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Home at last
Home at last

Home at last

Date11/16/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Home at last: Dennis Huggett and his family arrive at their Clarkson home after a week of camping out in evacuation centres following last weekend's derailment of railway tank cars carrying explosive propane and deadly chlorine. Max; the family's Siberian husky; shows how everyone feels as he strains to get in the door.
GeographyCity, town, townshipMississauga
GeographyNeighbourhoodClarkson (Mississauga, Ontario)
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0001030F
Home movies. Sergeant Mark Spafford of Peel Regional police takes videotape recordings of citizens returning home after being kept away for six days. (...)
Home movies. Sergeant Mark Spafford of Peel Regional police takes videotape recordings of citizens returning home after being kept away for six days. (...)
11/16/1979
The largest mass evacuation in North American history was completed yesterday when about 220,000 people were moved from their Mississauga homes under (...)
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