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image no.: 23858
contact sheet: A0799
collection: Flin Flon Collection
description: 150 Tons Of Dynamite Blast In Open Pit Mine, Flin Flon, Mb
subject(s): ExplosionsMiningTowns
date: 1933, September 13
 
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image no.: 51633
contact sheet: A1563
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: A Mid-Morning Explosion And Fire Destroyed Bob'S Tomboy Store On Academy Road Between Ash Street And Oak Street In River Heights On March 5, 1986
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersFiresStoresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1986, March 6
 
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image no.: 51637
contact sheet: A1564
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: A Mid-Morning Explosion And Fire Destroyed Bob'S Tomboy Store On Academy Road In River Heights On March 5, 1986
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersFiresStoresWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1986, March 6
 
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image no.: 51634
contact sheet: A1563
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: A Mid-Morning Explosion And Fire Destroyed Bob'S Tomboy Store On Academy Road In River Heights On March 5, 1986
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersFiresStoresWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1986, March 6
 
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image no.: 51635
contact sheet: A1563
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: A Mid-Morning Explosion And Fire Destroyed Bob'S Tomboy Store On Academy Road In River Heights On March 5, 1986
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersFiresStoresWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1986, March 6
 
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image no.: 51636
contact sheet: A1563
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: A Mid-Morning Explosion And Fire Destroyed Bob'S Tomboy Store On Academy Road In River Heights On March 5, 1986
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersFiresStoresWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1986, March 6
 
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image no.: 62843
contact sheet: A2013
collection: Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
description: Aftermath Of Dust Explosion At Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Elevator No. 4
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 23857
contact sheet: A0799
collection: Flin Flon Collection
description: Blast Using 52 Tons Of Dynamite At Flin Flon, Mb
subject(s): ExplosionsMiningTowns
date: 1931c
 
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image no.: 52116
contact sheet: A1579
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Bob Kozlowski, Manager For Twenty Years Of Bob'S Tomboy, Academy Road, Winnipeg. The Store Was Rocked By An Explosion In March 1986 And Will Open Again On Oct. 1,1986
subject(s): ExplosionsPersonalitiesStoresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1986, September 18
 
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image no.: 52115
contact sheet: A1579
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Bob'S Tomboy Food Market, Academy Road, Winnipeg, Destroyed By An Explosion In March 1986.Store To Open Again On Oct. 1,1986
subject(s): ExplosionsStoresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1986, September 17
 
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image no.: 35977
contact sheet: A1201
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Clean Up Crew At Site Of Cn Rail Propane Car Explosion, Symington Yards, Winnipeg
subject(s): ExplosionsLabourRail YardsRailways
date: 1975, November 24
 
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image no.: 62795
contact sheet: A2012
collection: Canadian Grain Commission
description: Damage Caused By Dust Explosion At Burrard Terminal In Vancouver, March 14,1973. (Colour)
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1973, March 14
 
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image no.: 62924
contact sheet: A2016
collection: United Grain Growers Limited Collection
description: Damage Caused By A Grain Dust Explosion At Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 4 At Port Arthur, On
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 62925
contact sheet: A2016
collection: United Grain Growers Limited Collection
description: Damage Caused By A Grain Dust Explosion At Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 4 At Port Arthur, On
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 62804
contact sheet: A2012
collection: Manitoba Cooperater Collection
description: Damage Caused By A Grain Dust Explosion At The Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 4 At Thunder Bay, On
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 62805
contact sheet: A2012
collection: Manitoba Cooperater Collection
description: Damage Caused By A Grain Dust Explosion At The Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 4 At Thunder Bay, On
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 62841
contact sheet: A2013
collection: Canadian Grain Commission
description: Damage Caused By Dust Explosion At Burrard Terminal In Vancouver, Bc, On March 14,1973. (Colour)
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1973
 
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image no.: 32217
contact sheet: A1075
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Debris Strewn Street, The Result Of A House Explosion, 454 Sydney Avenue
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1981, November 17
 
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image no.: 32752
contact sheet: A1093
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Derailed Railway Cars At Austin, Manitoba. Propane Explosion And Caustic Soda Chemical Spill
subject(s): RailwaysAccidentsWrecksTownsExplosions
date: 1982, January 10
 
