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California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks
California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks

California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks

Date10/1/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: California quake: Installing beeper system earlier could have given rescue workers at collapsed Oakland highway vital seconds of warning for aftershocks.
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Photographs
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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_0116616F
Quake story: Star reporter Christie Blatchford and photographer Fred Ross clambered through the rubble to cover Italy's quake
Quake story: Star reporter Christie Blatchford and photographer Fred Ross clambered through the rubble to cover Italy's quake
Ross, Fred
11/29/1980
Grandma welcomed to Metro: Angela Giusto, 76, was the first quake survivor to reach Metro after her two sons flew to Italy last week and brought her back
Grandma welcomed to Metro: Angela Giusto, 76, was the first quake survivor to reach Metro after her two sons flew to Italy last week and brought her back
Brazao, Dale
11/29/1980
Describes tragedy: The whole town was just flattened, quake survivor Sabato Lepore told family and friends yesterday at Toronto International Airport
Describes tragedy: The whole town was just flattened, quake survivor Sabato Lepore told family and friends yesterday at Toronto International Airport
Goode, Jeff
11/29/1980
Support: Wooden props reinforce a quake-damaged building in Acerenza, an ancient hill-top community, against future tremors
Support: Wooden props reinforce a quake-damaged building in Acerenza, an ancient hill-top community, against future tremors
Cooper, David
7/15/1984
Cramped quarters: Despite the millinos of dollars of aid poured into area evastated by last November's quake, thousands of Italians are still living in trailers
Cramped quarters: Despite the millinos of dollars of aid poured into area evastated by last November's quake, thousands of Italians are still living in trailers
Loek, Dick
10/12/1981
In safe hands: Doctors in Mexico City examine a child in an outdoor hospital Friday night, close to where some of the worst quake damage occured
In safe hands: Doctors in Mexico City examine a child in an outdoor hospital Friday night, close to where some of the worst quake damage occured
Slaughter, Mike
9/22/1985
Tony Cardone: After the quake struck there was total silence - it was like being in a tomb
Tony Cardone: After the quake struck there was total silence - it was like being in a tomb
Dutton, Don
11/26/1980
Walls of the old town of Budva, dating back to Roman times, collapsed and crushed cars
Walls of the old town of Budva, dating back to Roman times, collapsed and crushed cars
Spremo, Boris
4/21/1979
Fresh grove of 5yr. old gire and her uncle just buried in village Sutonichi in graveyard of now Destroyed serbiou Ortodox Church St. Jovan built in 1887
Fresh grove of 5yr. old gire and her uncle just buried in village Sutonichi in graveyard of now Destroyed serbiou Ortodox Church St. Jovan built in 1887
Spremo, Boris
4/21/1979
Earthquakes - India
Earthquakes - India
McConnell, Colin
10/13/1993
Earthquakes - U S (San Fransisco) 1989
Earthquakes - U S (San Fransisco) 1989
Toronto Star (Firm)
n.d.
City in chaos
City in chaos
Slaughter, Mike
9/22/1985