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Seats tore loose on impact and 31 people were hurt yesterday when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train veered off main line into sid(...)
Seats tore loose on impact and 31 people were hurt yesterday when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train veered off main line into sid(...)

Seats tore loose on impact and 31 people were hurt yesterday when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train veered off main line into sid(...)

Date10/9/1975
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  • Seats tore loose on impact and 31 people were hurt yesterday when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train veered off main line into siding at about 30 m.p.h. and struck refrigerator car. Derailment occurred near Davenport and Caledonia Park Rds. about 15 minutes after train; with about 185 passengers; left Union Station. Police (above) investigated report of tampered switch.
  • Seats tore loose on impact and 31 people were hurt yesterday when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train veered off main line into sid(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Seats tore loose on impact and 31 people were hurt yesterday when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train veered off main line into siding at about 30 m.p.h. and struck refrigerator car. Derailment occurred near Davenport and Caledonia Park Rds. about 15 minutes after train; with about 185 passengers; left Union Station. Police (above) investigated report of tampered switch.
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Seats tore loose from metal bases when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train were derailed at 31 m
Seats tore loose from metal bases when four coaches of CNR's Toronto-to-Barrie commuter train were derailed at 31 m
Mahler, John
10/9/1975
Commuters delayed. A GO train tore apart a stalled car early today moments after its driver jumped out and ran from the tracks on Scarborough Golf Clu(...)
Commuters delayed. A GO train tore apart a stalled car early today moments after its driver jumped out and ran from the tracks on Scarborough Golf Clu(...)
Millar, Cal
7/19/1988
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Bradford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours Wednesd(...)
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Bradford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours Wednesd(...)
Beaty, Keith
5/22/1975
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Brandford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours last n(...)
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Brandford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours last n(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
5/22/1975
Three CNR train cars were derailed last night in Weston and 15 persons were injured - one when her abdomen was impaled on a fence post. The cars, on a(...)
Three CNR train cars were derailed last night in Weston and 15 persons were injured - one when her abdomen was impaled on a fence post. The cars, on a(...)
Griffin, Doug
1/7/1970
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
Head-on crash of two CNR freight trains killed at least two men early today at Pefferlaw, 30 miles northeast of Newmarket. Three men were injured, one(...)
Dinsmore, Ted
3/16/1968
Smashed and tangled, wreckage of drailed CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through (...)
Smashed and tangled, wreckage of drailed CNR Tempo train lies scattered across the railway right-of-way year Woodbine Racetrack after running through (...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
4/20/1969
15 hurt as train cars derailed in Weston
15 hurt as train cars derailed in Weston
Griffin, Doug
8 January 1970
Most injuries were listed as cuts and bruises among the 31 people hurt in crash
Most injuries were listed as cuts and bruises among the 31 people hurt in crash
Mahler, John
10/9/1975
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
Griffin, Doug
1/7/1970
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
Toppled boxcars: Had two CN trains deralled one main road east of the mishasite in downtown Brampton, mayhem would have resulted, the city's mayor says
Bull, Ron
2/26/1990
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
Bock, Tony
3/10/1991