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Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)

Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)

Date7/29/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building; displacing more than 600 pupils. The school; located on Jane St. near Lambton Ave.; was empty when the fire started. One fireman was overcome by the dense black smoke; which was visible for miles; and required hospital treatment. Cause of the fire was not explained.
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Visible for miles, smoke rises from the blaze that gutted York borough s Roseland Public School today as firemen train their hoses on the roof. The 50(...)
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