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Out of commission: The Corniche, once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes and now used for charters in Lake Ontario, has been declared unseaworthy
Out of commission: The Corniche, once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes and now used for charters in Lake Ontario, has been declared unseaworthy

Out of commission: The Corniche, once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes and now used for charters in Lake Ontario, has been declared unseaworthy

Date9/20/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Out of commission: The Corniche; once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes and now used for charters in Lake Ontario; has been declared unseaworthy.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014124F
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