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Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence
Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence

Date7/7/1952
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bursting among rioting prisoners at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, tear gas bombs help quell violence
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipGuelph
    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 NumberTS-2-125-GO-230
      Guard hurls tear gas bomb through door into reformatory compound
      Guard hurls tear gas bomb through door into reformatory compound
      Ontario Reformatory
      7/7/1952
      Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them
      Prisoners run for shelter as water, tear gas pours on them
      Ontario Reformatory
      7/7/1952
      Wreckage left by 150 rioting Guelph prisoners is inspected by prison official Jim Cassidy
      Wreckage left by 150 rioting Guelph prisoners is inspected by prison official Jim Cassidy
      Graham, Bob
      5/8/1979
      This pretty landscape work was done by prisoners at the Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario
      This pretty landscape work was done by prisoners at the Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario
      Ontario Reformatory
      7/5/1929
      Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right
      Heat takes its toll of hungry, sweltering prisoners in the sun-scorched yard of the Ontario reformatory at Guelph as five men can be seen collapsed on the ground in circles at right
      Grey, Alex
      7/8/1952
      Diane towns was one of those shot in pre-dawn rioting on Cleveland's east side, Gangs with fire bombs and Molotov cocktails roamed a 10-mile-square area setting countless fires
      Diane towns was one of those shot in pre-dawn rioting on Cleveland's east side, Gangs with fire bombs and Molotov cocktails roamed a 10-mile-square area setting countless fires
      Glynn, Douglas
      7/21/1966
      Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days
      Quelled convicts are shown above standing in courtyard of Guelph Reformatory today after three outbreaks of rioting in three days
      Ontario Reformatory
      8/22/1959
      Victims of tear gas bomb, the three children of Italian grocer Joseph Parravano, from left, Vincent, 9, Franka, 12, and Tina, 3, sit in neighbor' home(...)
      Victims of tear gas bomb, the three children of Italian grocer Joseph Parravano, from left, Vincent, 9, Franka, 12, and Tina, 3, sit in neighbor' home(...)
      Norris, Dave
      n.d.
      Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
      Tons of rubble torn from cells and walls lie at the bottom of one of the cell ranges at Kingston Penitentiary, where 500 rioting prisoners were in con(...)
      Ross, Fred
      4/23/1971
      Released Hostage Paul Krotz, Blindfolded by rioting prisoners in Attica
      Released Hostage Paul Krotz, Blindfolded by rioting prisoners in Attica
      Dutton, Don
      9/13/1971
      Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher
      Casualty in unprecedented riot at the Ontario reformatory, Guelph, a prisoner is carried out on a stretcher
      Ontario Reformatory
      7/7/1952
      Prisoners at Burwash reformatory are encouraged by unequal laws to escape for shorter terms
      Prisoners at Burwash reformatory are encouraged by unequal laws to escape for shorter terms
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/8/1967