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ne of Bank Hold-Up

ne of Bank Hold-Up

Date1/5/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: ne of Bank Hold-Up: Police and public over outside Toronto-Dominion Bank branch at Adelaide St. just east of Bay St.; as another policeman arrives on a horse. Shortly before noon today; two masked men escaped with $11;000 in Metro's first bank hold-up of the year. The men; described as being in theri 20s; used a stolen car to effect their escape. On Oct. 22; 1970; the same bank branch was robbed of $12;000. Robbers today were said to have accents.
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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_0120516F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
A bank hold-up was foiled in Toronto yesterday by teller Anne Maxwell and a subject was chased by accountant Ron Norwood, 25 (left), and trainee Graha(...)
A bank hold-up was foiled in Toronto yesterday by teller Anne Maxwell and a subject was chased by accountant Ron Norwood, 25 (left), and trainee Graha(...)
7/30/1974
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
Hold-up scene: A policeman removes broken glass from a door police smashed to get into a bank during a robbery attempt in North York yesterday
4/29/1980
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
Bullet-ridden van: Policeman holds the jacket discarded by bank robber who got away in Yorkville after police chased him and two accomplices in the black van shown in background
3/12/1981
An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby
An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby
10/18/1972
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
Kenora Policemen-Sgt. Robert Letain (left) and Constable Donald Milliard-examine pants Milliard was wearing when a bank robber was blown up by sticks (...)
6/7/1973
Still shocked by their ordeal, three trust company tellers leave Scarborough General Hospital yesterday under police escort after being treated for injuries received in a $148,716 hold-up
Still shocked by their ordeal, three trust company tellers leave Scarborough General Hospital yesterday under police escort after being treated for injuries received in a $148,716 hold-up
1/3/1980
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
11/4/1993
Scene of bank robbery at Canadian Bank of Commerce in King, Ont.
Scene of bank robbery at Canadian Bank of Commerce in King, Ont.
2/12/1954
Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)
Money is strewn on the floor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Union Station after four gunmen robbed it of $261,900 yesterday, but a bank (...)
10/18/1972
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
A Bank Robber in stocking mask, holding a deadman's detonator in his teeth (arrow), walks from a Kenora bank behind a policeman stowing money in a tru(...)
5/10/1973
Bank closed: Toronto Dominion bank branch sports a Closed Due To Robbery sign in its window as one policeman lets a fellow officer in to conduct an investigation
Bank closed: Toronto Dominion bank branch sports a Closed Due To Robbery sign in its window as one policeman lets a fellow officer in to conduct an investigation
3/25/1985
Safe: Bank employees mill around outside yesterday as the drama unfolds
Safe: Bank employees mill around outside yesterday as the drama unfolds
7/16/1991