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Every cent they had in the world-$10,000-was lost last night, said Welbert (left) and Wesley Brimacombe, when four youths forced their way into the br(...)
Every cent they had in the world-$10,000-was lost last night, said Welbert (left) and Wesley Brimacombe, when four youths forced their way into the br(...)

Every cent they had in the world-$10,000-was lost last night, said Welbert (left) and Wesley Brimacombe, when four youths forced their way into the br(...)

Date8/3/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Every cent they had in the world-$10;000-was lost last night; said Welbert (left) and Wesley Brimacombe; when four youths forced their way into the brothers' Ashdale Ave. home and robbed them. The retired pensioners saved money from odd jobs and stored it in paper bags inside a tool drawer. They got one blasted good haul;' Wesley said . . . I'm not broken-hearted . . .
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120588F
A bitter man: Tim Gabriel with his four-month-old daughter Alysia, had to have a leg amputated after being beaten by three youths
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On the way home from Detroit Sunday night, North Toronto Collegiate students Chris Robinson (left) and Kent Conover, along with the other 36 passenger(...)
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Crosses on photograph at Newtonbrook Plaza, North York, show where three youths were shot (left) by a gunman (centre) who had ordered them to line up.(...)
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