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Train hits silo, silo crushes car

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Train hits silo, silo crushes car

Date8/17/1986

Names

Faught, Ken (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Train hits silo; silo crushes car. A car and mini van are crumpled undera falen silo after an accident in Scarborough ysterday when a CP Rail freight train knocked over the silo into a parking lot. No one was hurt. Witnesses said the train was backing up north of Nugget Ave. when it crashed into a silo at Linwo Industries Ltd. The silo contained polyethylene beads; which a company official called harmless.

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Street-railroads

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001143F

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