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Best picture of the year picked by Toronto Firefighters' Association was this one by Toronto Star's Reg Innell, showing Jimmy Street and Harold Osborn(...)
Best picture of the year picked by Toronto Firefighters' Association was this one by Toronto Star's Reg Innell, showing Jimmy Street and Harold Osborn(...)

Best picture of the year picked by Toronto Firefighters' Association was this one by Toronto Star's Reg Innell, showing Jimmy Street and Harold Osborn(...)

Date4/7/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Best picture of the year picked by Toronto Firefighters' Association was this one by Toronto Star's Reg Innell; showing Jimmy Street and Harold Osborne carrying injured colleague Al Allmark from gutted men's wear store.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112392F
Search for cause: Officials are trying to find out how four firefighters plunged two storeys from the cherry picker on this firetruck to the roof of a fire hall
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Prize-winning photo, by Star photographer Frank Lennon, in Toronto Firefighters' Association competition shows injured fireman Capt. Les Burlie helped(...)
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Each Toronto fire station will have a heat-resistant asbestos suit like the one pictured, to supply maximum protection against flames and smoke. One h(...)
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Firemen pay last respects to one of their own, Draped in the Canadian flag and banked with flowers, the coffin of Toronto Fire Capt. Jack Leslie Armst(...)
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Grandfather of Toronto clock towers is the one at St
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Can you spot the real dog?, Palo the great Dane, an habitue of Queen's Quay for the past six years, is surprised to find a Dalmatian inspecting one of his favorite spots yesterday
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Firemen's demonstration: Training and equipment aim to provide the best possible firefighting operation in Canada
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Adelaide Street fire hall, Toronto
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Fire Hall, Toronto, Yonge Street, west side, south of Grosvenor St
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Fire Chief retires, Yorkville District Fire Chief Douglas Begley retired yesterday, just short of his 65th birthday, after 42 years with Toronto Fire Department, 10 of them at Yorkville
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