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Emergency feature: Wayne Burgess, VIA equipment maintenance supervisor, demonstrates use of emergency exit window, designed to shatter when struck by a hammer that hangs above it
Emergency feature: Wayne Burgess, VIA equipment maintenance supervisor, demonstrates use of emergency exit window, designed to shatter when struck by a hammer that hangs above it

Emergency feature: Wayne Burgess, VIA equipment maintenance supervisor, demonstrates use of emergency exit window, designed to shatter when struck by a hammer that hangs above it

Date11/25/1994
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Original Toronto Star caption: Emergency feature: Wayne Burgess; VIA equipment maintenance supervisor; demonstrates use of emergency exit window; designed to shatter when struck by a hammer that hangs above it.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012722F
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