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Examining scene of blast that occurred in the alley beside the Capri Bakery in North York on Thursday, two detectives search for clues. Police now bel(...)
Examining scene of blast that occurred in the alley beside the Capri Bakery in North York on Thursday, two detectives search for clues. Police now bel(...)

Examining scene of blast that occurred in the alley beside the Capri Bakery in North York on Thursday, two detectives search for clues. Police now bel(...)

Date6/27/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Examining scene of blast that occurred in the alley beside the Capri Bakery in North York on Thursday; two detectives search for clues. Police now believe bakery bombings are linked to attempts to enforce illegal price fixing.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006215F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
We were very lucky, Mrs. Eileen Bailey tells Detective Ted Starett. No one in the house was injured by the blast which rocked their home early today
We were very lucky, Mrs. Eileen Bailey tells Detective Ted Starett. No one in the house was injured by the blast which rocked their home early today
9/24/1968
Examining damage from bomb, J. H. Ready, vice-president of Hawker Siddeley, handkerchief in breast-pocket, walks in front of his Etobicoke home with police
Examining damage from bomb, J. H. Ready, vice-president of Hawker Siddeley, handkerchief in breast-pocket, walks in front of his Etobicoke home with police
9/24/1968
Murder scene: While a Parkdale alley sewer is searched for the knife that killed Nelson Machado, 16, police look for other clues
Murder scene: While a Parkdale alley sewer is searched for the knife that killed Nelson Machado, 16, police look for other clues
6/12/1985
Twisted tracks at maple were left by propane explosions in night of terror, Tank in background, its flames now out, is where danger of new blasts are feared today and 26 more families were exacuated
Twisted tracks at maple were left by propane explosions in night of terror, Tank in background, its flames now out, is where danger of new blasts are feared today and 26 more families were exacuated
8/7/1962
Metro police and firemen examine the charred and blast-buckled wreck in which a man died
Metro police and firemen examine the charred and blast-buckled wreck in which a man died
12/28/1978
Stunned by Blast, workmen lie near tar tank which exploded yesterday, sending two men to hospital, Men had parked tanker behind Windermere Ave. apartment building to pump tar to roof
Stunned by Blast, workmen lie near tar tank which exploded yesterday, sending two men to hospital, Men had parked tanker behind Windermere Ave. apartment building to pump tar to roof
2/24/1976
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
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
Fatal blast
Fatal blast
11/30/1990
Blast levels house, Fire officials inspect a house on David St
Blast levels house, Fire officials inspect a house on David St
6/27/1991
Pickering house destroyed in blast
Pickering house destroyed in blast
8/27/1995
Found buried under a pile of plaster three feet deep, 3-month-old Lorraine Derose is carried unhurt from home by fireman Danny Darnborough after blast
Found buried under a pile of plaster three feet deep, 3-month-old Lorraine Derose is carried unhurt from home by fireman Danny Darnborough after blast
10/8/1968
Gas blast: Rick Russo shows where Shelley Marks, 18, was buried after the Schomberg house she was in exploded yesterday
Gas blast: Rick Russo shows where Shelley Marks, 18, was buried after the Schomberg house she was in exploded yesterday
7/10/1989