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Bus Accident Near Frome
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- May 22, 1947
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_1797
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_1798
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 47-1824 (2_1797)
- 47-1825 (2_1798)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_1797
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_1798
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- May 22, 1947
- Publication
- 2_1797 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on May 26, 1947, page one.
- Posted on Facebook and Instagram: December 2, 2020.
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the remnants of a bus that was destroyed by fire, about one mile west of Frome.
Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal: "Flames Destroy $25,000 Greyhound Bus: Passengers on an eastbound Greyhound bus out of Detroit for New York had a few exciting moments Friday at noon when the big bus caught fire and burned at the side of King's Highway No. 3, just west of Frome. None of the passengers was injured and all the luggage was rescued from the burning vehicle. Passengers and luggage were transferred to an emergency bus which followed.
The bus driver became aware of the trouble when he smelled smoke. He found that the pipe leading to the gasoline tank was on fire. The passengers, numbering about 15, were quickly unloaded and attempts were made to put out the fire with an extinguisher carried on the bus. A call went to the Southwold Fire Department at Shedden, three miles west. Chief Fire Warden Charles Mabee responded with members of the department and the fire truck. The bus was blazing too furiuosly for them to be of much service. Only the two front tires were saved. Within a short time the big bus was a smouldering skelton of twisted steel at the side of the highway.
The burned-out bus caused much excitement among people travelling No. 3 Highway. A reporter for a Detroit newspaper was among the many Americans who passed the wreckage. Sensing a sensational story, the reporter hurried to St. Thomas to make enquiries as to the number of dead and injured. Provincial Constable Harry Gilchrist of Iona investigated the accident."
- Name Access
- Frome (Ont.)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B3 3_73
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