Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Aerial view shows rescue trucks surrounding the smashed plane in Beechwood Cemetery
Aerial view shows rescue trucks surrounding the smashed plane in Beechwood Cemetery

Aerial view shows rescue trucks surrounding the smashed plane in Beechwood Cemetery

Date1/11/1983
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Aerial view shows rescue trucks surrounding the smashed plane in Beechwood Cemetery. Yesterday s crash killed five men.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0000171F
Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
6/26/1978
Hank Emson, afloat in water at lower right after plane crash, awaits the first rescue attempt by Ranger helicopter piloted by Andy Stevens
Hank Emson, afloat in water at lower right after plane crash, awaits the first rescue attempt by Ranger helicopter piloted by Andy Stevens
1/12/1987
Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
1/12/1987
Flown to Ottawa a few hours after rescue
Flown to Ottawa a few hours after rescue
7/26/1946
Difficult climb was made by relatives of the dead airmen, seen beside the tiny cemetery
Difficult climb was made by relatives of the dead airmen, seen beside the tiny cemetery
7/4/1946
Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
11/25/1968
Simone Alainga is a well known life saver in these areas will go up in the spotter plane later today to search for lost aircraft. Simone knows this area like the back of his land
Simone Alainga is a well known life saver in these areas will go up in the spotter plane later today to search for lost aircraft. Simone knows this area like the back of his land
2/23/1974
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
12/7/1978
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
12/7/1978
The tail of a twin-engined Cessna plane sticks out of the wrecked Oshawa house of Earl Moore and his wife, Verna, while Police Constable Dave Fitzgera(...)
The tail of a twin-engined Cessna plane sticks out of the wrecked Oshawa house of Earl Moore and his wife, Verna, while Police Constable Dave Fitzgera(...)
12/17/1986
Plane skids off runway. A cargo jet loaded with seafood skidded off a runway during heavy rain at Pearson airport yesterday
Plane skids off runway. A cargo jet loaded with seafood skidded off a runway during heavy rain at Pearson airport yesterday
10/31/1989
Plane raised in Toronto Harbor
Plane raised in Toronto Harbor
4/22/1988