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Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

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Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Date2/7/1928

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Welland Canal, Ontario, Disaster

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108546F

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Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

2/7/1928

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

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Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

12/15/1976

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Avalanche of clay overwhelms workers on Welland Canal

Avalanche of clay overwhelms workers on Welland Canal

10/23/1928

The first commercial ship to use the bypass in the Welland Canal between Port Colborne and Port Robinson was the laker Senneville, which made the trip(...)

The first commercial ship to use the bypass in the Welland Canal between Port Colborne and Port Robinson was the laker Senneville, which made the trip(...)

3/28/1973

Where Canal gate collapsed. At least nine men were killed, twelve are in hospital badly crushed and several others were more or less seriously injured(...)

Where Canal gate collapsed. At least nine men were killed, twelve are in hospital badly crushed and several others were more or less seriously injured(...)

8/2/1928

Wm Minty who escaped by grabbing a car

Wm Minty who escaped by grabbing a car

12/14/1927

Wm. Mack Diver who took great risk in getting men out having to dive under timber wreckage and pumps

Wm. Mack Diver who took great risk in getting men out having to dive under timber wreckage and pumps

12/14/1927

9/24/1928

Operator of Standing Derrick. Sam Jones, operator of the derrick which stood the strain of the collapse of the crane on the opposite bank of the Wella(...)

Operator of Standing Derrick. Sam Jones, operator of the derrick which stood the strain of the collapse of the crane on the opposite bank of the Wella(...)

8/3/1928