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Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts
Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts

Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts

Date1/26/1978
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  • Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts.
  • Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts
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Original Toronto Star caption: Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015565F
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Picking up the pieces: Don Baggett loads his truck with the belongings he and his wife Rosemary were able to salvage after their roof was blown off
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Bezant, Graham
1/27/1978
Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
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Bull, Ron
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Spremo, Boris
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Pedestrians were swept off their feet today by gale-force winds as they emerged from subway entrances in downtown Toronto. Treacherous ice lay under d(...)
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Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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Storm's wake: Traffic crawls southbound on Highway 400 near Highway 89 last night past a mobile home, blown off a flatbed truck in a flash storm
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Policemen were blown off their feet as they tried to re-direct traffic along Lake Shore Blvd
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Tony Pennacchio, whose roof was blown across the road, checks the damage, while kids take a peek into his garage
Tony Pennacchio, whose roof was blown across the road, checks the damage, while kids take a peek into his garage
Stawicki, Andrew
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Tony Pennacchio, whose roof was blown across the road, checks the damage, while kids take a peek into his garage
Tony Pennacchio, whose roof was blown across the road, checks the damage, while kids take a peek into his garage
Stawicki, Andrew
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