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Grief-stricken Chapais residents help dig through debris in search for bodies
Grief-stricken Chapais residents help dig through debris in search for bodies

Grief-stricken Chapais residents help dig through debris in search for bodies

Date1/1/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Grief-stricken Chapais residents help dig through debris in search for bodies.
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Object NumberTSPA_0000521F
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