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Explosion on St. Clair, A van carrying liquid oxygen cylinders exploded at Russell Hill Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday afternoon. The driver, No(...)
Explosion on St. Clair, A van carrying liquid oxygen cylinders exploded at Russell Hill Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday afternoon. The driver, No(...)

Explosion on St. Clair, A van carrying liquid oxygen cylinders exploded at Russell Hill Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday afternoon. The driver, No(...)

Date7/30/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Explosion on St. Clair; A van carrying liquid oxygen cylinders exploded at Russell Hill Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday afternoon. The driver; Noel Geneau of Pickering; received second-degree burns on his arms. He had left the van when it unexplainedly caught fire. The flames aparently ignited a leaky oxygen tank causing the explosion just as fire trucks arrived. Cause of the fire is under invetigation.
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Province or state:Ontario
Explosion on St. Clair, A van carrying liquid oxygen cylinders exploded at Russell Hill Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday afternoon
Explosion on St. Clair, A van carrying liquid oxygen cylinders exploded at Russell Hill Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday afternoon
7/30/1980
Debris of explosion on St. Clair Ave. is proved by police yesterday as spectators in foreground watch. Last night the searchers found the body of a yo(...)
Debris of explosion on St. Clair Ave. is proved by police yesterday as spectators in foreground watch. Last night the searchers found the body of a yo(...)
3/20/1972
Cabbage survives propane explosion, A back taxi driver escaped with minor burns when his cab exploded and was hurled across Dundas St. near Church at about 10 p.m
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7/25/1989
Garage wrecked by sauna bath explosion, Garage at home of Russell Durling, on Scarborough's Roebuck Ave
Garage wrecked by sauna bath explosion, Garage at home of Russell Durling, on Scarborough's Roebuck Ave
3/14/1971
Stunned by Blast, workmen lie near tar tank which exploded yesterday, sending two men to hospital, Men had parked tanker behind Windermere Ave. apartment building to pump tar to roof
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2/24/1976
Road closed: Part of Bloor St. W. was closed to traffic after the explosion at Arviv Restaurant until thelitter of blasted rubble could be cleaned up.(...)
Road closed: Part of Bloor St. W. was closed to traffic after the explosion at Arviv Restaurant until thelitter of blasted rubble could be cleaned up.(...)
1/9/1980
A 1980 explosion, triggered when a drunk driver hit a natural gas line, wrecked the main street of Essex
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2/14/1980
After an explosion and fire forced 300 tenants out of an apartment building on Markham Rd
After an explosion and fire forced 300 tenants out of an apartment building on Markham Rd
3/1/1976
Propane explosion wrecks service station, Cars sit in the rubble of the Malhi Auto Services garage on Weston Rd
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11/18/1986
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
Explosion in a house on belgravia Ave
Explosion in a house on belgravia Ave
11/22/1974
Smashed by explosions, debris litters the street in front of a wrecked delicatessen on Danforth Ave
Smashed by explosions, debris litters the street in front of a wrecked delicatessen on Danforth Ave
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