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Bomb-blasted basement windows of home at 5 Burleigh Heights Dr., owned by Hawker Siddeley executive P. Y. Davoud, is examined by police and firemen. I(...)
Bomb-blasted basement windows of home at 5 Burleigh Heights Dr., owned by Hawker Siddeley executive P. Y. Davoud, is examined by police and firemen. I(...)

Bomb-blasted basement windows of home at 5 Burleigh Heights Dr., owned by Hawker Siddeley executive P. Y. Davoud, is examined by police and firemen. I(...)

Date9/24/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bomb-blasted basement windows of home at 5 Burleigh Heights Dr.; owned by Hawker Siddeley executive P. Y. Davoud; is examined by police and firemen. It was one of 10 homes of executives of the giant Hawker Siddeley Corp. to be hit by a series of bombs by raiders sweeping across Metro last night.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006313F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Remains of Bomb that exploded outside the home of de Havilland executive Paul Davoud, at 5 Burleigh Heights Dr., is held by Detective Desmond Bryan. B(...)
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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
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