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They dug him out from a pile of rubble that had been a London house, and fittingly dubbed him Brix
They dug him out from a pile of rubble that had been a London house, and fittingly dubbed him Brix

They dug him out from a pile of rubble that had been a London house, and fittingly dubbed him Brix

Date11/27/1940
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Original Toronto Star caption: They dug him out from a pile of rubble that had been a London house; and fittingly dubbed him Brix. Now he's the mascot of this U.S. girls' rescue squad
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002287F
A mid-afternoon blast of undetermined origin left this pile of rubble of what had been the Belsize Dr. home of 87-year-old Edward Mason. Mason is in s(...)
A mid-afternoon blast of undetermined origin left this pile of rubble of what had been the Belsize Dr. home of 87-year-old Edward Mason. Mason is in s(...)
6/24/1969
Dubbed 'unflappable mac' during his seven years as British prime minister, Sir Harold Macmillan showed how he earned his nickname last night by remaining imperturbable while all about him members of Canadian Publisher's Council sat shocked by heckler who interrupted speech introducing him to council's annual banquet
Dubbed 'unflappable mac' during his seven years as British prime minister, Sir Harold Macmillan showed how he earned his nickname last night by remaining imperturbable while all about him members of Canadian Publisher's Council sat shocked by heckler who interrupted speech introducing him to council's annual banquet
1/18/1968
Dubbed 'unflappable mac' during his seven years as British prime minister, Sir Harold Macmillan showed how he earned his nickname last night by remaining imperturbable while all about him members of Canadian Publisher's Council sat shocked by heckler who interrupted speech introducing him to council's annual banquet
Dubbed 'unflappable mac' during his seven years as British prime minister, Sir Harold Macmillan showed how he earned his nickname last night by remaining imperturbable while all about him members of Canadian Publisher's Council sat shocked by heckler who interrupted speech introducing him to council's annual banquet
1/17/1968
Dubbed 'unflappable mac' during his seven years as British prime minister, Sir Harold Macmillan showed how he earned his nickname last night by remaining imperturbable while all about him members of Canadian Publisher's Council sat shocked by heckler who interrupted speech introducing him to council's annual banquet
Dubbed 'unflappable mac' during his seven years as British prime minister, Sir Harold Macmillan showed how he earned his nickname last night by remaining imperturbable while all about him members of Canadian Publisher's Council sat shocked by heckler who interrupted speech introducing him to council's annual banquet
1/17/1968
Keeps him busy: Jack Pollick takes pride in his pill-bottle model of a community he dubbed Geriatria
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1/15/1992
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
7/22/1975
His office reduced to rubble by bombings and space at a premium, this Japanese dentist carries his equipments with him on a cart as he travels from to(...)
His office reduced to rubble by bombings and space at a premium, this Japanese dentist carries his equipments with him on a cart as he travels from to(...)
10/2/1945
A photograph of a pile of dirt and construction rubble in the middle of a muddy field, with hou ...
Rubble pile, Inglis remediation site near Strachan Avenue.
2002
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Fatal blast: Firefighters arrived just minutes after an explosion ripped apart a north Brampton restaurant early today, crushing one man to death beneath a pile of rubble and injuring a co-worker
11/30/1990
A close fit--he had to leave his hat on the roof-but I've been in tighter squeezes, says Metro Chairman Gardiner as he tries out car presented him on (...)
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11/9/1961
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Golden girl, Anna Porter, the publisher of Key Porter Books, has been dubbed the Golden Girl of Canadian publishing
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