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Ribbons of stalled cars and trucks out lined closed-down highways and roads in Wood-stock-Ingersoll area last night as drifts as high as 8 feet covere(...)
Ribbons of stalled cars and trucks out lined closed-down highways and roads in Wood-stock-Ingersoll area last night as drifts as high as 8 feet covere(...)

Ribbons of stalled cars and trucks out lined closed-down highways and roads in Wood-stock-Ingersoll area last night as drifts as high as 8 feet covere(...)

Date1/10/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ribbons of stalled cars and trucks out lined closed-down highways and roads in Wood-stock-Ingersoll area last night as drifts as high as 8 feet covered roadways. Major highways such as 401 and 400 were shut down as high winds and Arctic temperatures paralyzed most of province. OPP at London said more than 200 people were stranded in vehicles on 401 alone between London and Woodstock. 500 people were in service centres.
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It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
1/27/1971
Hundreds of abandoned and damaged cars lined highways and roads leading into Metro after the storm
Hundreds of abandoned and damaged cars lined highways and roads leading into Metro after the storm
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Stranded by 20 inches of snow near London are these cars and transport trucks at a Highway 401 service centre south of Ingersoll. The snow fall was so(...)
Stranded by 20 inches of snow near London are these cars and transport trucks at a Highway 401 service centre south of Ingersoll. The snow fall was so(...)
11/24/1970
25-foot high drifts cover most of the 50 houses on Fort Erie's Edgemere Rd
25-foot high drifts cover most of the 50 houses on Fort Erie's Edgemere Rd
2/1/1977
The shape of things to come, Cars and trucks with their lights ablaze drive through snow on the Queen Elizabeth Way as blinding fall hit Metro today. (...)
The shape of things to come, Cars and trucks with their lights ablaze drive through snow on the Queen Elizabeth Way as blinding fall hit Metro today. (...)
12/13/1973
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
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1/10/1977
Tractor-trailers pile up on the 401 in the snow, The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 are blocked by trucks and tractor-trailers that jackknifed and cra(...)
Tractor-trailers pile up on the 401 in the snow, The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 are blocked by trucks and tractor-trailers that jackknifed and cra(...)
12/20/1973
Big trucks still rule the highways: Don Patterson, with some of the vehicles his Sherway Ford Truck sells, says tailoring trucks to the job is vital if costs are to be kept down
Big trucks still rule the highways: Don Patterson, with some of the vehicles his Sherway Ford Truck sells, says tailoring trucks to the job is vital if costs are to be kept down
5/22/1980
Peel keeps digging out ? and drifting in, More than a week after the big snowstorm that paralyzed highway traffic, Ontario Department of Highways' plo(...)
Peel keeps digging out ? and drifting in, More than a week after the big snowstorm that paralyzed highway traffic, Ontario Department of Highways' plo(...)
2/2/1971
Six hours after his wife abandoned her car in a drift on Steeles Ave
Six hours after his wife abandoned her car in a drift on Steeles Ave
1/26/1978
Cars are abandoned in the snow on Highway 401 at Trafalgar Rd
Cars are abandoned in the snow on Highway 401 at Trafalgar Rd
12/19/1973