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A violent storm with winds up to 200 miles an hour that ripped through Mississauga early yesterday and left a trail of destruction, tore roof off Evel(...)
A violent storm with winds up to 200 miles an hour that ripped through Mississauga early yesterday and left a trail of destruction, tore roof off Evel(...)

A violent storm with winds up to 200 miles an hour that ripped through Mississauga early yesterday and left a trail of destruction, tore roof off Evel(...)

Date8/14/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: A violent storm with winds up to 200 miles an hour that ripped through Mississauga early yesterday and left a trail of destruction; tore roof off Evelyn Joseph's $95;000 home on Chantenay Dr. Here she surveys ruins of her garage. Miss Joseph; who shares the home with her mother and a sister; says that despite the damage to her home; the storm left fruit trees and tomato plants unscathed in backyard.
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Smashed by the storm this Sudbury house had most of its roof ripped away by 100-mile-an-hour winds that swept through Nickel Belt area yesterday leavi(...)
Smashed by the storm this Sudbury house had most of its roof ripped away by 100-mile-an-hour winds that swept through Nickel Belt area yesterday leavi(...)
8/20/1970
Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
8/30/1970
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
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
Storm victim: Bob Dobbin (left) ruminates with a farm helper over the vicious storm that wrecked his $200,000 farmhouse in Reeces Corners, and left a trail of destruction behind
Storm victim: Bob Dobbin (left) ruminates with a farm helper over the vicious storm that wrecked his $200,000 farmhouse in Reeces Corners, and left a trail of destruction behind
5/3/1983
Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts
Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts
1/26/1978
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
Wind rips roof off metro factory, A section fo roof 15 feet wide and 40 feet long peeled off by a gust of wind yesterday is inspected by foreman Doug (...)
Wind rips roof off metro factory, A section fo roof 15 feet wide and 40 feet long peeled off by a gust of wind yesterday is inspected by foreman Doug (...)
4/4/1974
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
The windsor curling rink in which eight persons were killed and eleven injured had the roof ripped off and a wall demolished by a freak tornado. Concr(...)
The windsor curling rink in which eight persons were killed and eleven injured had the roof ripped off and a wall demolished by a freak tornado. Concr(...)
4/3/1974
Tornado ripped roof off home of Nick Accardo on Brewster Crescent, near Jane and Sheppard
Tornado ripped roof off home of Nick Accardo on Brewster Crescent, near Jane and Sheppard
8/14/1984