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Palace pier is a smoking ruin after five-hour fire fought by more than 40 firemen
Palace pier is a smoking ruin after five-hour fire fought by more than 40 firemen

Palace pier is a smoking ruin after five-hour fire fought by more than 40 firemen

Date1/7/1963
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Original Toronto Star caption: Palace pier is a smoking ruin after five-hour fire fought by more than 40 firemen. A 200-foot column of flame leaped from the building and was visible as far away as Buffalo; N.Y.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000344F
      A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kep(...)
      A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kep(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      12/29/1970
      $45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)
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      Spremo, Boris
      10/11/1979
      Official opening of the $40 million, 435-suite Palace Pier condominium tower at 2035 Lake Shore Blvd
      Official opening of the $40 million, 435-suite Palace Pier condominium tower at 2035 Lake Shore Blvd
      Darrell, Dick
      6/22/1976
      Still smoldering fires are fought by firemen in the blasted-out servant quarters above the garage of the Rosedale home of banker F. William Nicks. It (...)
      Still smoldering fires are fought by firemen in the blasted-out servant quarters above the garage of the Rosedale home of banker F. William Nicks. It (...)
      Teskey, Frank
      1/1/1968
      No axe to grind: Although Uxbridge volunteer fire chief Norm James soon turns 65, the town won't force him to retire after more than 40 years of service, unless he wants to
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      McConnell, Colin
      2/4/1995
      Built over 40 years ago by Roy Ivor, 91, the naturalist s home now stands smouldering after a fire rushed through it, killing more than 100 birds. Ivo(...)
      Built over 40 years ago by Roy Ivor, 91, the naturalist s home now stands smouldering after a fire rushed through it, killing more than 100 birds. Ivo(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      12/29/1970
      Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
      Victory at last: Wallace Edwards, who's fought to collect a $26,000 debt from the Soviet government for 13 years, raises his arms in a victory salute after the sheriff's office seized the ship at Pier 51.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/3/1980
      More than 100 homes were destroyed in a fire that swept an area of central Montreal while firemen were on an illegal strike. Patricia Harris, 65, who (...)
      More than 100 homes were destroyed in a fire that swept an area of central Montreal while firemen were on an illegal strike. Patricia Harris, 65, who (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/4/1974
      Two bodies are removed from a farmhouse near Brampton by Chinguacousy Township firemen after a fire took the lives of five of the six children of Raym(...)
      Two bodies are removed from a farmhouse near Brampton by Chinguacousy Township firemen after a fire took the lives of five of the six children of Raym(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/16/1973
      Mystified: Why did I pay premiums for 24 years? asks Bruce Schwartzentruber, whose rate more than tripled after an accident, leaving his financial plans in ruins
      Mystified: Why did I pay premiums for 24 years? asks Bruce Schwartzentruber, whose rate more than tripled after an accident, leaving his financial plans in ruins
      Griffin, Doug
      1/24/1990
      Toronto's palace. Speculation was rife today as to what use would be made of the Palace pier at the mouth of the Humber, the court having issued an or(...)
      Toronto's palace. Speculation was rife today as to what use would be made of the Palace pier at the mouth of the Humber, the court having issued an or(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/26/1920
      600 firemen honor a fallen comrade, More than 600 firemen, some from as far away as Windsor, Montreal and Cleveland, march along Bloor St. W. in the f(...)
      600 firemen honor a fallen comrade, More than 600 firemen, some from as far away as Windsor, Montreal and Cleveland, march along Bloor St. W. in the f(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      5/1/1975