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Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)

Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)

Date3/18/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Huddling in phone booths; pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois; paralyzing highways; Metro roads and streets. This was the scene at Front and Bay Sts. Gale-force winds were so severe some people were blown back to sidewalks when they tried to cross ice-glazed streets. More than 200 vehicles were involved in a series of accidents on Higway 400 in the northern section of Metro this morning. Highway 401 was in chaos.
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It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
1/27/1971
Pedestrians were swept off their feet today by gale-force winds as they emerged from subway entrances in downtown Toronto. Treacherous ice lay under d(...)
Pedestrians were swept off their feet today by gale-force winds as they emerged from subway entrances in downtown Toronto. Treacherous ice lay under d(...)
1/10/1977
Hundreds of abandoned and damaged cars lined highways and roads leading into Metro after the storm
Hundreds of abandoned and damaged cars lined highways and roads leading into Metro after the storm
1/26/1978
Ribbons of stalled cars and trucks out lined closed-down highways and roads in Wood-stock-Ingersoll area last night as drifts as high as 8 feet covere(...)
Ribbons of stalled cars and trucks out lined closed-down highways and roads in Wood-stock-Ingersoll area last night as drifts as high as 8 feet covere(...)
1/10/1978
Something different: Judging by their smiles, these Metro pedestrians actually may be having fun as they make their way through downtown slush yesterday
Something different: Judging by their smiles, these Metro pedestrians actually may be having fun as they make their way through downtown slush yesterday
2/12/1988
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
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
Favorite winter sport for pedestrians in downtown Toronto is to buck the breezes, snow, ice and salt at the corner of Bay and King Sts. This plucky wo(...)
Favorite winter sport for pedestrians in downtown Toronto is to buck the breezes, snow, ice and salt at the corner of Bay and King Sts. This plucky wo(...)
12/28/1976
Pedestrians battle raging winds and biting snow as they flight their way across the corner at Spadina Ave
Pedestrians battle raging winds and biting snow as they flight their way across the corner at Spadina Ave
3/4/1985
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
1/14/1992
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
1/14/1992
Peel keeps digging out ? and drifting in, More than a week after the big snowstorm that paralyzed highway traffic, Ontario Department of Highways' plo(...)
Peel keeps digging out ? and drifting in, More than a week after the big snowstorm that paralyzed highway traffic, Ontario Department of Highways' plo(...)
2/2/1971