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Firemen used heavy wire cutters to remove screens like these from windows at Roseland Public School to fight a fire today. An education board official(...)
Firemen used heavy wire cutters to remove screens like these from windows at Roseland Public School to fight a fire today. An education board official(...)

Firemen used heavy wire cutters to remove screens like these from windows at Roseland Public School to fight a fire today. An education board official(...)

Date7/29/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Firemen used heavy wire cutters to remove screens like these from windows at Roseland Public School to fight a fire today. An education board official said the screens; to deter vandalism; weren t against fire regulations.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000362F
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