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18-Month-Old Baby who fell eight storeys from an apartment in Scarborough today is rushed into the Hospital for Sick Children with critical head injur(...)
18-Month-Old Baby who fell eight storeys from an apartment in Scarborough today is rushed into the Hospital for Sick Children with critical head injur(...)

18-Month-Old Baby who fell eight storeys from an apartment in Scarborough today is rushed into the Hospital for Sick Children with critical head injur(...)

Date3/27/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: 18-Month-Old Baby who fell eight storeys from an apartment in Scarborough today is rushed into the Hospital for Sick Children with critical head injuries. Gary O Neill fell through a window onto the sidewalk in the backyard of apartment block owned by Ontario Housing Corporation on Lawrence Ave. E. Baby was taken to Scarborough General; then transferred to Sick Children s. Police closed off all cross routes during the 13-minute trip downtown.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000288F
      Going home, Baby Brendan Adair goes home to Midland with mother Pat after a three-month stay in the Hospital for Sick Children. He was rushed to the h(...)
      Going home, Baby Brendan Adair goes home to Midland with mother Pat after a three-month stay in the Hospital for Sick Children. He was rushed to the h(...)
      Adair, Brendan Jay
      4/10/1980
      Waiting for ambulance after he fell seven storeys from an apartment, Guiseppi Curcio lies in construction rubble, his chin cradled by a co-worker. Cur(...)
      Waiting for ambulance after he fell seven storeys from an apartment, Guiseppi Curcio lies in construction rubble, his chin cradled by a co-worker. Cur(...)
      Norris, Dave
      4/2/1971
      Monkey fell 11 storeys, Betty, a 4-year-old spider monkey from Africa who tumbled from an 11th-floor balcony Wednesday, frolics with Dr. Graham MacLeo(...)
      Monkey fell 11 storeys, Betty, a 4-year-old spider monkey from Africa who tumbled from an 11th-floor balcony Wednesday, frolics with Dr. Graham MacLeo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      6/15/1972
      Fell four storeys, Al Davidson, 19, fell from a fourth-floor window of the Tip Top Tailor plant (above) and is believed to have suffered a broken back(...)
      Fell four storeys, Al Davidson, 19, fell from a fourth-floor window of the Tip Top Tailor plant (above) and is believed to have suffered a broken back(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12 November 1938
      Falls five storeys to death. Morris Powlatsky, aged 53, of Winnipeg, a guest at the Walker House, fell from the fire escape on the fifth floor of the (...)
      Falls five storeys to death. Morris Powlatsky, aged 53, of Winnipeg, a guest at the Walker House, fell from the fire escape on the fifth floor of the (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      12-storey plunge kills worker. Carlos Teles, 33, of Brunswick Ave., fell 12 storeys to death when side of scaffolding gave way, and safety rope was sh(...)
      12-storey plunge kills worker. Carlos Teles, 33, of Brunswick Ave., fell 12 storeys to death when side of scaffolding gave way, and safety rope was sh(...)
      James, Norman
      5/13/1964
      Fatal fall: The scaffolding on which two men were working at a Scarborough apartment broke yesterday sending Dominic Testani falling 10 storeys to his death
      Fatal fall: The scaffolding on which two men were working at a Scarborough apartment broke yesterday sending Dominic Testani falling 10 storeys to his death
      Irish, Paul
      8/3/1988
      Happy and healthy. Herbie Quinones, the 7-month-old Brooklyn baby who had a life-saving operation at Sick Children's Hospital last week, is doing so w(...)
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      Brazao, Dale
      3/6/1979
      On the scene: Crown attorney Bev Kogan and Coroner Dr. Stefan Kopytek, right, show members of the coroner's jury the elevator where Margaret Joseph, 67, fell 16 storeys to her death
      On the scene: Crown attorney Bev Kogan and Coroner Dr. Stefan Kopytek, right, show members of the coroner's jury the elevator where Margaret Joseph, 67, fell 16 storeys to her death
      Spremo, Boris
      5/5/1982
      Window cleaner killed. A window cleaner fell seven storeys to his death yesterday while working on Etobicotower (above) at Burnhamthorpe Rd, and the W(...)
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      Combs, Erin
      7/8/1976
      Blue baby' from Israel, Ophir Savir, 17 months, has a big smile for the photographer after arriving in Metro from Israel for heart surgery later this month at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
      Blue baby' from Israel, Ophir Savir, 17 months, has a big smile for the photographer after arriving in Metro from Israel for heart surgery later this month at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children
      Cooper, David
      12/11/1986
      The smallest baby ever cared for by Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, 3-month-old Jeffrey Croft, puts in a complaint to nurse June Bantam. He was (...)
      The smallest baby ever cared for by Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, 3-month-old Jeffrey Croft, puts in a complaint to nurse June Bantam. He was (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/15/1971