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Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District, A roar, which could be heard over Hamilton last night, resulted when a dynamite charge(...)
Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District, A roar, which could be heard over Hamilton last night, resulted when a dynamite charge(...)

Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District, A roar, which could be heard over Hamilton last night, resulted when a dynamite charge(...)

Date1/7/1938
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District; A roar; which could be heard over Hamilton last night; resulted when a dynamite charge exploded at the top of James St. incline railway.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106490F
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Foot of James St. Incline, Hamilton, Ontario
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1910
Grand Trunk Railway Station, Hamilton, Canada
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1910
T.H. & B. Depot, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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1910