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Touchy job: Metro's police bomb squad went to the Bloor-Yonge subway station last night on a tip that an explosive parcel was hidden in a locker
Touchy job: Metro's police bomb squad went to the Bloor-Yonge subway station last night on a tip that an explosive parcel was hidden in a locker

Touchy job: Metro's police bomb squad went to the Bloor-Yonge subway station last night on a tip that an explosive parcel was hidden in a locker

Date12/21/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Touchy job: Metro's police bomb squad went to the Bloor-Yonge subway station last night on a tip that an explosive parcel was hidden in a locker.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119722F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Constable Clayton Mitchell of Metro police bomb squad sifts through broken glass looking for remants of bomb that blasted travel agency on Bloor St. W. early today
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Size of explosive device
Size of explosive device
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