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Near-disaster

Near-disaster

Date2/27/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Near-disaster: Almost miraculously; no one was killed or badly injured in the $10 million explosion and fire at the Gulf Canada refinery in Mississauga yesterday. Smoke from the blaze; as seen in this aerial photo; was visible from as far away as the U.S. side of Lake Ontario.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0000714F
Unable to comprehend the full impact of the disaster that has struck her family and hundreds of others in Cobalt, three-year-old Janice Moore sits pat(...)
Unable to comprehend the full impact of the disaster that has struck her family and hundreds of others in Cobalt, three-year-old Janice Moore sits pat(...)
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Image shows three firefighters working on scene while fire is destroying houses.
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Firefighters hurt in fall. Ambulance attendants and firefighters carry Captain Stan Payne from a burning empty house on Berkeley St. near Front St. Pa(...)
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Near Lawrence Ave. and Mount Pleasent 1.5 million mansion
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