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Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen
Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen

Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen

Date1/7/1970
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  • Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen
  • Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen. Three cars in the four-coach train skidded off the tracks towards the Face-Elle plant west of Jane St.; but stopped just before striking the factory. One of the cars; filled with passengers; teeters against an 80;000-gallon oil tank as rescuers work under giant lights shining against the cars. The locomotive and a car had been detached by the crash.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Three CNR cars derailed last night in Weston and 14 persons were injured -- one when a fence post pierced her abdomen. Three cars in the four-coach train skidded off the tracks towards the Face-Elle plant west of Jane St.; but stopped just before striking the factory. One of the cars; filled with passengers; teeters against an 80;000-gallon oil tank as rescuers work under giant lights shining against the cars. The locomotive and a car had been detached by the crash.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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