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Charred ruin

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Charred ruin

Date2/14/1982

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wilkes, Jim (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Charred ruin: Uxbridge Fire Chief Norm James watches as Donald Reeds; an investigator with the Ontario Fire Marshal s office; sifts through the rubble of an Uxbridge farm building in which four people died early yesterday. Police said a guest at a party in the building tried to restart a wood stove with gasoline or Varsol.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000420F

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