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Search futile

Date2/12/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Search futile: After 9-year-old Simon Wilson was reported missing in January, 1975, police officers and volunteers explored Etobicoke's sewer tunnels and Searched Mimico Creek. No trace of Simon was found.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026960F
      Irving Layton: Futile to argue
      Irving Layton: Futile to argue
      Combs, Erin
      2/9/1975
      Futile protest?, This was the scene last week when 200 people staged what they called a die-in at the Litton Systems plant in Etobicoke, climaxing a w(...)
      Futile protest?, This was the scene last week when 200 people staged what they called a die-in at the Litton Systems plant in Etobicoke, climaxing a w(...)
      Bock, Tony
      11/18/1983
      Futile effort: Too gravely Ill to be treated at a rural clinic, 14-year-old Evelyn was flown by air ambulance to the Zambian town of Ndola for treatment of childbirth complications
      Futile effort: Too gravely Ill to be treated at a rural clinic, 14-year-old Evelyn was flown by air ambulance to the Zambian town of Ndola for treatment of childbirth complications
      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/4/1990
      Methodical search: Police comb through the brush in the Parkdale area yesterday in search of Kayla Klaudusz, 3, inset
      Methodical search: Police comb through the brush in the Parkdale area yesterday in search of Kayla Klaudusz, 3, inset
      Madonik, Rick
      7/11/1991
      Lined up for the search, The search for 7-year-old Cheryl Hanson continued yesterday with soldiers and air cadets driving jeeps through swamps and rug(...)
      Lined up for the search, The search for 7-year-old Cheryl Hanson continued yesterday with soldiers and air cadets driving jeeps through swamps and rug(...)
      Hanson, Cheryl Ann
      6/9/1974
      The Tran Nhat Duong family, back in Canada, after the search for their mother, should not have gotten so much publicity, reader says. Do not burden Ca(...)
      The Tran Nhat Duong family, back in Canada, after the search for their mother, should not have gotten so much publicity, reader says. Do not burden Ca(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/14/1975
      Searching for clues. Police officers prod the ground with their batons yesterday in an intensive search for evidence on Eaglemount Crescent in Mississ(...)
      Searching for clues. Police officers prod the ground with their batons yesterday in an intensive search for evidence on Eaglemount Crescent in Mississ(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      6/17/1990
      Searcing: Ludwig Siedersberger uses dowsing equipment in search of rays he believes harmful to people's health
      Searcing: Ludwig Siedersberger uses dowsing equipment in search of rays he believes harmful to people's health
      Cooper, David
      7/16/1982
      Partly clad body of 11-year-old Robert Van Noten was found today in Taylor Creek Park after an intensive, all night search by Metro police and firemen(...)
      Partly clad body of 11-year-old Robert Van Noten was found today in Taylor Creek Park after an intensive, all night search by Metro police and firemen(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      9/20/1973
      Ricky Van Shelton sounds like he's a law firm and performs as meticulously as a real estate lawyer on a title search, says reviewer Lenny Stoute
      Ricky Van Shelton sounds like he's a law firm and performs as meticulously as a real estate lawyer on a title search, says reviewer Lenny Stoute
      Bock, Tony
      9/22/1992
      Eskimos in the area are assisting in the search
      Eskimos in the area are assisting in the search
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/9/1954
      Proceedings of the California academy of sciences at a reception given to the captain and officers of the Jeannette search expedition when about to sa(...)
      Proceedings of the California academy of sciences at a reception given to the captain and officers of the Jeannette search expedition when about to sa(...)
      Berry, Robert M., 1846-1929
      1881