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Pickering house destroyed in blast
Pickering house destroyed in blast

Pickering house destroyed in blast

Date8/27/1995
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pickering house destroyed in blast
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipPickering
    GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0006188F
      Car blast triggers house fire. A family narrowly escaped death today when a mysterious explosion destroyed their Bough Beaches Blvd. home in Mississau(...)
      Car blast triggers house fire. A family narrowly escaped death today when a mysterious explosion destroyed their Bough Beaches Blvd. home in Mississau(...)
      Stuparyk, Michael
      1/3/1985
      Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas
      Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas
      Dunlop, Al
      2/15/1988
      $891,000 Home destroyed. Firefighters battle a blaze yesterday which destroyed a Mississauga house at 2343 Glengarry Rd., near the Queensway. The $891(...)
      $891,000 Home destroyed. Firefighters battle a blaze yesterday which destroyed a Mississauga house at 2343 Glengarry Rd., near the Queensway. The $891(...)
      Stawicki, Andrew
      6/7/1991
      The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer
      The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/1/1985
      Crushed by ice: Buckled houses and rubble along the Winisk River are a sad reminder of spring flooding that destroyed all but seven of the Cree village's 60 buildings two weeks ago
      Crushed by ice: Buckled houses and rubble along the Winisk River are a sad reminder of spring flooding that destroyed all but seven of the Cree village's 60 buildings two weeks ago
      Brazao, Dale
      6/1/1986
      60 houses destroyed in Markham
      60 houses destroyed in Markham
      Griffin, Doug
      5/12/1987
      Homes still suffer from burnout, Two months after a spectacular fire destroyed 111 houses at a Canada Homes construction site in Markham, there is lit(...)
      Homes still suffer from burnout, Two months after a spectacular fire destroyed 111 houses at a Canada Homes construction site in Markham, there is lit(...)
      Cooper, David
      6/28/1987
      London, Ont., Firemen hose down debris that is all that remains of the Forster house, destroyed by a natural-gas explosion. Nine-year-old Armin Forste(...)
      London, Ont., Firemen hose down debris that is all that remains of the Forster house, destroyed by a natural-gas explosion. Nine-year-old Armin Forste(...)
      Norris, Dave
      8/7/1973
      House destroyed
      House destroyed
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/2/1991
      House destroyed by Hurricane Hazel
      House destroyed by Hurricane Hazel
      Ontario.‏ ‎Conservation Authorities Branch‏
      1954
      Blast levels house, Fire officials inspect a house on David St
      Blast levels house, Fire officials inspect a house on David St
      Stuparyk, Michael
      6/27/1991
      Gas blast: Rick Russo shows where Shelley Marks, 18, was buried after the Schomberg house she was in exploded yesterday
      Gas blast: Rick Russo shows where Shelley Marks, 18, was buried after the Schomberg house she was in exploded yesterday
      Gower, Patti
      7/10/1989