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Brink's trucks torched, Firefighters pour water on to one of four Brink's trucks set on fire in the company's east-end yard early yesterday
Brink's trucks torched, Firefighters pour water on to one of four Brink's trucks set on fire in the company's east-end yard early yesterday

Brink's trucks torched, Firefighters pour water on to one of four Brink's trucks set on fire in the company's east-end yard early yesterday

Date12/4/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Brink's trucks torched; Firefighters pour water on to one of four Brink's trucks set on fire in the company's east-end yard early yesterday.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0120641F
      Daylight heist: Workers at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke stare at a Brink's truck whose guard was robbed by two yesterday
      Daylight heist: Workers at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke stare at a Brink's truck whose guard was robbed by two yesterday
      Faught, Ken
      1/22/1991
      David Rose: Brink's guard said there was no sign of truck when he went outside
      David Rose: Brink's guard said there was no sign of truck when he went outside
      Stawicki, Andrew
      6/21/1986
      Daring holdup: An unidentified Brink's employee speaks with a detective after Yorkdale's second Brink's holdup in less than two years
      Daring holdup: An unidentified Brink's employee speaks with a detective after Yorkdale's second Brink's holdup in less than two years
      Dunlop, Al
      3/26/1991
      Peel police tightly cordoned the area around a trust company at Square One plaza after more than $100,000 was taken from a Brink's guard making a cash(...)
      Peel police tightly cordoned the area around a trust company at Square One plaza after more than $100,000 was taken from a Brink's guard making a cash(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      8/18/1986
      Wife of wounded Brink's messenger Evelyn Chambers, leaves Toronto East General Hospital with youngest son, Trevor (right), 13, after visiting husband,(...)
      Wife of wounded Brink's messenger Evelyn Chambers, leaves Toronto East General Hospital with youngest son, Trevor (right), 13, after visiting husband,(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      3/27/1978
      Bystanders mill about entrance moments after a store employee was killed and a Brink's messenger wounded and robbed of $50,000 yesterday in a Scarboro(...)
      Bystanders mill about entrance moments after a store employee was killed and a Brink's messenger wounded and robbed of $50,000 yesterday in a Scarboro(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      3/27/1978
      Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
      Daylight robbery: A youth escaped with $32,000 in a daring holdup at a Scarborough liquor store yesterday after slugging a Brink's armored car guard and making-off with his satchel
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/19/1983
      Honoring a colleague: Brinks guards salute as a casket containing the body of their slain colleague, Malcolm (Rick) Bridgman, 31, is carried into Whitby's Free Methodist Church yesterday
      Honoring a colleague: Brinks guards salute as a casket containing the body of their slain colleague, Malcolm (Rick) Bridgman, 31, is carried into Whitby's Free Methodist Church yesterday
      Power, Peter
      12/18/1991
      Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
      Getaway car: Metro police examine the getaway car left at Lawrence Square Plaza by two gunmen who robbed a Brink's guard yesterday
      Mahler, John
      3/26/1991
      Victim and hero: Metro Police officer Mike Jenkins talks to an unidentified Brink's driver slugged by youthful holdup man
      Victim and hero: Metro Police officer Mike Jenkins talks to an unidentified Brink's driver slugged by youthful holdup man
      Mahler, John
      2/19/1983
      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
      Hoping to go home today, 48-year-old Robert Chambers, the Brink's guard hit on the head by a hammer during $50,000 robbery at Eglinton Square Monday, (...)
      Hoping to go home today, 48-year-old Robert Chambers, the Brink's guard hit on the head by a hammer during $50,000 robbery at Eglinton Square Monday, (...)
      Dutton, Don
      3/28/1978