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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

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

Date3/10/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0001160F
Answers sought in derailment of deadly tanker-car train in Mississauga
Answers sought in derailment of deadly tanker-car train in Mississauga
Spremo, Boris
11/15/1979
The problem was chlorine. Deadly chlorine leaking from a punctured tanker. The solution was a patch - one hoisted by block and tackle and made of stee(...)
The problem was chlorine. Deadly chlorine leaking from a punctured tanker. The solution was a patch - one hoisted by block and tackle and made of stee(...)
Mahler, John
11/18/1979
Mississauga train derailment sparked an inquiry that brought in 15 safety recommendations
Mississauga train derailment sparked an inquiry that brought in 15 safety recommendations
Cooper, David
11/14/1979
Derailment probed. Investigators are still trying to find out why two CN locomotives collided, causing a 10-car derailment at the Rutherford yard in V(...)
Derailment probed. Investigators are still trying to find out why two CN locomotives collided, causing a 10-car derailment at the Rutherford yard in V(...)
Dunlop, Al
3/18/1991
Rescued from sabotaged train, a shocked youngster huddles in arms of Etobicoke fireman James Grant as he is carried from the scene of the derailment i(...)
Rescued from sabotaged train, a shocked youngster huddles in arms of Etobicoke fireman James Grant as he is carried from the scene of the derailment i(...)
Ross, Fred
4/20/1969
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
McConnell, Colin
3/5/1980
Worried Mayor: Hazel McCallion, at the scene of the derailment last night, says the accident reinforces her conviction houses should not be so close to tracks
Worried Mayor: Hazel McCallion, at the scene of the derailment last night, says the accident reinforces her conviction houses should not be so close to tracks
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/2/1990
Derailment closes Greenwood Ave
Derailment closes Greenwood Ave
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/20/1985
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
Bezant, Graham
11/18/1980
Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents
Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents
Calleja, Frank
11/19/1979
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a railway trestle north of Mal(...)
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a railway trestle north of Mal(...)
Norris, Dave
7/31/1972
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a trestle 25 feet above a rese(...)
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a trestle 25 feet above a rese(...)
Norris, Dave
7/31/1972