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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

Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts

Date1/26/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015565F
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