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Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)

Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)

Date11/25/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's Centennial Park last night while making an approach to runway 32 of Toronto International Airport. The pilot and his passenger were instantly killed in crash. Centennial Park, located on Centennial Park Road, west side, north of Rathburn Road. (43.652486, -79.589400)||Published in Toronto Daily Star, 26 November 1968, page B1.
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    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkCentennial Park
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodEringate
    GeographyNorth-south streetCentennial Park Road
    GeographyHistorical locationEtobicoke (Ont.), 1850-1954
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000091F
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