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Shelburne - When Bruce Wilson crawled from the rubble of his multi-million dollar potato and beef farm, he took one look and broke into tears. All tha(...)
Shelburne - When Bruce Wilson crawled from the rubble of his multi-million dollar potato and beef farm, he took one look and broke into tears. All tha(...)

Shelburne - When Bruce Wilson crawled from the rubble of his multi-million dollar potato and beef farm, he took one look and broke into tears. All tha(...)

Date6/4/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shelburne - When Bruce Wilson crawled from the rubble of his multi-million dollar potato and beef farm; he took one look and broke into tears. All that remained of the business he and his father slaved to build on 283 hectares (700 acres) north of Shelburne was a pile of rubble. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015882F
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
Ron McKittrick of Morrow Rd. in Barrie stands on hood of his truck as he surveys the rubble that was his ATLAS Auto Supply Company
Ron McKittrick of Morrow Rd. in Barrie stands on hood of his truck as he surveys the rubble that was his ATLAS Auto Supply Company
6/1/1985
Salvaging what they can, Mrs. Vicki Kleber pulls on e of the family's possessions from the rubble of their storm-wrecked home at Lively, Ont., to show(...)
Salvaging what they can, Mrs. Vicki Kleber pulls on e of the family's possessions from the rubble of their storm-wrecked home at Lively, Ont., to show(...)
8/21/1970
Rushing Floodwaters of Highland Creek in Scarborough all but submerge one of two concrete-mixer tucks that plunged in when entry ramp of bridge collap(...)
Rushing Floodwaters of Highland Creek in Scarborough all but submerge one of two concrete-mixer tucks that plunged in when entry ramp of bridge collap(...)
7/15/1977
At work: For a top executive of a multi-million dollar business Marty Silver looks sort of informal surrounded by huge rolls of material used in his furniture business
At work: For a top executive of a multi-million dollar business Marty Silver looks sort of informal surrounded by huge rolls of material used in his furniture business
8/14/1984
Man with the Dog Behind him. Bernardo Alvardo is grief stricken after the Hurricaine took his house and job on a banana plantation
Man with the Dog Behind him. Bernardo Alvardo is grief stricken after the Hurricaine took his house and job on a banana plantation
11/18/1998
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
It was all for one and one for al as cars floundered on North York's Cassandra Blvd
It was all for one and one for al as cars floundered on North York's Cassandra Blvd
1/10/1977
With sidewalks clogged, this shaggy pedestrian took to the road
With sidewalks clogged, this shaggy pedestrian took to the road
1/10/1977
Storm Damage to Synagogue, Storm damage estimated at $15,000 to $20,000 was what Rabbi Aaron Zimmerman discovered when he arrived at Beth Meyer Synago(...)
Storm Damage to Synagogue, Storm damage estimated at $15,000 to $20,000 was what Rabbi Aaron Zimmerman discovered when he arrived at Beth Meyer Synago(...)
3/24/1975
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
6/1/1985
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