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Railroad disaster 20 miles east of Winnipeg in which 37 died and more bodies are reported still in the wreckage may bring about a ban on out-dated woo(...)
Railroad disaster 20 miles east of Winnipeg in which 37 died and more bodies are reported still in the wreckage may bring about a ban on out-dated woo(...)

Railroad disaster 20 miles east of Winnipeg in which 37 died and more bodies are reported still in the wreckage may bring about a ban on out-dated woo(...)

Date9/2/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Railroad disaster 20 miles east of Winnipeg in which 37 died and more bodies are reported still in the wreckage may bring about a ban on out-dated wooden coaches; it is reported from Ottawa. Wooden coaches; like the one shown here; burst into flames when holiday special crashed into Toronto-bound flyer
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012563F
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
An injured passenger is helped away from wreckage of derailed train yesterday by a policeman and civilian About 30 passengers were injured when six pa(...)
An injured passenger is helped away from wreckage of derailed train yesterday by a policeman and civilian About 30 passengers were injured when six pa(...)
4/21/1969
10 tons of beef spilled. Wreckage litters ravine after three flatcars carrying trucks loaded with beef jumped CN tracks just east of Don Valley Parkwa(...)
10 tons of beef spilled. Wreckage litters ravine after three flatcars carrying trucks loaded with beef jumped CN tracks just east of Don Valley Parkwa(...)
5/17/1976
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
3/16/1968
13 cars filled with acid were derailed 46 miles southeast of Sudbury yesterday and an undetermined amount has spilled into the Pickerel River. At leas(...)
13 cars filled with acid were derailed 46 miles southeast of Sudbury yesterday and an undetermined amount has spilled into the Pickerel River. At leas(...)
12/10/1970
Peaceful travel is one of the many reasons citizens along the 44 miles of the GO train system are using it with increasing frequency. Time to read the(...)
Peaceful travel is one of the many reasons citizens along the 44 miles of the GO train system are using it with increasing frequency. Time to read the(...)
5/14/1970
The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)
The oldest streetcar in service in Toronto is 31-year-old Car 4199, with 1,160,000 miles logged, and David McIver, who has operated TTC streetcars for(...)
7/29/1971
Wreckage of TTC bus lies strewn along tracks after being hit by go train
Wreckage of TTC bus lies strewn along tracks after being hit by go train
12/2/1975
Smashed and tangled, wreckage of drailed CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through (...)
Smashed and tangled, wreckage of drailed CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through (...)
4/20/1969
Fatal crash. Tangled wreckage marks the spot where a 30-year-old Scarborough man was killed when his car was hit yesterday by a CN Dayliner at a level(...)
Fatal crash. Tangled wreckage marks the spot where a 30-year-old Scarborough man was killed when his car was hit yesterday by a CN Dayliner at a level(...)
12/4/1978
Toronto and York Radial Railroad, Mimico Division, remains of rails crossing Parkside Drive, north of Lakeshore Boulevard (on old Lakeshore Road.), looking east
Toronto and York Radial Railroad, Mimico Division, remains of rails crossing Parkside Drive, north of Lakeshore Boulevard (on old Lakeshore Road.), looking east
1953
Young & Brownlee's Winnipeg District map shewing within a radius of 20 miles of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Young & Brownlee's Winnipeg District map shewing within a radius of 20 miles of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba
1888