California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks

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California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks

Date10/1/1989

Names

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks.

Subject

Earthquakes

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116616F

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