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Window cleaner killed. A window cleaner fell seven storeys to his death yesterday while working on Etobicotower (above) at Burnhamthorpe Rd, and the W(...)
Window cleaner killed. A window cleaner fell seven storeys to his death yesterday while working on Etobicotower (above) at Burnhamthorpe Rd, and the W(...)

Window cleaner killed. A window cleaner fell seven storeys to his death yesterday while working on Etobicotower (above) at Burnhamthorpe Rd, and the W(...)

Date7/8/1976
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  • Window cleaner killed. A window cleaner fell seven storeys to his death yesterday while working on Etobicotower (above) at Burnhamthorpe Rd; and the West Mall. Witnesses said Frederick Roberts; 27; of Newholm Rd.; Etobicoke; was trying to fix his safety belt when platform slipped. He was alone.
  • 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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Original Toronto Star caption: Window cleaner killed. A window cleaner fell seven storeys to his death yesterday while working on Etobicotower (above) at Burnhamthorpe Rd; and the West Mall. Witnesses said Frederick Roberts; 27; of Newholm Rd.; Etobicoke; was trying to fix his safety belt when platform slipped. He was alone.
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Easton Brooks cuddles his daughter Amanda, 3, after the tot suffered only bruises in falling on to a swing stage cleaners had been using 10 storeys below their Brampton apartment
Easton Brooks cuddles his daughter Amanda, 3, after the tot suffered only bruises in falling on to a swing stage cleaners had been using 10 storeys below their Brampton apartment
Calleja, Frank
8/19/1988
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
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
He's chipper. Ross Reardon, 4, who fell from a third-storey bedroom window in his Eglinton Ave. E. apartment, was trussed up in trussed up in Scarboro(...)
He's chipper. Ross Reardon, 4, who fell from a third-storey bedroom window in his Eglinton Ave. E. apartment, was trussed up in trussed up in Scarboro(...)
Spremo, Boris
4/9/1981
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(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
3/27/1971
Father of boy, 2 1/2, who fell today from broken window on the eighth floor of a Jane St
Father of boy, 2 1/2, who fell today from broken window on the eighth floor of a Jane St
Beaty, Keith
6/29/1976
After an 8-storey fall from the window of an apartment on Lawrence Ave
After an 8-storey fall from the window of an apartment on Lawrence Ave
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
4/5/1971
'Very Lucky': Police say soft ground below a third-storey window may have saved the life of Kayla Boudreault, who suffered broken bones in yesterday's fall
'Very Lucky': Police say soft ground below a third-storey window may have saved the life of Kayla Boudreault, who suffered broken bones in yesterday's fall
Beaty, Keith
4/5/1992
Man falls at Eaton Centre. Vincent Gray, 23, is carried away on a stretcher after falling three storeys in the mall of the Eaton Centre yesterday. He (...)
Man falls at Eaton Centre. Vincent Gray, 23, is carried away on a stretcher after falling three storeys in the mall of the Eaton Centre yesterday. He (...)
Combs, Erin
4/13/1989
Accident Scene : Cousins Mark Carneiro, 5, in the foreground, and Paola Ulloa, 7, have a good view of the open fourth floor window from which 3-year-old Nicholas Wood plunged on Monday
Accident Scene : Cousins Mark Carneiro, 5, in the foreground, and Paola Ulloa, 7, have a good view of the open fourth floor window from which 3-year-old Nicholas Wood plunged on Monday
Lautens, Richard
1/26/1998
Six-floor plunge. The pushed-out corner of a screen marks the window (top right) from which 15-month-old Hyung Bag Kim plunged six floors onto a concr(...)
Six-floor plunge. The pushed-out corner of a screen marks the window (top right) from which 15-month-old Hyung Bag Kim plunged six floors onto a concr(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/3/1981
Close Call. Shawn Leblanc regains his composure on a bench while co-worker James Greene stares at the debris that fell as their scaffolding (seen at top) gave way
Close Call. Shawn Leblanc regains his composure on a bench while co-worker James Greene stares at the debris that fell as their scaffolding (seen at top) gave way
Mahler, John
4/18/1989