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Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II
Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II

Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II

Date8/19/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000599F
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