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What's the use? That seems to be the attitude of one frustrated driver, standing on the roof of his car, which was only one of many stranded eastbound(...)
What's the use? That seems to be the attitude of one frustrated driver, standing on the roof of his car, which was only one of many stranded eastbound(...)

What's the use? That seems to be the attitude of one frustrated driver, standing on the roof of his car, which was only one of many stranded eastbound(...)

Date3/4/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: What's the use? That seems to be the attitude of one frustrated driver, standing on the roof of his car, which was only one of many stranded eastbound on Lawrence Ave. E. in rush-hour conditions last night. That's Curlew Ave., equally snowed in, in the background.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015441F
Winter's work: John Panting, 29, eyes what's left of his car under a snow-heavy tree that toppled on to it during yesterday's snowstorm
Winter's work: John Panting, 29, eyes what's left of his car under a snow-heavy tree that toppled on to it during yesterday's snowstorm
12/11/1992
Stranded by 20 inches of snow near London are these cars and transport trucks at a Highway 401 service centre south of Ingersoll. The snow fall was so(...)
Stranded by 20 inches of snow near London are these cars and transport trucks at a Highway 401 service centre south of Ingersoll. The snow fall was so(...)
11/24/1970
Storm Victim: Slippery roads yesterday forced this tractor-trailer to jack-knife on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401
Storm Victim: Slippery roads yesterday forced this tractor-trailer to jack-knife on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401
1/14/1992
Tractor-trailers pile up on the 401 in the snow, The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 are blocked by trucks and tractor-trailers that jackknifed and cra(...)
Tractor-trailers pile up on the 401 in the snow, The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 are blocked by trucks and tractor-trailers that jackknifed and cra(...)
12/20/1973
Windsor twister ripped these home apart but auto seems undamaged
Windsor twister ripped these home apart but auto seems undamaged
6/19/1946
Jacob Steef, 16, examines what's left of a truck that was tossed 100 yards by a tornado that struck Oxford Centre
Jacob Steef, 16, examines what's left of a truck that was tossed 100 yards by a tornado that struck Oxford Centre
8/7/1979
Only toilet standing
Only toilet standing
6/5/1985
Picking up the pieces: Don Baggett loads his truck with the belongings he and his wife Rosemary were able to salvage after their roof was blown off
Picking up the pieces: Don Baggett loads his truck with the belongings he and his wife Rosemary were able to salvage after their roof was blown off
8/24/1992
Ice Sculptures. Drivers on a section of Highway 400 north of the King Rd. cutoff notice one of nature's more dramatic visual effects yesterday -- tree(...)
Ice Sculptures. Drivers on a section of Highway 400 north of the King Rd. cutoff notice one of nature's more dramatic visual effects yesterday -- tree(...)
4/18/1992
Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
12/2/1980
Homes in Woodstock, some with roofs and walls sheared off, stand as mute testimony to storm, which ripped through Oxford County Tuesday night
Homes in Woodstock, some with roofs and walls sheared off, stand as mute testimony to storm, which ripped through Oxford County Tuesday night
8/8/1979
Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
3/28/1991