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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “What leaked out was deadly chlorine gas from one of three cars that was carrying liquid chlorine.”

On the recordMay 13, 2009
What leaked out was deadly chlorine gas from one of three cars that was carrying liquid chlorine.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses a past freight train accident involving chlorine gas leakage.

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