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Image shows a few policemen in the boat with other ships in the background.
Harbor police clear the way. Patrol officers Bruce Hales and Mike McLafferty of the Harbor Police take a 40-foot all-weather lifeboat with a one-ton (...)
Image shows a few policemen in the boat with other ships in the background.

Harbor police clear the way. Patrol officers Bruce Hales and Mike McLafferty of the Harbor Police take a 40-foot all-weather lifeboat with a one-ton (...)

Date2/20/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Harbor police clear the way. Patrol officers Bruce Hales and Mike McLafferty of the Harbor Police take a 40-foot all-weather lifeboat with a one-ton keel out into their slip yesterday to push away chunks of ice that might delay getting out into the harbor on a rescue. A heavy tug and fireboat William Lyon Mackenzie break through the ice when it's necessary; police describe the slip-clearing as the equivalent of shovelling the snow off the walk.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodHarbour
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112776F
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      Teskey, Frank
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Image shows police divers plunging into the water.
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Bezant, Graham
      11/23/1972
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      Russell, Jim
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      Cooper, David
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      Lennon, Frank
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Loek, Dick
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