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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

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

Date4/1/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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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
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