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Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District, A roar, which could be heard over Hamilton last night, resulted when a dynamite charge(...)
Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District, A roar, which could be heard over Hamilton last night, resulted when a dynamite charge(...)

Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District, A roar, which could be heard over Hamilton last night, resulted when a dynamite charge(...)

Date1/7/1938
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hamilton Lives endangered when explosion shakes whole District; A roar; which could be heard over Hamilton last night; resulted when a dynamite charge exploded at the top of James St. incline railway.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106490F
A shakedown cruise for the newly renovated ferry boat Trillium ended in a shake-up today when two loud explosions were heard and clouds of smoke billo(...)
A shakedown cruise for the newly renovated ferry boat Trillium ended in a shake-up today when two loud explosions were heard and clouds of smoke billo(...)
5/12/1976
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
2/26/1990
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a trestle 25 feet above a rese(...)
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a trestle 25 feet above a rese(...)
7/31/1972
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a railway trestle north of Mal(...)
Last-second leap as a freight train roars down is the object of boys aged 10 to 15 who play a deadly game of chicken on a railway trestle north of Mal(...)
7/31/1972
Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen
Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen
1/7/1970
Three CNR train cars were derailed last night in Weston and 15 persons were injured - one when her abdomen was impaled on a fence post. The cars, on a(...)
Three CNR train cars were derailed last night in Weston and 15 persons were injured - one when her abdomen was impaled on a fence post. The cars, on a(...)
1/7/1970
A close call. Eastbound GO train passengers were shaken last night when the engine of their train sideswiped one of eight derailed freight cars near W(...)
A close call. Eastbound GO train passengers were shaken last night when the engine of their train sideswiped one of eight derailed freight cars near W(...)
1/9/1979
No contest: There's usually not much left when a moving train hits a car or truck, as the driver of this wreck discovered last year when he left it stalled on a Scarborough railway line
No contest: There's usually not much left when a moving train hits a car or truck, as the driver of this wreck discovered last year when he left it stalled on a Scarborough railway line
7/19/1988
Thirty-two people were hurt when two TTC streetcars collided during the rushhour last evening at the intersection of Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. a(...)
Thirty-two people were hurt when two TTC streetcars collided during the rushhour last evening at the intersection of Queen St. E. and Broadview Ave. a(...)
11/29/1974
A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
7/4/1978
The Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo Railway Company
The Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo Railway Company
26 January 1899
Foot of James St. Incline, Hamilton, Ontario
Foot of James St. Incline, Hamilton, Ontario
1910