During renovations to this Dundas Street building, windows were cut into an east wall and its centre section removed. Despite objections from the building’s owner and the contractor, the lease holder assured that iron pillars would soon be in place to hold the weight of all four floors. He was wrong. The east wall gave way, sending tons of brick and timber cascading on to Dundas Street. Rescuers clawed frantically through the rubble in search of survivors, but not before the life had been crushed out of seven Londoners.
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Reid’s Crystal Palace
Reid's Crystal Hall disaster July 16, 1907Dundas St, south side, west of Clarence Stsource - UWO Archives RC1400103
Reid’s Crystal Palace Collapse
"Reid's Crystal Hall Collapses - 8 Crushed to Death - July 16th, 1907"Dundas St, south side, west of Clarence StThe building was undergoing renovations at the time of the ...
Reid’s Crystal Hall Collapse
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Crystal Palace
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