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Runaway locomotive killed three men -- one the engineer -- and injured another on a railway spur being built near Milton yesterday. Workers were lined(...)
Runaway locomotive killed three men -- one the engineer -- and injured another on a railway spur being built near Milton yesterday. Workers were lined(...)

Runaway locomotive killed three men -- one the engineer -- and injured another on a railway spur being built near Milton yesterday. Workers were lined(...)

Date3/14/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Runaway locomotive killed three men -- one the engineer -- and injured another on a railway spur being built near Milton yesterday. Workers were lined up on the tracks for coffee from a caterer's truck when the train struck. A Halton Region policeman inspects the scene. Police said the engineer; Vic Newcomeb; 55; of Burlington; apparently left the locomotive idling and joined about 25 workers around he catering truck for morning coffee. He saw engine coming and slipped while trying to board it.
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Object NumberTSPA_0001115F
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