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Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton, shown here, under its former name Coteaudoc, and the tanker Translake collided in St(...)
Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton, shown here, under its former name Coteaudoc, and the tanker Translake collided in St(...)

Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton, shown here, under its former name Coteaudoc, and the tanker Translake collided in St(...)

Date9/25/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton; shown here; under its former name Coteaudoc; and the tanker Translake collided in St. Lawrence river; a mile from Iroquois; today. Survivors had to swim in the raging Long Sault rapids
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014130F
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
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Last of the whalebacks: Liberal Leader Andrew Thompson ridicules suggestions that the freighter, John Ericson, shown here in Toronto drydock
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First of three lake tankers being built at Collingwood, the Imperial Collingwood is shown as she took to the water Saturday in a perfect launching. Th(...)
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Image shows five crew members playing darts.
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A View from the South Eastward of Halifax Harbor, Appearance of the Shore (at Three Miles off), A View Taken 4 Miles off Shore (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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1777
Superstructure of giant freighter under construction in the shipyard dominates the skyline in downtown Collingwood
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High on the rocks in the St. Lawrence, 92 miles below Quebec City, the liner Manchester City will be pulled off the rocks by salvage tugs, it is expec(...)
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Coal freighter sinks at Thorold, Special to the Star, Thorold, July 31 - Ontario had a miniature Normandie disaster yesterday when the S.S. Coalhaven (...)
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