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$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)
$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)

$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)

Date10/11/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: $45;000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in an Ontario Metal Importers Ltd. warehouse and another next door. There were no injuries. The cause is being investigated.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000669F
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
Flames soar at factory blaze. It took about 50 firefighters more than three hours to control a fire at an abandoned tire factory on Bloor St. W., west(...)
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5/18/1983
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Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
7/16/1974
Fire strikes rooming house. Firemen fighting a blaze today on the top floor of a three-storey rooming-house on Pembroke St. carry up a fan to pull out(...)
Fire strikes rooming house. Firemen fighting a blaze today on the top floor of a three-storey rooming-house on Pembroke St. carry up a fan to pull out(...)
4/10/1975
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(...)
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Ice-covered firemen battle $200,000 blaze at St
Ice-covered firemen battle $200,000 blaze at St
1/10/1979
Gutted. Fifteen fire engines and their crews fought a morning blaze yesterday that left the 80-year-old Lansdowne Tavern in Toronto's west end a write(...)
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1/3/1980
Factory Fire. Etobicoke firefighters battle a two-alarm blaze that caused $300.000 damage to a plant in the North Queen St. and Islington Ave. area yesterday
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6/23/1991
Firefighters rescue a man from a spectacular blaze at Queen and Parliament Sts
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12/23/1989
Palace pier is a smoking ruin after five-hour fire fought by more than 40 firemen
Palace pier is a smoking ruin after five-hour fire fought by more than 40 firemen
1/7/1963
West-end warehouse blaze. Firefighters battle a stubborn fire yesterday that began in a garage adjoining Liberty Storage Warehouse, near King St. and (...)
West-end warehouse blaze. Firefighters battle a stubborn fire yesterday that began in a garage adjoining Liberty Storage Warehouse, near King St. and (...)
12/1/1989
70 firemen battle $175,00 blaze
70 firemen battle $175,00 blaze
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