Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
She's okay
She's okay

She's okay

Date8/19/1982
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: She's okay: Woman gave the V for victory sign to indicate that she was okay for the time being. Others wee hanging out of windows near collapse as the fire spread out of control about 45 minutes after it was first reported in the hotel and apartments above The Bay at Yonge and Bloor Sts.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000602F
'I remember all the good times,' Margaret Shepherd said as she returned to Cobalt to view the ashes of the house in which she was born
'I remember all the good times,' Margaret Shepherd said as she returned to Cobalt to view the ashes of the house in which she was born
5/26/1977
Cliffside Drama: June Wade was weeding her garden when she lost her balance and fell down this cliff behind her Guildwood Parkway home
Cliffside Drama: June Wade was weeding her garden when she lost her balance and fell down this cliff behind her Guildwood Parkway home
7/24/1988
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
8/19/1982
Homeless at Christmas. Crying, Monica Russell stands outside the burning apartment building on St. Clair Ave. W. at Atlas Ave. from which she, her hus(...)
Homeless at Christmas. Crying, Monica Russell stands outside the burning apartment building on St. Clair Ave. W. at Atlas Ave. from which she, her hus(...)
12/24/1975
Daring act: Carla Pacheco, 9, with niece Paula, 3, on her back, was an inspiration for everybody in the way she saved her nephew Victor from a fire, says a fire official
Daring act: Carla Pacheco, 9, with niece Paula, 3, on her back, was an inspiration for everybody in the way she saved her nephew Victor from a fire, says a fire official
6/23/1986
Shari Thompson cradles three of her six kittens as she stands outside a burning rooming house on Melbourne Ave
Shari Thompson cradles three of her six kittens as she stands outside a burning rooming house on Melbourne Ave
10/11/1985
Cat lover weeps. Fire caused $20,000 damage to Noreen Smeltzer's Soudan Ave. apartment yesterday, but she wasn't crying over that. Her pet cat Lacy pe(...)
Cat lover weeps. Fire caused $20,000 damage to Noreen Smeltzer's Soudan Ave. apartment yesterday, but she wasn't crying over that. Her pet cat Lacy pe(...)
2/21/1981
Little Hero: Jennifer Zilberleib says her dachshund's barking went a long way toward ensuring she and three children escaped the fire that gutted an auto body shop beneath their apartment yesterday
Little Hero: Jennifer Zilberleib says her dachshund's barking went a long way toward ensuring she and three children escaped the fire that gutted an auto body shop beneath their apartment yesterday
3/14/1991
Fatal blast: Flames shot 60 feet into the sky late last night after an explosion at McAsphalt Industries Ltd
Fatal blast: Flames shot 60 feet into the sky late last night after an explosion at McAsphalt Industries Ltd
6/15/1982
The wax-taper, or, Effects of bad habits
The wax-taper, or, Effects of bad habits
1819
Danger warnings like these on transformers do nothing about the problems of disposal or storage of PCBs
Danger warnings like these on transformers do nothing about the problems of disposal or storage of PCBs
11/1/1979
Too many cords plugged into one outlet mean a fire
Too many cords plugged into one outlet mean a fire
1/1/1962