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Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)
Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)

Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)

Date3/9/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspected and homicide detectives have been called in to investigate.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000755F
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After escaping a rooming-house fire that killed five persons, Bernice Acker and Terry Gillis sit in Wellesley Hospital awaiting examination. Mrs. Acke(...)
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A fire captain wheels out ashes in a search for fire victims
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