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Minutes after Welland plant collapse workers were digging frantically to rescue mates. Toll was four dead, 31 hurt

Picture, 1942

Where Canal gate collapsed. At least nine men were killed, twelve are in hospital badly crushed and several others were more or less seriously injured at Lock No. 6 of the new Welland canal to-day, when a 500-ton gate collapsed as it was being placed in position by derricks. At the TOP is shown Locks No. 5 and 6 with Lock No. 7 in the background. The depth of the canal at this point is 130.8 feet, almost the sa depth as the Horseshoe Falls. At the BOTTOM is a map showing where the accident occured. [Incomplete]

Picture, 1928

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Locks and Ships - 1989 (1 of 2 files)

Picture, 1985

Emptying a lock on the new Welland canal. The volume of water in the locks is so heavy that when the discharge is opened turbulent whirlpools are created.

Picture, Date Unknown

High School, Welland Ont.

Picture, 1910

Welland Canal: The wall collapse is just one of many problems

Picture, 1985

Operator of Standing Derrick. Sam Jones, operator of the derrick which stood the strain of the collapse of the crane on the opposite bank of the Welland canal. He later brought the dead and injured to the top of the bank in sling.

Picture, 1928

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

Picture, 1928

The Canadian Farmer, a weekly paper, established 1878

Ephemera, 1880

Will and Canal

Picture, Date Unknown

Jim Shannon who left casseous to light a cigarete, while off for a moment the collapse happened.

Picture, 1927

Another close-up of the largest grain carrier on the Great Lakes making her way to Kingston

Picture, 1932

Jubilee history of Thorold township and town : from the town of the red man to the present

eBook, 1897

J.H. Edwards who pulled 3 men out of the wreckage

Picture, 1921

New Willand Canal

Picture, 1927

Well and Canal

Picture, 1916

Engine Cotton mills were French Canadian Work

Picture, 1926

To the Honorable the House of Commons of the dominion of Canada, in Parliament assembled : the petition of the undersigned loyal subjects of Her Majesty Queen Victoria ... your petitioners would respectfully ask your Honorable House for a grant of money towards Lundy's Lane memorial fund

Ephemera, 1888

Wm. Mack Diver who took great risk in getting men out having to dive under timber wreckage and pumps

Picture, 1927

Bedard who was a prisoner in Germany

Picture, 1927

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Minutes after Welland plant collapse workers were digging frantically to rescue mates. Toll was four dead, 31 hurt

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Locks and Ships - 1989 (1 of 2 files)

Emptying a lock on the new Welland canal. The volume of water in the locks is so heavy that when the discharge is opened turbulent whirlpools are created.

High School, Welland Ont.

Welland Canal: The wall collapse is just one of many problems

Operator of Standing Derrick. Sam Jones, operator of the derrick which stood the strain of the collapse of the crane on the opposite bank of the Welland canal. He later brought the dead and injured to the top of the bank in sling.

Canada - Ontario - Welland Canal - Disaster

The Canadian Farmer, a weekly paper, established 1878

Will and Canal

Jim Shannon who left casseous to light a cigarete, while off for a moment the collapse happened.

Another close-up of the largest grain carrier on the Great Lakes making her way to Kingston

Jubilee history of Thorold township and town : from the town of the red man to the present

J.H. Edwards who pulled 3 men out of the wreckage

New Willand Canal

Well and Canal

Engine Cotton mills were French Canadian Work

To the Honorable the House of Commons of the dominion of Canada, in Parliament assembled : the petition of the undersigned loyal subjects of Her Majesty Queen Victoria ... your petitioners would respectfully ask your Honorable House for a grant of money towards Lundy's Lane memorial fund

Wm. Mack Diver who took great risk in getting men out having to dive under timber wreckage and pumps

Bedard who was a prisoner in Germany

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