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Beached on historic Siwash Rock where she was towed after six explosions ripped her hull and shook downtown Vancouver yesterday noon, the freighter Gr(...)
Beached on historic Siwash Rock where she was towed after six explosions ripped her hull and shook downtown Vancouver yesterday noon, the freighter Gr(...)

Beached on historic Siwash Rock where she was towed after six explosions ripped her hull and shook downtown Vancouver yesterday noon, the freighter Gr(...)

Date3/7/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Beached on historic Siwash Rock where she was towed after six explosions ripped her hull and shook downtown Vancouver yesterday noon; the freighter Greenhill Park stil burns furiously. A fireboat pours a steady stream of water into the hull.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0014224F
      Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
      Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
      Teskey, Frank
      9/25/1971
      Twisted tracks at maple were left by propane explosions in night of terror, Tank in background, its flames now out, is where danger of new blasts are feared today and 26 more families were exacuated
      Twisted tracks at maple were left by propane explosions in night of terror, Tank in background, its flames now out, is where danger of new blasts are feared today and 26 more families were exacuated
      Roworth, Eddy
      8/7/1962
      The scene at maple after three deafening explosions of propane gas rocked the village
      The scene at maple after three deafening explosions of propane gas rocked the village
      Roworth, Eddy
      8/7/1962
      Fatal blast: Firefighters arrived just minutes after an explosion ripped apart a north Brampton restaurant early today, crushing one man to death beneath a pile of rubble and injuring a co-worker
      Fatal blast: Firefighters arrived just minutes after an explosion ripped apart a north Brampton restaurant early today, crushing one man to death beneath a pile of rubble and injuring a co-worker
      Stancu, Henry
      11/30/1990
      Riding High on Rocks. City Hall square was so jammed yesterday afternoon that younsters took to climbing over the pool as Toronto's Lighthouse rock gr(...)
      Riding High on Rocks. City Hall square was so jammed yesterday afternoon that younsters took to climbing over the pool as Toronto's Lighthouse rock gr(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      9/1/1970
      A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
      A flood's wake: A passerby stares at a downtown building in Port Hope where racing floodwaters during the weekend ripped out brick walls and carried cars in their grip
      Spremo, Boris
      3/22/1980
      An Indian Chief is presented to the Queen yesterday in Thunder Bay. She shook hands with five chiefs; including 86-year-old Frank Pelletier. His grandson, Chief Leonard Pelletier, gave the Queen a beaded stole; in behalf of nine bands who came under the Robinson Superior Treaty; and his crippled granddaughter; 8-year-old Trina Pelletier; gave the Queen bouquet of roses and carnations from her wheelchair.
      An Indian Chief is presented to the Queen yesterday in Thunder Bay. She shook hands with five chiefs; including 86-year-old Frank Pelletier. His grandson, Chief Leonard Pelletier, gave the Queen a beaded stole; in behalf of nine bands who came under the Robinson Superior Treaty; and his crippled granddaughter; 8-year-old Trina Pelletier; gave the Queen bouquet of roses and carnations from her wheelchair.
      Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
      7/3/1973
      Soggy tuesday: Yesterday's balmy weather that turned to heavy rainfall shortly after noon left many pedestrians in the downtown area ill prepared to protect themselves
      Soggy tuesday: Yesterday's balmy weather that turned to heavy rainfall shortly after noon left many pedestrians in the downtown area ill prepared to protect themselves
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/31/1989
      Explosions - Canada - Ontario - Toronto 1950 - 1971
      Explosions - Canada - Ontario - Toronto 1950 - 1971
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      Explosions blew out window, cracked plaster in office building shown here
      Explosions blew out window, cracked plaster in office building shown here
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/28/1948
      Explosions - Canada - Ontario - 1980
      Explosions - Canada - Ontario - 1980
      Bull, Ron
      7/31/1996
      Gasoline explosions may become a thing of the past if a material called Explosafe is mass-produced
      Gasoline explosions may become a thing of the past if a material called Explosafe is mass-produced
      Loek, Dick
      8/13/1975