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Creeping death. Constable Ruth Timmerman displays 91 recovered cans of dangerously contaminated snails found behind an Etobicoke apartment building ye(...)
Creeping death. Constable Ruth Timmerman displays 91 recovered cans of dangerously contaminated snails found behind an Etobicoke apartment building ye(...)

Creeping death. Constable Ruth Timmerman displays 91 recovered cans of dangerously contaminated snails found behind an Etobicoke apartment building ye(...)

Date4/28/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Creeping death. Constable Ruth Timmerman displays 91 recovered cans of dangerously contaminated snails found behind an Etobicoke apartment building yesterday. More than 33;000 cans were stolen. Police are appealing to the thieves - or anyone finding the cans - to call 967-2442. All the tins have red labels with the words Christie Snails; code letters SABM and numbers showing packaging dates.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007487F