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Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100,000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel, on Queen St. W., (...)
Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100,000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel, on Queen St. W., (...)

Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100,000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel, on Queen St. W., (...)

Date4/29/1979
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  • Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100;000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel; on Queen St. W.; yesterday. Firefighters were hampered by the hotel s false ceilings and small rooms. Five firefighters were injured in the blaze; none of them seriously.
  • Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100,000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel, on Queen St. W., (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100;000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel; on Queen St. W.; yesterday. Firefighters were hampered by the hotel s false ceilings and small rooms. Five firefighters were injured in the blaze; none of them seriously.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000667F
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