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Old People, children saved from fire in church
Old People, children saved from fire in church

Old People, children saved from fire in church

Date5/3/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Old People; children saved from fire in church. Firemen chop through the roof of St. Peter s Anglican Church at Carlton and Sherbourne Sts. to battle the two-alarm fire that cause $80;000 damage this afternoon. Sixteen elderly people trapped in the church s basement were rescued by two firemen with gas masks who lifted them through a smashed ground-level window. Another 10 people; including four children attending nursery school in the 110-year-old church; escaped before the 14 fire trucks arrived at the scene.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000380F
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