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Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St
Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St

Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St

Date8/20/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell; 10; peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St. was badly burned Saturday. Three men loading furniture from nearby office on Keele St. smelled burning and as flames leapt upwards; they heard the boy s screams and pulled him to safety.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000369F
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