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Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes
Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes

Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes

Date7/31/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes. No one was injured in the Richview transformer blast and fire; which was caused when a balky 230;000-volt circuit breaker blew up. One person who saw the blast for a quarter mile away said it sounded just like an atomic bomb. The blackout trapped scores of persons in elevators and stopped subway trains. Traffic lights went out; snarling traffic. [Incomplete]
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008864F
      Toronto Hydro, Scott St. Sub-Station, Esplanade E., south side, east from foot of Scott St., Toronto, Ont.
      Toronto Hydro, Scott St. Sub-Station, Esplanade E., south side, east from foot of Scott St., Toronto, Ont.
      Unknown
      191-?
      Toronto Hydro, Scott St. Sub-Station, Esplanade E., south side, east from foot of Scott St., Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Hydro, Scott St. Sub-Station, Esplanade E., south side, east from foot of Scott St., Toronto, Ontario
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      11/24/1955
      The new Glengrove sub-station of the Toronto Hydro System on North Yonge Street
      The new Glengrove sub-station of the Toronto Hydro System on North Yonge Street
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/8/1931
      TORONTO HYDRO, SCOTT ST. SUB-STATION, Esplanade E., south side, e. from foot of Scott St
      TORONTO HYDRO, SCOTT ST. SUB-STATION, Esplanade E., south side, e. from foot of Scott St
      Unknown
      191-?
      Toronto Hydro, Scott St. Sub-Station, Esplanade E., south side, e. from foot of Scott St
      Toronto Hydro, Scott St. Sub-Station, Esplanade E., south side, e. from foot of Scott St
      Unknown
      1907
      Fatal blast: Firefighters arrived just minutes after an explosion ripped apart a north Brampton restaurant early today, crushing one man to death beneath a pile of rubble and injuring a co-worker
      Fatal blast: Firefighters arrived just minutes after an explosion ripped apart a north Brampton restaurant early today, crushing one man to death beneath a pile of rubble and injuring a co-worker
      Stancu, Henry
      11/30/1990
      A broken power line is repaired by Mississauga lineman Bob Nelson early today after an area of the town was blacked out by wind, freezing rain and sno(...)
      A broken power line is repaired by Mississauga lineman Bob Nelson early today after an area of the town was blacked out by wind, freezing rain and sno(...)
      Norris, Dave
      2/22/1971
      Fred Sless, 48, lasted for 48 minutes and 43 seconds
      Fred Sless, 48, lasted for 48 minutes and 43 seconds
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/1/1980
      Image shows a helicopter in the air with Toronto's skyline in the background.
      Aerial shape of things to come. A helicopter service which will whisk passengers between Malton and downtown Toronto in nine minutes is expected to get under way next week. Here the three-place chopper is shown rising from the park south of Harbour St. on the lakefront. [Incomplete]
      James, Norman
      3/2/1961
      At Dunlap observatory Dr. Helen Hogg can be seen at telescope used to project image on paper. Her associates at Mattice were blacked out by bad weather
      At Dunlap observatory Dr. Helen Hogg can be seen at telescope used to project image on paper. Her associates at Mattice were blacked out by bad weather
      Feeny, Edwin
      6/30/1954
      The water carriers: The power failure that blacked out North York for up to 25 hours during the weekend also left some apartment dwellers high and dry
      The water carriers: The power failure that blacked out North York for up to 25 hours during the weekend also left some apartment dwellers high and dry
      McConnell, Colin
      7/17/1977
      Gwen Marshall: She blacked out several times a week during the early days of insulin injections
      Gwen Marshall: She blacked out several times a week during the early days of insulin injections
      Lennon, Frank
      7/28/1981