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River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg
River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg

River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg

Date9/13/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: River clean-up yields 39 cars; Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010983F
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