Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Firemen scramble on roof of burning North York shopping plaza early this morning
Firemen scramble on roof of burning North York shopping plaza early this morning

Firemen scramble on roof of burning North York shopping plaza early this morning

Date11/19/1976
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Firemen scramble on roof of burning North York shopping plaza early this morning.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000654F
Firemen with face masks battle to enter burning upstairs bedroom of David Lumsden s home in Downsview early today, trying to reach bodies of four youn(...)
Firemen with face masks battle to enter burning upstairs bedroom of David Lumsden s home in Downsview early today, trying to reach bodies of four youn(...)
3/12/1968
Blaze tragedy. Top, victim of early morning fire on Caroline St. being taken by fire and ambulance personnel. Firemen (left) try to revive a victim br(...)
Blaze tragedy. Top, victim of early morning fire on Caroline St. being taken by fire and ambulance personnel. Firemen (left) try to revive a victim br(...)
n.d.
Visible for miles, smoke rises from the blaze that gutted York borough s Roseland Public School today as firemen train their hoses on the roof. The 50(...)
Visible for miles, smoke rises from the blaze that gutted York borough s Roseland Public School today as firemen train their hoses on the roof. The 50(...)
7/29/1970
Fighting to save roof. Crews work on the burning roof of a two-storey home on Balfour Ave. at Danforth Ave. and Main St. yesterday. Fire officials are(...)
Fighting to save roof. Crews work on the burning roof of a two-storey home on Balfour Ave. at Danforth Ave. and Main St. yesterday. Fire officials are(...)
7/12/1990
Crews of firemen pour water on to burning Ontario St
Crews of firemen pour water on to burning Ontario St
6/4/1978
Firemen pour water on burning star annex on king St
Firemen pour water on burning star annex on king St
3/22/1963
A steady hand. As cold water showers down around him, a firefighter keeps his high-pressure hose trained on flames coming from the roof of a burning h(...)
A steady hand. As cold water showers down around him, a firefighter keeps his high-pressure hose trained on flames coming from the roof of a burning h(...)
11/3/1989
Salvaging furniture as a $750,000 blaze sweeps through Six Points Plaza in Etobicoke, men carry chairs across the parking lot while firemen pour strea(...)
Salvaging furniture as a $750,000 blaze sweeps through Six Points Plaza in Etobicoke, men carry chairs across the parking lot while firemen pour strea(...)
4/1/1971
Six members of this family died in early-morning blaze in North York
Six members of this family died in early-morning blaze in North York
11/22/1972
Watch out! Two firemen (right) dash for safety as the roof of a 124-year-old building at Vandorf, (16 kilometres), (10 miles) south of Newmarket, coll(...)
Watch out! Two firemen (right) dash for safety as the roof of a 124-year-old building at Vandorf, (16 kilometres), (10 miles) south of Newmarket, coll(...)
12/29/1981
Frantic effort: Paramedics work feverishly to save Hussain Jasar, 90, after he was brought out of a burning house early today, but he died before reaching hospital
Frantic effort: Paramedics work feverishly to save Hussain Jasar, 90, after he was brought out of a burning house early today, but he died before reaching hospital
6/26/1990
Firm wiped out. It took firemen and 13 rigs about two hours to bring this blaze under control early today, but not before flames burned out D and M Bu(...)
Firm wiped out. It took firemen and 13 rigs about two hours to bring this blaze under control early today, but not before flames burned out D and M Bu(...)
4/23/1979