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The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos
The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos

The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos

Date1/15/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: The toll; Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos. He takes oxygen regularly; and he has to rest to climb his front steps. About 400 Thetford miners may be afflicted.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010891F
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