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Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents
Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents

Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents

Date11/19/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fireman examines hole in chlorine tanker that forced evacuation of Mississauga residents.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0001156F
The problem was chlorine. Deadly chlorine leaking from a punctured tanker. The solution was a patch - one hoisted by block and tackle and made of stee(...)
The problem was chlorine. Deadly chlorine leaking from a punctured tanker. The solution was a patch - one hoisted by block and tackle and made of stee(...)
11/18/1979
Heavily-laden motorcyclist heads back into Mississauga after evacuation order was partly lifted
Heavily-laden motorcyclist heads back into Mississauga after evacuation order was partly lifted
11/13/1979
A Mississauga family registers at the evacuation centre in Brampton Centennial Secondary School (upper right)
A Mississauga family registers at the evacuation centre in Brampton Centennial Secondary School (upper right)
11/11/1979
The largest mass evacuation in North American history was completed yesterday when about 220,000 people were moved from their Mississauga homes under (...)
The largest mass evacuation in North American history was completed yesterday when about 220,000 people were moved from their Mississauga homes under (...)
11/11/1979
Second tirp: Seventy-five-year-old Isabella Donohue takes it all in good spirits as she is carried from Sherway Gardens by ambulance men on her second evacuation trip yesterday
Second tirp: Seventy-five-year-old Isabella Donohue takes it all in good spirits as she is carried from Sherway Gardens by ambulance men on her second evacuation trip yesterday
11/11/1979
A feline rescue: Mark Hennick, whose home is still in evacuation area, was allowed in by police to rescue family's cat, Buffy, who had been left behind 3 days ago
A feline rescue: Mark Hennick, whose home is still in evacuation area, was allowed in by police to rescue family's cat, Buffy, who had been left behind 3 days ago
11/13/1979
Answers sought in derailment of deadly tanker-car train in Mississauga
Answers sought in derailment of deadly tanker-car train in Mississauga
11/15/1979
Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
Off the rails: An Inquiry into a 1990 train derailment in Brampton was told a tanker containing more than 8,000 kilograms of deadly chiorine was marked empty
3/10/1991
The fireman of this locomotive, one of the largest in use by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was killed and the huge engine was left in this precarious pos(...)
The fireman of this locomotive, one of the largest in use by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was killed and the huge engine was left in this precarious pos(...)
6/5/1944
Rescued from sabotaged train, a shocked youngster huddles in arms of Etobicoke fireman James Grant as he is carried from the scene of the derailment i(...)
Rescued from sabotaged train, a shocked youngster huddles in arms of Etobicoke fireman James Grant as he is carried from the scene of the derailment i(...)
4/20/1969
Rescued from sabotaged train, youngster clings with his arms around shoulders of Etobicoke fireman James Grant, as he is carried to safety from scene (...)
Rescued from sabotaged train, youngster clings with his arms around shoulders of Etobicoke fireman James Grant, as he is carried to safety from scene (...)
4/20/1969
CN repairmen examine the crumpled front of a VIA Rail locomotive that smashed into a stopped freight train near Ingersoll yesterday. More than 70 pass(...)
CN repairmen examine the crumpled front of a VIA Rail locomotive that smashed into a stopped freight train near Ingersoll yesterday. More than 70 pass(...)
8/10/1982