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Mrs. Flossie Tanner and the gutted shell of her store and home in Oxford Centre
Mrs. Flossie Tanner and the gutted shell of her store and home in Oxford Centre

Mrs. Flossie Tanner and the gutted shell of her store and home in Oxford Centre

Date8/8/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mrs. Flossie Tanner and the gutted shell of her store and home in Oxford Centre.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015768F
June Maloney (left) and daughter Susan Williams of Oxford Centre after their home wrecked
June Maloney (left) and daughter Susan Williams of Oxford Centre after their home wrecked
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Jacob Steef, 16, examines what's left of a truck that was tossed 100 yards by a tornado that struck Oxford Centre
Jacob Steef, 16, examines what's left of a truck that was tossed 100 yards by a tornado that struck Oxford Centre
8/7/1979
Oxford Centre residents Wanda Lively (left) and Darlene Wilson take a break from rummaging in the rubble for their possessions
Oxford Centre residents Wanda Lively (left) and Darlene Wilson take a break from rummaging in the rubble for their possessions
8/8/1979
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
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No insurance: Shirley Hankins worries how she'll replace uninsured belongings lost when the tornado hit her rented townhouse
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Hydro crews and firefighters, right, clean up roofing materials ripped off a Scarborough nursing home
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3/28/1991
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