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CONUS Archive
30386
Chicago Commuters Delay (10/28/1996)
Chicago, Il.
pkgnt
10/28/1996
52:06
2:03
Chicago, this morning Near Wrigley Field, Chicago Sofie Nelson, commuter :37 Glen Smith, commuter 1:10 Noelle Gaffney, Chicago Transit Authority Spokes. 1:35 Mike Majchrowitz, standup
Night video, firefighters fighting Saturday blaze at el station. Day video: commuters lining up at station, boarding buses, at el station, passenger sots, shell of burned out building.
Some 100-thousand Chicago commuters were delayed due to the result of a fire at an elevated train station on Saturday. The Chicago Transit Authority resorted to using buses to move customers from the station to connecting trains. The fire, which started at a building adjacent to some railtracks, did major damage to the station and the tracks. No one was injured. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. --- end ---
LEAD: Commuters are givnig the Chicago-Transit-Authority high marks for preventing a rush hour melt-down. The red, yellow and purple lines were interrupted by a huge weekend fire. 100-thousand rail riders faced detours on their way to work this morning...but Mike Majchrowitz reports the transit agency managed to keep people moving...
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