual ▁decl ine . ▁ ▁H M CS ▁Margaret ▁Bro oke ▁ ▁A ▁Canadian ▁naval ▁ship , ▁, ▁a ▁ ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁Canadian ▁naval ▁vessel ▁ever ▁named ▁after ▁a ▁woman ▁- ▁ ▁Margaret ▁Bro oke , ▁a ▁n urs ing ▁sister ▁who ▁grew ▁up ▁on ▁a ▁farm ▁near ▁Ar d ath , ▁S ask atch ew an . ▁Margaret ▁was ▁sing led ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁honour ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁bra very ▁that ▁she ▁exhib ited ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁October ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁in ▁a ▁w art ime ▁naval ▁incident ▁involving ▁the ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁fer