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Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]

Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]

Date2/14/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay; workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010988F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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Two oil drums from the tanker Arrow come to rest on a polluted beach near Artichat, N
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Oil cleared from the humber, A boom is spread across the Humber River at Finch Ave
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Deadly oil is washed from feathers of duck by animal control officer George Banton at York animal shelter
Deadly oil is washed from feathers of duck by animal control officer George Banton at York animal shelter
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