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Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)
Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)

Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French, asleep downstair(...)

Date2/8/1963
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Original Toronto Star caption: Charred bunk beds in one of the second floor bedrooms are mute testimony of the heat which snuffed out eight young lives. Mr. French; asleep downstairs; awoke about 1 a.m. to hear his children screaming: Help! Daddy; help! We can t get out. Roaring flames thwarted his try to save them.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000342F
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