Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Overturned by the wind during the storm that knifed through the Metro area last night, a privately-owned DC-3 aircraft lies on its back covered with f(...)
Overturned by the wind during the storm that knifed through the Metro area last night, a privately-owned DC-3 aircraft lies on its back covered with f(...)

Overturned by the wind during the storm that knifed through the Metro area last night, a privately-owned DC-3 aircraft lies on its back covered with f(...)

Date8/31/1970
Names
(photographer)
Alternate Title
  • Overturned by the wind during the storm that knifed through the Metro area last night, a privately-owned DC-3 aircraft lies on its back covered with f(...)
  • Overturned by the wind during the storm that knifed through the Metro area last night; a privately-owned DC-3 aircraft lies on its back covered with foam as a fire safety precaution at Toronto International Airport. Wind that gusted to more than 60 m.p.h. plucked it from its parking space in the northern section of the airport and smashed it against the wall of a hangar owned by Imperial Oil Co.
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Overturned by the wind during the storm that knifed through the Metro area last night; a privately-owned DC-3 aircraft lies on its back covered with foam as a fire safety precaution at Toronto International Airport. Wind that gusted to more than 60 m.p.h. plucked it from its parking space in the northern section of the airport and smashed it against the wall of a hangar owned by Imperial Oil Co.
Subject
    Medium
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015507F
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Overturned trailer, used as a field office, lies on its roof besides the giant International Nickel Co
      Overturned trailer, used as a field office, lies on its roof besides the giant International Nickel Co
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/21/1970
      Overturned Norseman lies on ice of tiny lake in wilderness of ungava
      Overturned Norseman lies on ice of tiny lake in wilderness of ungava
      Dutton, Don
      2/4/1963
      Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
      Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
      Barkley, Harold
      8/30/1970
      Investigative teams, including FBI agents, check out the fire-gutted DC-9 as it lies on the runway surrounded by fire-retardant foam
      Investigative teams, including FBI agents, check out the fire-gutted DC-9 as it lies on the runway surrounded by fire-retardant foam
      Stuparyk, Michael
      6/2/1983
      Smashed by the storm this Sudbury house had most of its roof ripped away by 100-mile-an-hour winds that swept through Nickel Belt area yesterday leavi(...)
      Smashed by the storm this Sudbury house had most of its roof ripped away by 100-mile-an-hour winds that swept through Nickel Belt area yesterday leavi(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/20/1970
      A student's body lies covered with a blanket and a policeman carries ski boots at the scene of carnage
      A student's body lies covered with a blanket and a policeman carries ski boots at the scene of carnage
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/26/1979
      Officer down! Undercover police officer Larry Dee lies covered in blood after he was shot near Spadina Ave
      Officer down! Undercover police officer Larry Dee lies covered in blood after he was shot near Spadina Ave
      Dee, Larry
      10/10/1998
      Slaying victim: The body of Joginder Singh Brar lies on the pavement of a Misissauga industrial mall yesterday where he once owned an auto repair business
      Slaying victim: The body of Joginder Singh Brar lies on the pavement of a Misissauga industrial mall yesterday where he once owned an auto repair business
      Calleja, Frank
      1/9/1992
      The River Thames with all its fascinations lies right at your doorstep when visiting London and wandering its banks is a lesson in history that costs (...)
      The River Thames with all its fascinations lies right at your doorstep when visiting London and wandering its banks is a lesson in history that costs (...)
      Bryant, George
      12/17/1979
      Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
      Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
      Dinsmore, Ted
      5/16/1974
      Buy a house or rent an apartment? It's a question many families ask themselves, the answer lies wholly in the size of the family income. Housing offic(...)
      Buy a house or rent an apartment? It's a question many families ask themselves, the answer lies wholly in the size of the family income. Housing offic(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/30/1966
      Shotgun blast victim Patrolman Joseph Hennigan lies by a squad car as racial rioting flared for the second straight night in Buffalo's Negro ghetto last night
      Shotgun blast victim Patrolman Joseph Hennigan lies by a squad car as racial rioting flared for the second straight night in Buffalo's Negro ghetto last night
      Dutton, Don
      6/29/1967