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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

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

Date3/10/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001160F
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