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The street fell in at the corner of Logan and Bain Aves
The street fell in at the corner of Logan and Bain Aves

The street fell in at the corner of Logan and Bain Aves

Date7/28/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: The street fell in at the corner of Logan and Bain Aves. During yesterday s torrential 20-minute thunderstorm. The downpour also resulted in a deluge of calls to the city works department; which dispatched special crews to unplug scores of clogged street drains. The department said that more than 100 basements in the area between Broadview and Woodbine Aves; were flooded by the storm. Weathermen were predicting more scattered thundershowers late today.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000228F
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