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A score of firemen were treated for burns in the raging inferno at Hull Friday night that cut road, rail and tram traffic from an important route and (...)
A score of firemen were treated for burns in the raging inferno at Hull Friday night that cut road, rail and tram traffic from an important route and (...)

A score of firemen were treated for burns in the raging inferno at Hull Friday night that cut road, rail and tram traffic from an important route and (...)

Date3/30/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: A score of firemen were treated for burns in the raging inferno at Hull Friday night that cut road; rail and tram traffic from an important route and stopped telephone service to a large section of the city. Piled 75 feet high and covering a four-acre area; thousands of cords of pulpwood were destroyed. Aerial photo shows pile smouldering today
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105631F
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