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New chance, Eva Papp, above, lost her left arm and leg in a train accident
New chance, Eva Papp, above, lost her left arm and leg in a train accident

New chance, Eva Papp, above, lost her left arm and leg in a train accident

Date1/27/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: New chance, Eva Papp, above, lost her left arm and leg in a train accident.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072487F
A reason to smile, Hungarian actress Eva Papp and Tior Ferentzy, owner of Csarda restaurant, raise a glass in thanks to new friends who helped pay for her trip here to get artifical arm and leg
A reason to smile, Hungarian actress Eva Papp and Tior Ferentzy, owner of Csarda restaurant, raise a glass in thanks to new friends who helped pay for her trip here to get artifical arm and leg
5/30/1983
The full use of his arms and his legs lost in a football accident 25 years ago, Johnny Black sat in his wheelchair at a dinner last night at which Har(...)
The full use of his arms and his legs lost in a football accident 25 years ago, Johnny Black sat in his wheelchair at a dinner last night at which Har(...)
11/13/1974
Fighting spirit: Eddie Whitall, 14, who lost both arms and a leg when he fell under a train, plays with his cat Tiger at his Port Credit home
Fighting spirit: Eddie Whitall, 14, who lost both arms and a leg when he fell under a train, plays with his cat Tiger at his Port Credit home
10/7/1987
Queen's Park Rally: Richard Hudon, 54, who lost a leg in a work accident at 17, pretends to be an injured worker being ordered back to work by business types
Queen's Park Rally: Richard Hudon, 54, who lost a leg in a work accident at 17, pretends to be an injured worker being ordered back to work by business types
6/1/1998
Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager
Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager
1/5/1971
On the road back: Ian Phillips, 30, who lost in legs and eight fingers in a skiing accident, is recuperating at Toronto's West Park Rehabilitation Hospital before returning home to Calgary
On the road back: Ian Phillips, 30, who lost in legs and eight fingers in a skiing accident, is recuperating at Toronto's West Park Rehabilitation Hospital before returning home to Calgary
8/4/1983
Race with time: Emergency crews work to retrieve the leg and arms severed from 13-year-old Eddie Whitall of Port Credit yesterday when he fell under the wheels of a slow-moving CN freight train
Race with time: Emergency crews work to retrieve the leg and arms severed from 13-year-old Eddie Whitall of Port Credit yesterday when he fell under the wheels of a slow-moving CN freight train
4/20/1987
Narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of Neil Dewar (who has lost both his legs and arms), seaman of the Rebecca of Quebec, wrecked on the coast of Labradore, 20th November, 1816
Narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of Neil Dewar (who has lost both his legs and arms), seaman of the Rebecca of Quebec, wrecked on the coast of Labradore, 20th November, 1816
1820?
Smile of success: Roy Herbert lost an arm and a leg when a huge railway car ran over him when he was a CPR brakeman.
Smile of success: Roy Herbert lost an arm and a leg when a huge railway car ran over him when he was a CPR brakeman.
5/4/1981
Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
7/7/1983
Skydiver Reg Perry, 22, of Sarnia broke his pelvis, an arm and both legs when he opened his parachute too late in a jump from a plane 7,500 feet above(...)
Skydiver Reg Perry, 22, of Sarnia broke his pelvis, an arm and both legs when he opened his parachute too late in a jump from a plane 7,500 feet above(...)
3/27/1973
4 Stretch your arms above your head and straighten your legs, curl back into the tucked position, then slide back to Step 1
4 Stretch your arms above your head and straighten your legs, curl back into the tucked position, then slide back to Step 1
8/12/1981