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Rick Davey, a Hartford firefighter, spent 9 years investigating the 1944 blaze that left 168 people dead.
Rick Davey, a Hartford firefighter, spent 9 years investigating the 1944 blaze that left 168 people dead.

Rick Davey, a Hartford firefighter, spent 9 years investigating the 1944 blaze that left 168 people dead.

Date9/23/1991
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0126452F
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      Spremo, Boris
      11/2/1982
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      Stawicki, Andrew
      5/20/1988
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      Bull, Ron
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      Stuart B. Philpott, left, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, - spent two years studying the peoples of the West Indies.
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      Griffin, Doug
      3/12/1970
      Senator Kieth Davey. He's not silent type. After years of silence under G. Sydney Halter, Canadian football can't get accustomed to commissioner who pops off. Senator Davey does
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      Canadian Football League
      4/19/1966
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      Geo, Mario
      5/7/1968
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      McConnell, Colin
      6/30/1988
      Where there's smoke . . . A two-alarm blaze at the Broadview House hotel early this morning brought firefighters on the run. No one was injured in the(...)
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      Goode, Jeff
      9/30/1981
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      Cooper, David
      5/18/1983
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      McConnell, Colin
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      Dunlop, Al
      7/5/1988
      Death blaze. One man killed and another seriously injured in a fire early today at an abandoned house on Broadview Ave. Firefighters had to use chains(...)
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      Brazao, Dale
      n.d.