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An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby
An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby

An employee of the bank, Linda McMullan, tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby

Date10/18/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: An employee of the bank; Linda McMullan; tells of the two minutes during which two gunmen scooped up cash and another two stood guard in the station lobby.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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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_0120522F
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3/26/1991
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Faught, Ken
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Barkley, Harold
10/18/1972
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Barkley, Harold
10/18/1972
Staff Superintendent Adolphus Payne, centre, talks to reporters at Metro police headquarters, after two men wanted in connection with a $700,000 theft(...)
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Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/12/1981
dynamite went off. Police Knew the danger.The robber had even let them smell the dynamite and shown them the detonator he had made of two sticks with (...)
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Dutton, Don
5/10/1973
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Two police officers examine shotguns after a holdup attempt
Cooper, David
3/12/1981
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
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Russell, Jim
7/9/1985
Ordeal Ends: An employee gets a hug following a robbery and hostage-taking at a Thornhill bank last night
Ordeal Ends: An employee gets a hug following a robbery and hostage-taking at a Thornhill bank last night
Lautens, Richard
7/4/1990
At scene: Brink's guard Joe Cete, left, was freed from cuffs by depot's operations manager Tom Chowns
At scene: Brink's guard Joe Cete, left, was freed from cuffs by depot's operations manager Tom Chowns
Faught, Ken
1/22/1991