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Only bits of debris are all that's left after an explosion yesterday destroyed a section of a Milton fireworks factory
Only bits of debris are all that's left after an explosion yesterday destroyed a section of a Milton fireworks factory

Only bits of debris are all that's left after an explosion yesterday destroyed a section of a Milton fireworks factory

Date7/28/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Only bits of debris are all that's left after an explosion yesterday destroyed a section of a Milton fireworks factory. [Incomplete]
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    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_0006237F
      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
      Dianne Heatherington has burst onto the local scene like fireworks with a club act that's loud and musically eclectic, yet intimate. Its keynote is ho(...)
      Dianne Heatherington has burst onto the local scene like fireworks with a club act that's loud and musically eclectic, yet intimate. Its keynote is ho(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      5/17/1977
      Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
      Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
      Teskey, Frank
      9/25/1971
      Debris of explosion on St. Clair Ave. is proved by police yesterday as spectators in foreground watch. Last night the searchers found the body of a yo(...)
      Debris of explosion on St. Clair Ave. is proved by police yesterday as spectators in foreground watch. Last night the searchers found the body of a yo(...)
      Dutton, Don
      3/20/1972
      Smashed by explosions, debris litters the street in front of a wrecked delicatessen on Danforth Ave
      Smashed by explosions, debris litters the street in front of a wrecked delicatessen on Danforth Ave
      Lennon, Frank
      9/7/1970
      Trying to Reach his wife, whose body was buried under debris of explosion-shattered building on St
      Trying to Reach his wife, whose body was buried under debris of explosion-shattered building on St
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/18/1972
      Holiday fireworks. The traditional Victoria day fireworks drew an estimated 6,000 persons to Alloa Public School in Bramalea last night where the show(...)
      Holiday fireworks. The traditional Victoria day fireworks drew an estimated 6,000 persons to Alloa Public School in Bramalea last night where the show(...)
      Norris, Dave
      5/23/1972
      Peter Schaufuss dance Giselle on Wednesday, their partnership will be all fireworks and liquid grace
      Peter Schaufuss dance Giselle on Wednesday, their partnership will be all fireworks and liquid grace
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/27/1978
      Peter Schaufuss dance Giselle on Wednesday, their partnership will be all fireworks and liquid grace
      Peter Schaufuss dance Giselle on Wednesday, their partnership will be all fireworks and liquid grace
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/27/1978
      Peter Schaufuss dance Giselle on Wednesday, their partnership will be all fireworks and liquid grace
      Peter Schaufuss dance Giselle on Wednesday, their partnership will be all fireworks and liquid grace
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/27/1978
      Injured by debris: Constable Mervin Dennis (in wheelchair) is one of the 23 Division policemen injured by flying debris when the bomb went off at Litton Systems
      Injured by debris: Constable Mervin Dennis (in wheelchair) is one of the 23 Division policemen injured by flying debris when the bomb went off at Litton Systems
      Russell, Jim
      10/14/1982
      Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
      Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
      Stancu, Henry
      3/28/1991