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image no.: 58174
contact sheet: A1780
collection: City of Winnipeg Hydro Collection
description: Explosion And Fire In A Cabin On A Hydro Site. Photo Ocurtesy Of E.W. Caton
subject(s): BuildingsCabinsExplosionsFiresHydro
date:
 
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image no.: 16721
contact sheet: A0524
collection: Winnipeg Fire Department Collection
description: Explosion At 522 Castle Avenue, Winnipeg.
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1969, October 19
 
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image no.: 70372
contact sheet: A2253
collection: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Collection
description: Explosion At Oil Industry Suppliers Ltd. In St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Mb. (2x2 Neg.)
subject(s): ExplosionsFiresIndustryOilTrucks
date: 1957, July 24
 
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image no.: 32228
contact sheet: A1075
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Explosion Cp Rail Main Marshalling Yards. Six Locomotives Crashed Into An Empty Propane Tank. Loss $2 Million
subject(s): ExplosionsRail YardsFiresRailwaysAccidents
date: 1982, December 13
 
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image no.: 16538
contact sheet: A0519
collection: Winnipeg Fire Department Collection
creator: L.B. Foote
title: Fire destroyed Radford Wright Ltd, 776 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
description: 2 firemen and five other people died. See also A0519-16536.
subject(s): Winnipeg BuildingsBlocksFiresWinnipeg StreetsExplosions
date: 1912, March 9
 
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image no.: 16539
contact sheet: A0519
collection: Winnipeg Fire Department Collection
creator: L.B. Foote
title: Fire destroyed Radford Wright Ltd, 776 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
description: 2 firemen and five other people died. See also A0519-16536.
subject(s): Winnipeg BuildingsBlocksFiresWinnipeg StreetsExplosions
date: 1912, March 9
 
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image no.: 16536
contact sheet: A0519
collection: Winnipeg Fire Department Collection
description: Fire Destroyed Radford Wright Ltd., 776 Main Street, Just South Of Sutherland Avenue, Winnipeg. 2 Firemen & 5 Other People Killed. The Explosion Was Heard For Blocks By Many Theatre Goers Returning Home. It Was Believed At The Time That The Fire Had Been Set. Near The End Of March, A James Dodds Was Arrested. He Confessed Setting 98 Fires, And Pleaded Guilty To 10 Charges Of Arson. He Was Given 15 Years On Each Charge. He Was Committed For Trial On A Manslaughter Charge In The Deaths In The Radford Wright Fire. Two Vats Of Naptha Holding About 1 &1/2 Barrels Were Believed To Have Caused The Explosion
subject(s): BlocksCrimeExplosionsFiresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1912, March 9
 
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image no.: 55953
contact sheet: A1708
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Battle A Three Metre Wall Of Flames After An Explosion At Watt Street And Talbot Avenue. More That 100 Residents Were Evacuated From Their Homes After A Construction Crew Ripped Open An Underground Natural Gas Line. No One Was Injured In The Incident
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersWinnipeg Streets
date: 1987, August 18
 
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image no.: 32229
contact sheet: A1075
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Battling Fire That Resulted From Train Crash, Cp Rail Main Marshalling Yards
subject(s): ExplosionsRail YardsFiresRailwaysAccidentsFirefighters
date: 1982, December 13
 
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image no.: 32230
contact sheet: A1075
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Battling Fire That Resulted From Train Crash, Cp Rail Main Marshalling Yards
subject(s): ExplosionsRail YardsFiresRailwaysAccidentsFirefighters
date: 1982, December 13
 
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image no.: 55903
contact sheet: A1706
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Examine A Manhole After An Underground Explosion Blew Its Cover Off On Osborne Street, At Mcmillan Avenue. A Spokesman For Manitoba Hydro Said The Insulation In A 4,000 Volt Underground Cable Weakened, Causing The Explosion. Photo By Ken Gigliotti
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersWinnipeg Streets
date: 1987, July 9
 
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image no.: 32215
contact sheet: A1075
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Hosing Down Smouldering Foundation Of House, 454 Sydney Avenue That Exploded As The Result Of A Gas Leak
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1981, November 17
 
