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A year ago today a tornado swept through Barrie, top, causing devastating damage
A year ago today a tornado swept through Barrie, top, causing devastating damage

A year ago today a tornado swept through Barrie, top, causing devastating damage

Date5/31/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: A year ago today a tornado swept through Barrie; top; causing devastating damage.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015919F
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1/10/1977
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4/1/1991
Bobbi Cochar examines damage caused by a maple tree that toppled when gale force winds whipped through Metro yesterday
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Grant Byers holds beam of florist shop demolished by a violent tornado that raced through woodstock yesterday
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8/7/1979
Good form: The mini-storm which swept into Metro yesterday played havoc with the thoroughbred program at Greenwood but Paul Camillert doesn't let it bother him as he studies program
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