Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer
The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer

The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer

Date6/1/1985
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk; but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan; still in shock; proceeded to answer.
Subject
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015803F
Lucien Blaquiere works the control tower phones yesterday in the St
Lucien Blaquiere works the control tower phones yesterday in the St
1/19/1998
Storm clouds pass over a long abandoned farm just south of Georgetown yesterday, in the wake of Monday's storm which caused severe damage along shorel(...)
Storm clouds pass over a long abandoned farm just south of Georgetown yesterday, in the wake of Monday's storm which caused severe damage along shorel(...)
4/10/1973
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
3/18/1977
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
Rhodes scholar Banuta Rubess. When the phone rang, I knew I'd made it
Rhodes scholar Banuta Rubess. When the phone rang, I knew I'd made it
12/10/1977
Storm Knocks out boxing bouts. Lightning bolt slices through the sky and rain own on them, stubborn spectators still stay ringside seats at borough of(...)
Storm Knocks out boxing bouts. Lightning bolt slices through the sky and rain own on them, stubborn spectators still stay ringside seats at borough of(...)
9/24/1970
Not that cold! Mother Nature just couldn't stop playing tricks yesterday: She gave us a whopper of a storm - and a kooky temperature reading at the corner of Bay and Adelaide Sts
Not that cold! Mother Nature just couldn't stop playing tricks yesterday: She gave us a whopper of a storm - and a kooky temperature reading at the corner of Bay and Adelaide Sts
3/31/1987
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Works Dept
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Works Dept
1954
The massive clean-up from Monday's storm is well under way in Metro, but work crews are concentrating on main downtown streets and sidewalks. there is(...)
The massive clean-up from Monday's storm is well under way in Metro, but work crews are concentrating on main downtown streets and sidewalks. there is(...)
1/11/1977
Digging out: Torontonians had to shovel and brush then clamber over treacherous snow banks to get to work today after last night's storm swept southern Ontario
Digging out: Torontonians had to shovel and brush then clamber over treacherous snow banks to get to work today after last night's storm swept southern Ontario
12/3/1991
This demolished brick house shows the impact the storm had in Grand Valley
This demolished brick house shows the impact the storm had in Grand Valley
5/31/1985
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, (...)
8/27/1976