CANADA Canada - Martin Joseph Kenny, 14, Perry, ON, 10 Oct 1959

[TheArtfulDetective]

Martin Joseph Kenny

Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: October 10, 1959
Location Last Seen: Perry, Nebonaionquet Township, Ontario, Canada

Description:

• Date of Birth: October 27, 1944
• Age: 14 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 170cm / 5ft 7in
• Weight: 57kg / 126lb
• Hair Color: Brown/Long
• Eye Color: Brown
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Slender/Thin build. Fair/Light complexion.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
• Identifiers: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Kenny was last seen in Perry, Ontario, on October 10, 1959. The day before on October 9, he and his cousin rode an Algoma Central Railway freight train from Sault Ste. Marie to Hawk Junction, Ontario, to visit his parents for Thanksgiving. The train came to a stop in Eton at Mile 120, leaving the train car they had been riding in behind. Kenny failed to reboard the train and was left behind. He was last seen in Perry the following day where he stopped for water before walking north along the railroad tracks. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available regarding Kenny's disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Superior East OPP OPP MPUB: 1-877-934-6363; 1-705-330-4144; [email protected]; [email protected]
  Reference Case#: RM11077205

• Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477); Submit a Tip - Canadian Crime Stoppers Association
  Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping

• Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: [email protected]

NCMPUR Case Number: 2014005708

Canada's Missing | Case details
Martin Joseph Kenny

 

[ianrutledgeandfrances]

could he have been hit by a train i suppose therd be evidence oif that though

 

[HopeRains]

Article clipped from The Sault Star

Clipping found in The Sault Star published in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada on 10/20/1959.

www.newspapers.com

 

[We the Missing]

Article clipped from The Sault Star 14 October 1959 Front page

 

[musicaljoke]

The distance from Perry to Hawk Junction is 733 kms.

 

[We the Missing]

The distance from Perry to Hawk Junction is 733 kms.

I have not looked at this in depth but my understanding is he boarded the train in Sault Ste. Marie and was on his way to Hawk Junction. I understand the train stopped at mile marker 122 and he was said to be seen at around mile marker 155 in Perry. I have yet to find a map for 1959 but here are the mile markers and route for 1969 to give us a clearer idea of where his possible journey and the area they were searching for him through which the Michipcoten RIver runs. Here is the link where I obtained the clip Algoma Central Railway: Map, Logo, Timetable, Rosters

So it looks like he may have still had to walk about 70 km from where he missed the train at mile marker 122 to Hawk Junction, which would take over 16 hours! (I have compared the 1969 route to the Trans Canada trail on Google Maps today, estimating where it looks he may have missed train on the google map). The x marks approximately where Perry was at the time and according to Google Maps from Perry to Hawk Junction he only had about 30 km (6 hours left) of walking when he went missing.