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Desperate race for life
Desperate race for life

Desperate race for life

Date7/14/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Desperate race for life: An unidentified elderly patient; overcome by smoke in nursing home fire that killed 21 ill and frail old people in Mississauga last night; is given oxygen as rescuers race her across street to Mississauga Hospital. She had been overcome by smoke. Thirty-five other patients were injured in the blaze. Almost 200 lived at the home.
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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_0000553F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario