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Pickering Natural gas

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Pickering Natural gas

Date2/12/1994

Names

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Pickering Natural gas

Subject

Explosions

GeographyCity, town, townshipPickering

GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)

GeographyProvince stateOntario

GeographyCountryCanada

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0006193F

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Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas

Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas

2/15/1988

Bringing the house down: A natural gas explosion blew this Brampton house apart early today as a Peel Region policeman went in to investigate a report that a man intended to kill himself

Bringing the house down: A natural gas explosion blew this Brampton house apart early today as a Peel Region policeman went in to investigate a report that a man intended to kill himself

5/14/1987

5/14/1987

Gas blast: Rick Russo shows where Shelley Marks, 18, was buried after the Schomberg house she was in exploded yesterday

Gas blast: Rick Russo shows where Shelley Marks, 18, was buried after the Schomberg house she was in exploded yesterday

7/10/1989

Violent Gas Explosion today blew out this 35-foot by 10-foot section of the brick apartment wall above Crayden's Pharmacy on Bloor St., in Etobicoke, (...)

Violent Gas Explosion today blew out this 35-foot by 10-foot section of the brick apartment wall above Crayden's Pharmacy on Bloor St., in Etobicoke, (...)

10/1/1968

Unhappy Bulldozer Operator Ciro Giovannelli sliced into gas main on Parkside Dr., north of Gardiner Expressway, but he said there were no warning sign(...)

Unhappy Bulldozer Operator Ciro Giovannelli sliced into gas main on Parkside Dr., north of Gardiner Expressway, but he said there were no warning sign(...)

8/13/1975

Workers repair ruptured gas main on parkside Dr. after residents were Forced to leave homes

Workers repair ruptured gas main on parkside Dr. after residents were Forced to leave homes

8/13/1975

1/3/1985

A workman climbed out of a manhole with his clothes in flames when a short circuit in electrical equipment apparently ignited methane gas in a manhole(...)

A workman climbed out of a manhole with his clothes in flames when a short circuit in electrical equipment apparently ignited methane gas in a manhole(...)

4/27/1987

Consumers gas worker checking for leaks

Consumers gas worker checking for leaks

5/6/1995

The scene at maple after three deafening explosions of propane gas rocked the village

The scene at maple after three deafening explosions of propane gas rocked the village

8/7/1962

A 1980 explosion, triggered when a drunk driver hit a natural gas line, wrecked the main street of Essex

A 1980 explosion, triggered when a drunk driver hit a natural gas line, wrecked the main street of Essex

2/14/1980