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Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)

Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)

Date3/6/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail truck half an hour later on York Mills Rd. Mrs. Ahreus said one mailman had hust delivered a registered letter when the abduction started: I was standing at my front door; talking with the mailman; when a young iad ran up the road shouting 'your Mail truck has been taken by some men.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120389F
Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off
Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off
3/6/1979
Good news: D. G. Farncomb (centre) hears happy report from Police Chief James Mackey (right): His 6-year-old daughter Mary, abducted for ransom on her way to school, has been found safe
Good news: D. G. Farncomb (centre) hears happy report from Police Chief James Mackey (right): His 6-year-old daughter Mary, abducted for ransom on her way to school, has been found safe
5/11/1967
Scared little girl: Annie Trieu, 3, was found in a dark church basement five hours after being abducted from a Metro department store recently
Scared little girl: Annie Trieu, 3, was found in a dark church basement five hours after being abducted from a Metro department store recently
11/25/1990
On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
7/8/1981
Abducted Girl Reunited with Parents, Samantha Williams, 3 1/2, who was abducted from Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in North York Saturday, was back with(...)
Abducted Girl Reunited with Parents, Samantha Williams, 3 1/2, who was abducted from Chuck E Cheese's restaurant in North York Saturday, was back with(...)
3/11/1990
Abducted Girl plays it cool, A calm and matter-of-fact Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old who was abducted for three hours yesterday while on the way to sc(...)
Abducted Girl plays it cool, A calm and matter-of-fact Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old who was abducted for three hours yesterday while on the way to sc(...)
5/12/1967
Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
4/18/1974
Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail
Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail
8/29/1991
Ron Englechart, on the run four years with abducted son Robi, 9, gives himself up today
Ron Englechart, on the run four years with abducted son Robi, 9, gives himself up today
5/6/1979
A Smiling Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old kindergarten pupil who was abducted for three hours yesterday, walks happily to John Ross Robertson school beh(...)
A Smiling Mary Farncomb, the 6-year-old kindergarten pupil who was abducted for three hours yesterday, walks happily to John Ross Robertson school beh(...)
5/12/1967
Nadarajan Janarthanarajan father of abducted Janarthani
Nadarajan Janarthanarajan father of abducted Janarthani
9/14/1995
Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
6/29/1987