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Metro police and CN Rail officials search the tracks near Dupont and Huron Sts
Metro police and CN Rail officials search the tracks near Dupont and Huron Sts

Metro police and CN Rail officials search the tracks near Dupont and Huron Sts

Date6/5/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro police and CN Rail officials search the tracks near Dupont and Huron Sts. last night after two women were killed by a train while trying to run across the rails. Four men escaped uninjured in the accident.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0001162F
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Huron St., looking north from Dupont St. to C.P.R. tracks
      Huron St., looking north from Dupont St. to C.P.R. tracks
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1 October 1957
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      Power, Peter
      5/14/1991
      Man hit by train. A 51-year-old man was struck by a slow-moving freight train as he tried to cross the tracks at Osler St., north of Dupont St., last (...)
      Man hit by train. A 51-year-old man was struck by a slow-moving freight train as he tried to cross the tracks at Osler St., north of Dupont St., last (...)
      Stancu, Henry
      8/26/1991
      Dupont St., looking west from west of Lansdowne Avenue, during construction of subway under C.N.R. tracks
      Dupont St., looking west from west of Lansdowne Avenue, during construction of subway under C.N.R. tracks
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1951
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      Lennon, Frank
      3/9/1973
      Image shows three firefighters working on scene while fire is destroying houses.
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/14/1980
      Bob Bandeen: CN boss talks of huge project CN Realty will develop in downtown Toronto, between railway tracks and the Gardiner Expressway
      Bob Bandeen: CN boss talks of huge project CN Realty will develop in downtown Toronto, between railway tracks and the Gardiner Expressway
      Bandeen, Robert
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      10 tons of beef spilled. Wreckage litters ravine after three flatcars carrying trucks loaded with beef jumped CN tracks just east of Don Valley Parkwa(...)
      Norris, Dave
      5/17/1976
      CN - CP Railroad tracks, looking west from south of Parkdale Station (C.P.R.). Toronto, Ont.
      CN - CP Railroad tracks, looking west from south of Parkdale Station (C.P.R.). Toronto, Ont.
      Canadian National Railways
      1967
      Lane, west of Abell Street, looking south across CN - CP railway tracks. Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women is visible in the background. Toronto, Ont.
      Lane, west of Abell Street, looking south across CN - CP railway tracks. Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women is visible in the background. Toronto, Ont.
      Ritchie, Don
      1967
      A'Alton Coleman: Vice-president said CP Rail likes to co-operate with municipal officials.
      A'Alton Coleman: Vice-president said CP Rail likes to co-operate with municipal officials.
      Bull, Ron
      12/5/1982