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Death scene: The broom and safety hat of the railway worker killed by a train this morning lie in the snow 150 feet from where the train came to a stop
Death scene: The broom and safety hat of the railway worker killed by a train this morning lie in the snow 150 feet from where the train came to a stop

Death scene: The broom and safety hat of the railway worker killed by a train this morning lie in the snow 150 feet from where the train came to a stop

Date1/20/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Death scene: The broom and safety hat of the railway worker killed by a train this morning lie in the snow 150 feet from where the train came to a stop.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0001131F
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      Barkley, Harold
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      Double-track trestle over the Rouge River is where two Metro teenagers were killed yesterday by an east-bound GO train
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      Ross, Fred
      7/17/1972
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Slaughter, Mike
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      Fatal path: A Whitby pedestrian yesterday heads for the illegal railway crossing where Stephen Buker, inset, died Tuesday when he was hit by a train
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      Speaking from experience: In replying to suggestion that freight trains should have reflective material to make them visible at night, retired railway engineer Herbert Stitt points out that, in more than half the accidents in which he was involved, a car struck the train in daylight
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