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image by Ivan Sache, 6 February 2022 Paulo Frontin emerged around the railway station of the São Paulo-Rio Grande
line inaugurated in 1908 as Paulo Frontin, named as a tribute to engineer André
Gustavo Paulo de Frontin, also Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Federal Deputee and
Senator. The new settlement progressively superseded Vera Guarani, a town
established within the Rio Claro colony in the late 19th century.
On 29
September 1943, at approximately 7:00 AM, a freight train coming from Ponta
Grossa bound for União da Vitória signaled a problem. Noticing smoke in one of
the cars, the train stopped at the water tank at the Paulo Frontin station, but
there was not enough water to stop the fire. What really caught the attention of
the Frontina population were the three whistles, a sign that meant an emergency
call. With it, the railroad workers on duty gathered, but also many curious
people. Upon confirming that there were explosives in one of the cars, it was
taken to the line's maneuvering space, farther away from the station. The
railroad workers asked people to move away from the place but not all answered.
When the explosion took place, most people were approximately 500 meters from
where the car was parked. On impact, they fell to the ground. The rail made an
"S", digging a hole 15 meters wide and 10 meters deep. The station and a
warehouse were destroyed. Two hundred meters from the site there was a store:
the shock was so strong that everything fell off the shelves. People who were
too close to the isolated car died. A total of 23 is estimated, of which few
were recognized, as the explosion was violent.
http://paulofrontin.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag of Paulo Frontin is white, divided by a
saltire composed of a red-white-red bend and a blue-yellow-blue bend sinister,
charged in the center with the municipal coat of arms.
The coat of arms was,
undoubtedly, designed by prolific Raynaldo Valascki.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraMunicipalDePauloFrontinPr/photos/1843554775818279
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraMunicipalDePauloFrontinPr/photos/1789213887919035
![[Flag of Paulo Frontin, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-261a.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 6 February 2022
The flag is also used, seemingly in less official contexts, with the coat of
arms inscribed in a white rectangle.
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraMunicipalDePauloFrontinPr/photos/368295806677524
Ivan Sache, 6 February 2022
