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Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)
Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)

Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)

Date1/8/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away; but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temperatures today. The fire; at Dundas St. E. and Jones Ave.; did $1;000 damage; killed a budgie and canary.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000383F
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