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Caught in the holocaust which engulfed the Downsview home of David Lumsden early today, the blanket-wrapped body of one of his six dead children is br(...)
Caught in the holocaust which engulfed the Downsview home of David Lumsden early today, the blanket-wrapped body of one of his six dead children is br(...)

Caught in the holocaust which engulfed the Downsview home of David Lumsden early today, the blanket-wrapped body of one of his six dead children is br(...)

Date3/12/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Caught in the holocaust which engulfed the Downsview home of David Lumsden early today; the blanket-wrapped body of one of his six dead children is brought down a ladder from upstairs bedroom by firemen. Four of the children died in the bedroom. Their mother; Mrs. Dianne Lumsden; and two other children were brought out by firemen; but died afterwards. The father was critically burned.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000353F
      Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance
      Blanket-shrouded body of one of six dead children of Lumsden family is carried by firemen to waiting ambulance
      Goode, Jeff
      3/12/1968
      Firemen with face masks battle to enter burning upstairs bedroom of David Lumsden s home in Downsview early today, trying to reach bodies of four youn(...)
      Firemen with face masks battle to enter burning upstairs bedroom of David Lumsden s home in Downsview early today, trying to reach bodies of four youn(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      3/12/1968
      Four months after the fire which took the lives of his wife and six children, David Lumsden, 27, walked out of Toronto Western Hospital today
      Four months after the fire which took the lives of his wife and six children, David Lumsden, 27, walked out of Toronto Western Hospital today
      Darrell, Dick
      7/5/1968
      Starting a new life, David Lumsden, only survivor of a fire in which his wife and six children died, adjusts wedding ring on the finger of his bride, Ann Silver, 21, after a five-minute marriage ceremony at city hall yesterday
      Starting a new life, David Lumsden, only survivor of a fire in which his wife and six children died, adjusts wedding ring on the finger of his bride, Ann Silver, 21, after a five-minute marriage ceremony at city hall yesterday
      James, Norman
      3/21/1969
      The bodies: Undertakers carry out a body, wrapped in a red blanket, to hearse
      The bodies: Undertakers carry out a body, wrapped in a red blanket, to hearse
      Stuparyk, Michael
      7/26/1980
      The body of Alan Ness, wrapped in blankets and strapped to the stretcher of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, is lifted away from Lake Ontario. Toro(...)
      The body of Alan Ness, wrapped in blankets and strapped to the stretcher of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, is lifted away from Lake Ontario. Toro(...)
      Mahler, John
      9/2/1977
      There was food and love aplenty today for Tiny Tim, an abandoned 6-day-old baby found lying wrapped in a blanket on the grass in an East York backyard(...)
      There was food and love aplenty today for Tiny Tim, an abandoned 6-day-old baby found lying wrapped in a blanket on the grass in an East York backyard(...)
      Norris, Dave
      4/26/1969
      Rescued by Harbor Police, Bruce Ross, 16, is wrapped in blankets by patrol officer Alex Mitterhuben, one of the crewmen on Harbor Police patrol boat Nine
      Rescued by Harbor Police, Bruce Ross, 16, is wrapped in blankets by patrol officer Alex Mitterhuben, one of the crewmen on Harbor Police patrol boat Nine
      Teskey, Frank
      7/29/1968
      I feel great,' David Lumsden says as he kisses his 21-year-old bride Ann Silver today at city hall
      I feel great,' David Lumsden says as he kisses his 21-year-old bride Ann Silver today at city hall
      James, Norman
      3/21/1969
      Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario
      Wrapped in blankets, Elizabeth Plank, 14, is helped ashore yesterday after a brief violent storm ended her bid to swim Lake Ontario
      Loek, Dick
      8/19/1978
      Seller's wrapped up in her work, The biting wind yesterday made Diane Tremblay of Quebec bundle up in a blanket as she sold jewlry and leather goods a(...)
      Seller's wrapped up in her work, The biting wind yesterday made Diane Tremblay of Quebec bundle up in a blanket as she sold jewlry and leather goods a(...)
      Bull, Ron
      11/25/1975
      Wrapped in blankets from emergency crews, seniors wait outside their Bathurst St
      Wrapped in blankets from emergency crews, seniors wait outside their Bathurst St
      Rankin, Jim
      5/14/1993