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Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes
Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes

Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes

Date7/31/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes. No one was injured in the Richview transformer blast and fire; which was caused when a balky 230;000-volt circuit breaker blew up. One person who saw the blast for a quarter mile away said it sounded just like an atomic bomb. The blackout trapped scores of persons in elevators and stopped subway trains. Traffic lights went out; snarling traffic. [Incomplete]
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0008864F
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