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Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis, one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the Colle(...)
Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis, one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the Colle(...)

Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis, one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the Colle(...)

Date2/21/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis; one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the College-Dufferin Sts. area; get oxygen after he's overcome by smoke. Another fireman suffered a burned hand and two were hurt when a roof fell in. The damage was estimated at more than $100;000.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000657F
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