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Eight workers narrowly escaped death yesterday when a Rosedale sewer tunnel in which they were working caved in for the second time in two weeks. The (...)
Eight workers narrowly escaped death yesterday when a Rosedale sewer tunnel in which they were working caved in for the second time in two weeks. The (...)

Eight workers narrowly escaped death yesterday when a Rosedale sewer tunnel in which they were working caved in for the second time in two weeks. The (...)

Date7/11/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Eight workers narrowly escaped death yesterday when a Rosedale sewer tunnel in which they were working caved in for the second time in two weeks. The tunnel; 90 feet below Rowanwood Ave.; flooded with water; leaving a gaping hole in the road above; Kevin Callan; 23 (L); and Clair Calhoun; 26; both underground at time; raced a wall of muck for several hundred yards before reaching safety.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000229F
When the pavement caved in. Constable Anthony Pietranio kneels to look for damage to car balanced over cave-in on Camden St., a short street in Spadin(...)
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