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A little dirty - but alive. Rescue workers have oxygen handy yesterday for Slawomir Spoiniewski (centre), who looks happy to have been rescued from a (...)
A little dirty - but alive. Rescue workers have oxygen handy yesterday for Slawomir Spoiniewski (centre), who looks happy to have been rescued from a (...)

A little dirty - but alive. Rescue workers have oxygen handy yesterday for Slawomir Spoiniewski (centre), who looks happy to have been rescued from a (...)

Date1/15/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: A little dirty - but alive. Rescue workers have oxygen handy yesterday for Slawomir Spoiniewski (centre); who looks happy to have been rescued from a hopper at a downtown foundry and graphite supply company. He spent three hours buried to his chin in the hopper; which was filled with a black; dusty mix used to make graphite.
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