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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, (...)

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, (...)

Date8/27/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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; electric services were widely disrupted in North York; Scarborough.
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Hundreds of abandoned and damaged cars lined highways and roads leading into Metro after the storm
Hundreds of abandoned and damaged cars lined highways and roads leading into Metro after the storm
1/26/1978
Trolley and diesel buses were hampered by poor traction and streets cluttered with stalled cars during yesterday's storm in Metro. This was scene on Q(...)
Trolley and diesel buses were hampered by poor traction and streets cluttered with stalled cars during yesterday's storm in Metro. This was scene on Q(...)
1/10/1977
Storm Victim: Slippery roads yesterday forced this tractor-trailer to jack-knife on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401
Storm Victim: Slippery roads yesterday forced this tractor-trailer to jack-knife on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401
1/14/1992
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
1/14/1992
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith, top, directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians
1/14/1992
Don mills Rd. is clogged with traffic as storm made roads treacherous
Don mills Rd. is clogged with traffic as storm made roads treacherous
2/28/1984
Most injuries were listed as cuts and bruises among the 31 people hurt in crash
Most injuries were listed as cuts and bruises among the 31 people hurt in crash
10/9/1975
These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
These cottages and Boathouses along the north shore of Lake Erie near Erieau, are among many which were badly damaged as a result of the recent storm. [Incomplete]
4/11/1973
Homes in Woodstock, some with roofs and walls sheared off, stand as mute testimony to storm, which ripped through Oxford County Tuesday night
Homes in Woodstock, some with roofs and walls sheared off, stand as mute testimony to storm, which ripped through Oxford County Tuesday night
8/8/1979
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
1/27/1971
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
3/30/1991
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