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A lift over troubled waters, Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air
A lift over troubled waters, Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air

A lift over troubled waters, Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air

Date6/20/1990
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  • A lift over troubled waters, Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air
  • A lift over troubled waters; Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A lift over troubled waters; Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air.
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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_0112396F
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      Image shows a part of the street under the bridge flooded with a car floating around.
      Six feet of icy water covers Summerhill underpass on Yonge St. after 36-inch watermain burst yesterday afternoon. One automobile was trapped, but driver escaped before it was submerged completely. [Incomplete]
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/30/1977
      She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario
      She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario
      Burgess, Bruce, 1968-
      8/10/1987
      An ice time of the year. Father Bill Scanlon of St. John's church in Newmarket gives Martha Gorman, 7, a lift on the new ice at Nathan Phillips Square(...)
      An ice time of the year. Father Bill Scanlon of St. John's church in Newmarket gives Martha Gorman, 7, a lift on the new ice at Nathan Phillips Square(...)
      Dunlop, Al
      10/26/1984
      Image shows a hole in the street caused by watermain burst.
      Watermain bursts -- again. A workman gets ready to repair a big hole in Yonge St. at Davenport Rd. where a watermain burst at 3 a.m. today - for the s(...)
      Brennan, Pat
      6/14/1976
      The salmon-studded waters that cascade in a fountain near SkyDome, the swampy centre of the BCE Place courtyard and an elegant waterfall tucked into a(...)
      The salmon-studded waters that cascade in a fountain near SkyDome, the swampy centre of the BCE Place courtyard and an elegant waterfall tucked into a(...)
      Cimbron, Peter
      7/17/1991
      Mr. Magic gives her career a lift. Popular American illusionist David Copperfield passes a hoop around the elevated body of his elegant assistant duri(...)
      Mr. Magic gives her career a lift. Popular American illusionist David Copperfield passes a hoop around the elevated body of his elegant assistant duri(...)
      Copperfield, David, 1956-
      10/13/1984
      Former Leaf helps Marlies, Johnny Bower's hockey school gives goalie lift/D7
      Former Leaf helps Marlies, Johnny Bower's hockey school gives goalie lift/D7
      Bower, Johnny, 1924-
      12/12/1980
      Full body press: Central Tech's Belchoit Arruda, all 6-foot-4 and 285 pounds of him, gives 5-foot-2, 135-pound teammate Joe Fonseca a lift
      Full body press: Central Tech's Belchoit Arruda, all 6-foot-4 and 285 pounds of him, gives 5-foot-2, 135-pound teammate Joe Fonseca a lift
      Loek, Dick
      10/30/1989
      Larry Grossman: Premier's vagueness in debate gives Tories quiet a lift in final weeks of campaign, leader says
      Larry Grossman: Premier's vagueness in debate gives Tories quiet a lift in final weeks of campaign, leader says
      Spremo, Boris
      8/17/1987
      Beppe Gabbiani gives Clay Regazzoni a lift back to the pits after his mishap
      Beppe Gabbiani gives Clay Regazzoni a lift back to the pits after his mishap
      Mahler, John
      10/6/1978
      Robert Ellery 18, was crippled by a shot from a .22 rifle. An award from Criminal Injuries Compensation Board enabled the Uxbridge youth to buy this van, equipped with hand controls, wheelchair lift.
      Robert Ellery 18, was crippled by a shot from a .22 rifle. An award from Criminal Injuries Compensation Board enabled the Uxbridge youth to buy this van, equipped with hand controls, wheelchair lift.
      Mahler, John
      7/7/1977
      Troubled waters
      Troubled waters
      Russell, Jim
      9/20/1981