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In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house
In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house

In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house

Date6/4/1974
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In the inquest into a March rooming house fire in which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of o(...)
In the inquest into a March rooming house fire in which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of o(...)
6/4/1974
After escaping a rooming-house fire that killed five persons, Bernice Acker and Terry Gillis sit in Wellesley Hospital awaiting examination. Mrs. Acke(...)
After escaping a rooming-house fire that killed five persons, Bernice Acker and Terry Gillis sit in Wellesley Hospital awaiting examination. Mrs. Acke(...)
3/7/1974
The yachtman and coaster's book of reference: giving courses and distances, with the relative bearings of the light houses and light ships, from Cape Hatteras to St. John's, N.B., with reliable sailing directions for seventy-five harbors and ports, as compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys
The yachtman and coaster's book of reference: giving courses and distances, with the relative bearings of the light houses and light ships, from Cape Hatteras to St. John's, N.B., with reliable sailing directions for seventy-five harbors and ports, as compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys
1881
Recent arrivals from Montreal are Lila and Arnold Dewhurst and son Philip, 12. Dewhurst is executive with Alcan, one of the big companies which are seeking new policies to ease the problem of frequent moves in upper echelons. Some companies provide interest-free loans, assist in selling houses, pay for license plate changes, alterations to carpets and phone charges.
Recent arrivals from Montreal are Lila and Arnold Dewhurst and son Philip, 12. Dewhurst is executive with Alcan, one of the big companies which are seeking new policies to ease the problem of frequent moves in upper echelons. Some companies provide interest-free loans, assist in selling houses, pay for license plate changes, alterations to carpets and phone charges.
6/12/1972
Asking questions about 446 houses, with down payments as low as $980, that will be sold by lottery, 5,000 persons visited the Home Ownership Made Easy(...)
Asking questions about 446 houses, with down payments as low as $980, that will be sold by lottery, 5,000 persons visited the Home Ownership Made Easy(...)
12/29/1974
Only small wooden walk leads to Olga Karabanow's rooming houses on Spadina Rd
Only small wooden walk leads to Olga Karabanow's rooming houses on Spadina Rd
4/26/1976
Charles Goldsmith stands beside one of the rooming houses he has made over, and the Rolls-Royce he can afford to drive because he does the thing that so no one else wants to do
Charles Goldsmith stands beside one of the rooming houses he has made over, and the Rolls-Royce he can afford to drive because he does the thing that so no one else wants to do
7/25/1973
Puzzled parents: Fred and Moira Daubert say their daughter Sharon, 20, never had to want for anything until she left their East Gwillimbury home last March to move into Toronto rooming house.
Puzzled parents: Fred and Moira Daubert say their daughter Sharon, 20, never had to want for anything until she left their East Gwillimbury home last March to move into Toronto rooming house.
11/7/1986
Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)
Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)
3/9/1989
A bill introduced in the House of assembly of the province of Lower-Canada for the relief of persons who are really in a state of indigence, and more (...)
A bill introduced in the House of assembly of the province of Lower-Canada for the relief of persons who are really in a state of indigence, and more (...)
1816
A bullet in his chest, 15-year-old Norman Savory lies in a hospital bed, one of three persons who was shot at a party in a Wallace Ave. house yesterda(...)
A bullet in his chest, 15-year-old Norman Savory lies in a hospital bed, one of three persons who was shot at a party in a Wallace Ave. house yesterda(...)
12/26/1974
Evicted for the fifth time in a year, Charlie Rolfe, who's 47 and disabled, carries some things out of his downtown rooming house. It has been sold to(...)
Evicted for the fifth time in a year, Charlie Rolfe, who's 47 and disabled, carries some things out of his downtown rooming house. It has been sold to(...)
4/14/1974