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Picking up the pieces
Picking up the pieces

Picking up the pieces

Date6/3/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Picking up the pieces: Volunteers attempt to salvage what they can of undamaged books in the rubble of what was once the Grand Valley library. The library; which sat on the second floor of the town hall; was devastated in Friday's tornado. Inspectors later ordered the book salvagers from the condemned building. Three children were injured when the building collapsed.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015816F
Picking up the pieces: Don Baggett loads his truck with the belongings he and his wife Rosemary were able to salvage after their roof was blown off
Picking up the pieces: Don Baggett loads his truck with the belongings he and his wife Rosemary were able to salvage after their roof was blown off
8/24/1992
Picking up the pieces of the second storey of their home, which was shattered and blown into their backyard, George Kleber, of Lively, and his wife Vi(...)
Picking up the pieces of the second storey of their home, which was shattered and blown into their backyard, George Kleber, of Lively, and his wife Vi(...)
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
Clearing up: Amber Doupe, 8, left, and Monica Ruston, 10, gather up books yesterday after a tornado hit the village of Frome Tuesday
Clearing up: Amber Doupe, 8, left, and Monica Ruston, 10, gather up books yesterday after a tornado hit the village of Frome Tuesday
8/29/1990
Cars parked along lakeshore area in west end were caked with up to 3 inches of frozen spray whipped up by hurricane-force winds yesterday. Ray Russell(...)
Cars parked along lakeshore area in west end were caked with up to 3 inches of frozen spray whipped up by hurricane-force winds yesterday. Ray Russell(...)
1/27/1978
Tractor-trailers pile up on the 401 in the snow, The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 are blocked by trucks and tractor-trailers that jackknifed and cra(...)
Tractor-trailers pile up on the 401 in the snow, The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 are blocked by trucks and tractor-trailers that jackknifed and cra(...)
12/20/1973
Heave-ho! Students on their lunch hour from Donell School in Newmarket help cars up the hill in front of their school following yesterday's snowfall
Heave-ho! Students on their lunch hour from Donell School in Newmarket help cars up the hill in front of their school following yesterday's snowfall
11/24/1982
Hydro crews and firefighters, right, clean up roofing materials ripped off a Scarborough nursing home
Hydro crews and firefighters, right, clean up roofing materials ripped off a Scarborough nursing home
3/28/1991
Ice build-up on roofs
Ice build-up on roofs
1/15/1999
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
First big snowfall of the year last week created massive traffic tie-ups throughout Metro and was blamed for dozens of accidents. Reader suggests that snow tires should be made compulsory
First big snowfall of the year last week created massive traffic tie-ups throughout Metro and was blamed for dozens of accidents. Reader suggests that snow tires should be made compulsory
12/5/1977
Cleaning up
Cleaning up
8/11/1979