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A Mississauga family registers at the evacuation centre in Brampton Centennial Secondary School (upper right)
A Mississauga family registers at the evacuation centre in Brampton Centennial Secondary School (upper right)

A Mississauga family registers at the evacuation centre in Brampton Centennial Secondary School (upper right)

Date11/11/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Mississauga family registers at the evacuation centre in Brampton Centennial Secondary School (upper right). Heavy police patrols are preventing any possible looting of empty homes.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Brampton
Province or state:Ontario
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001028F
Heavily-laden motorcyclist heads back into Mississauga after evacuation order was partly lifted
Heavily-laden motorcyclist heads back into Mississauga after evacuation order was partly lifted
11/13/1979
The largest mass evacuation in North American history was completed yesterday when about 220,000 people were moved from their Mississauga homes under (...)
The largest mass evacuation in North American history was completed yesterday when about 220,000 people were moved from their Mississauga homes under (...)
11/11/1979
Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents
Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents
11/19/1979
A feline rescue: Mark Hennick, whose home is still in evacuation area, was allowed in by police to rescue family's cat, Buffy, who had been left behind 3 days ago
A feline rescue: Mark Hennick, whose home is still in evacuation area, was allowed in by police to rescue family's cat, Buffy, who had been left behind 3 days ago
11/13/1979
Second tirp: Seventy-five-year-old Isabella Donohue takes it all in good spirits as she is carried from Sherway Gardens by ambulance men on her second evacuation trip yesterday
Second tirp: Seventy-five-year-old Isabella Donohue takes it all in good spirits as she is carried from Sherway Gardens by ambulance men on her second evacuation trip yesterday
11/11/1979
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Mississauga, Ontario - Royal Commission into Mississauga Train Derailment
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3/5/1980
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Mississauga, Ontario - Royal Commission into Mississauga Train Derailment
Accidents - Railway and Street Railways - Mississauga, Ontario - Royal Commission into Mississauga Train Derailment
11/18/1980
Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
3/10/1991
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
2/26/1990
Answers sought in derailment of deadly tanker-car train in Mississauga
Answers sought in derailment of deadly tanker-car train in Mississauga
11/15/1979
Mississauga train derailment sparked an inquiry that brought in 15 safety recommendations
Mississauga train derailment sparked an inquiry that brought in 15 safety recommendations
11/14/1979
Sanctuary for a family
Sanctuary for a family
11/11/1979