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image no.: 32449
contact sheet: A1083
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Hosing Down The Ground After A Calcium Carbide Explosion At The North-End Sewage Treatment Plant
subject(s): ExplosionsFire DepartmentsSewageTreatment Plants
date: 1981, May 6
 
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image no.: 24562
contact sheet: A0821
collection: Winnipeg Tribune Collection
description: Firefighters put out fire from explosion at 930 Beach Avenue. Loss: $93,368.
subject(s): ExplosionsFirefightersFiresHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1977, May 26
 
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image no.: 32216
contact sheet: A1075
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firefighters Trying To Save Buildings Ignited As The Result Of A House Explosion, 454 Sydney Avenue
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1981, November 17
 
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image no.: 36564
contact sheet: A1221
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Firemen Examining The Remains Of An Explosion-Shattered House At 40 Wineberg Rd.,
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1965, June 28
 
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image no.: 38016
contact sheet: A1270
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Hydro Workers Removing Transformer After Fatal Explosion At Portage Avenue And Donald Street
subject(s): ExplosionsHydroLabourWinnipeg Streets
date: 1984, July 13
 
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image no.: 62806
contact sheet: A2012
collection: Manitoba Cooperater Collection
description: Long View Of Damage Caused By A Grain Dust Explosion At The Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 4 At Thunder Bay, On
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 62807
contact sheet: A2012
collection: Manitoba Cooperater Collection
description: Long View Of The Damage Caused By A Dust Explosion At The Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 4 At Thunder Bay, On
subject(s): AgricultureTransportationPortsElevatorsAccidentsExplosions
date: 1952, September 24
 
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image no.: 38015
contact sheet: A1270
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Police Officer Offers Blanket To Boy Burned When Hydro Transformer Exploded At Portage Avenue And Donald Street. Ambulance Attendents Stand By. "
subject(s): ExplosionsHydroPoliceWinnipeg Streets
date: 1984, July 11
 
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image no.: 35970
contact sheet: A1201
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Remains Of Canada Employment Centre, 282 Henderson Highway After Explosion
subject(s): ExplosionsWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1975, September 12
 
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image no.: 32173
contact sheet: A1074
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Remnants Of House At 44 Dahlia Avenue, Levelled By A Natural Gas Explosion. Loss $65,000
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1978, December 24
 
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image no.: 20215
contact sheet: A0657
collection: Flin Flon Collection
description: Rock Driller: Holes Are Plugged, Ready To Receive A Charge, Flin Flon, Mb
subject(s): ExplosionsMiningTowns
date:
 
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image no.: 20212
contact sheet: A0657
collection: Flin Flon Collection
description: Setting Charges Of Dynamite, Flin Flon, Mb
subject(s): ExplosionsMiningTowns
date:
 
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image no.: 35975
contact sheet: A1201
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Site Of Cn Rail Propane Car Explosion, Symington Yards, Winnipeg. Photo By Dave Bonner
subject(s): ExplosionsRailways
date: 1975, November 24
 
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image no.: 51639
contact sheet: A1564
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: The St. Boniface House At 430 Aulneau Frequented By Bikers Was Rocked By A Powerful Explosion On March 6, 1986. Much Of The Front Of The Two-Storey Structure Was Torn Off
subject(s): ExplosionsHousesPoliceWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1986, March 7
 
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image no.: 9818
contact sheet: A0307
collection: Ken Davey Collection
description: View Of Red River With Explosion Of Ice Jam During Winnipeg Flood
subject(s): BridgesExplosionsFloodsIce
date: 1950
 
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image no.: 37545
contact sheet: A1254
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Winnipeg Firemen Surveys The Damage To Victoria Jacket Company, 86 Gertie After An Explosion And Fire. Loss: $13,627
subject(s): BusinessesExplosionsFiresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg Streets
date: 1959, May 6
 
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image no.: 35976
contact sheet: A1201
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Wreckage After Cn Rail Propane Car Explosion, Symington Yards, Winnipeg
subject(s): ExplosionsRail YardsRailwaysWrecks
date: 1975, November 24