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A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kep(...)

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A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kep(...)

Date12/29/1970

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Calleja, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kept more than 100 birds he was nursing back to health and all but three died.

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