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House damaged: Keswick resident Fred Hornsby surveys damage caused by a huge mass of ice that slammed into his house from Lake Simcoe Friday
House damaged: Keswick resident Fred Hornsby surveys damage caused by a huge mass of ice that slammed into his house from Lake Simcoe Friday

House damaged: Keswick resident Fred Hornsby surveys damage caused by a huge mass of ice that slammed into his house from Lake Simcoe Friday

Date3/30/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: House damaged: Keswick resident Fred Hornsby surveys damage caused by a huge mass of ice that slammed into his house from Lake Simcoe Friday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015407F
On the rocks: Fred Hornsby, 59, surveys the damage done to his Keswick retirement home, when at least 15 tonnes of Lake Simcoe ice crashed through the front of the house early on Good Friday morning
On the rocks: Fred Hornsby, 59, surveys the damage done to his Keswick retirement home, when at least 15 tonnes of Lake Simcoe ice crashed through the front of the house early on Good Friday morning
4/1/1991
Storm Aftermath. Workmen survey the damage caused by high winds last Saturday when a block and brick wall of a unit under construction on Matheson Blv(...)
Storm Aftermath. Workmen survey the damage caused by high winds last Saturday when a block and brick wall of a unit under construction on Matheson Blv(...)
10/15/1989
Ron McKittrick of Morrow Rd. in Barrie stands on hood of his truck as he surveys the rubble that was his ATLAS Auto Supply Company
Ron McKittrick of Morrow Rd. in Barrie stands on hood of his truck as he surveys the rubble that was his ATLAS Auto Supply Company
6/1/1985
Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
3/28/1991
Toronto Area was hit last night by a 100-mile-an-hour twister that was responsible for one deathe and caused the worst storm damage since Hurricane Ha(...)
Toronto Area was hit last night by a 100-mile-an-hour twister that was responsible for one deathe and caused the worst storm damage since Hurricane Ha(...)
8/14/1985
Bobbi Cochar examines damage caused by a maple tree that toppled when gale force winds whipped through Metro yesterday
Bobbi Cochar examines damage caused by a maple tree that toppled when gale force winds whipped through Metro yesterday
5/10/1990
The senior citizens of Brighton have set up a booth to collect donations toward reparing damage caused by severe storm two weeks ago that ripped off r(...)
The senior citizens of Brighton have set up a booth to collect donations toward reparing damage caused by severe storm two weeks ago that ripped off r(...)
7/23/1973
Storm clouds pass over a long abandoned farm just south of Georgetown yesterday, in the wake of Monday's storm which caused severe damage along shorel(...)
Storm clouds pass over a long abandoned farm just south of Georgetown yesterday, in the wake of Monday's storm which caused severe damage along shorel(...)
4/10/1973
Waves drive huge cakes of ice into one of lounges at Boulevard Club on Lake Shore Blvd
Waves drive huge cakes of ice into one of lounges at Boulevard Club on Lake Shore Blvd
1/27/1978
Among the damaged houses in yesterday's storm were these two on North York's Rockland Dr. No injuries were reported but homes and roads were flooded, (...)
Among the damaged houses in yesterday's storm were these two on North York's Rockland Dr. No injuries were reported but homes and roads were flooded, (...)
8/27/1976
Hari Kambo surveys the damage done by thieves who broke into the drugstore and caused $25,000 damage
Hari Kambo surveys the damage done by thieves who broke into the drugstore and caused $25,000 damage
2/6/1979
Photo of Min. Claude Bennett talking to John Van Der Wielen in front of Van Der Wielen's damaged home located in Reec s corn five people in his family lived there
Photo of Min. Claude Bennett talking to John Van Der Wielen in front of Van Der Wielen's damaged home located in Reec s corn five people in his family lived there
5/3/1983