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What follows is a timeline of events surrounding the plane collision over Moose Jaw on April 8, 1954

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Illustration of a North Star Airliner in Flight
1950
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9:52 a.m., April 8, 1954

TCA Flight 9 reports that it is flying over Regina. This is its last radio transmission

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Acting Pilot Officer Thomas Andrew Thorrat
1950
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9:57 a.m., April 8, 1954

Acting Pilot Officer Thorrat takes off for a cross country, solo, navigation exercise. This exercise is to take the pilot trainee from Moose Jaw and return via Raymore, Hanley and Beachy.

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Location of Fuselage's Landing Site
1950
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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10:02 a.m., April 8, 1954

The Royal Canadian Air Force Harvard Mark II collides with the Trans-Canada Air Lines Northstar over the Northeastern section of Moose Jaw.

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Hume Residence Engulfed in Flames
4 August 1954
Hume Residence, 1324 Third Avenue North East, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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10:03 a.m., April 8, 1954

The first report is received by the Moose Jaw Fire Department. Engine Company #2 and Chief's car respond immediately; followed by Engine Company #3 (10:05 a.m.), Truck Company #1 (10:09 a.m.), and a Chemical Combination Low Pressure (10:14 a.m.).

10:14 a.m., April 8, 1954

Immediately upon arriving at the scene, the Fire Chief issues orders for all off-shift personnel to report for duty (44 men).

10:25 a.m., April 8, 1954

The Booster Pump is called to the Hume house for added water pressure.

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Canadian Junior Red Cross Recruitment Poster
1950
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12:20 p.m., April 8, 1954

The Saskatchewan Commissioner of the Red Cross Society (Colonel F. W. G. Miles) arrives in Moose Jaw with other representatives from the Regina Headquarters.

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8:00 p.m., April 8, 1954

The Royal Canadian Air Force Board of Inquiry convenes for its first sitting.

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The Yonge House
8 April 1954
Yonge Residence, 1314 Third Avenue North East, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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9:30 p.m., April 8, 1954

Firemen check the Yonge and Brown homes (the surviving homes on either side of the Hume residence) to ensure there were no further fires.