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One woman was killed in an explosion of a supermarket (above) in Toronto last weekend
One woman was killed in an explosion of a supermarket (above) in Toronto last weekend

One woman was killed in an explosion of a supermarket (above) in Toronto last weekend

Date3/18/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: One woman was killed in an explosion of a supermarket (above) in Toronto last weekend. Letters below comment on statements that investigation was hampered by lack of citizens' co-operation.
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_0006238F
      Fiery explosion: One workman was killed and another seriously burned when the flick of a cigarette lighter touched off the explosion of a huge chemical tank in Scarborough last Monday
      Fiery explosion: One workman was killed and another seriously burned when the flick of a cigarette lighter touched off the explosion of a huge chemical tank in Scarborough last Monday
      Lennon, Frank
      6/20/1982
      Explosion killed one man and injured three others in a restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown early today
      Explosion killed one man and injured three others in a restaurant in Toronto's Chinatown early today
      Dutton, Don
      5/4/1977
      Double-Bricked walls tilted out by blast are all that remain after a tremendous explosion in a garage last night killed three men working inside. Cons(...)
      Double-Bricked walls tilted out by blast are all that remain after a tremendous explosion in a garage last night killed three men working inside. Cons(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/30/1977
      Worker killed: Crews move the body of Toronto Hydro worker Thomas Vanderstarren to an ambulance after he was killed in an explosion and flash fire at a hydro installation in east Toronto early today
      Worker killed: Crews move the body of Toronto Hydro worker Thomas Vanderstarren to an ambulance after he was killed in an explosion and flash fire at a hydro installation in east Toronto early today
      Stancu, Henry
      10/16/1992
      Shoppers line up, above, at Knob Hill Farm, one of several supermarkets open on Sunday
      Shoppers line up, above, at Knob Hill Farm, one of several supermarkets open on Sunday
      Darrell, Dick
      10/5/1975
      Blast victim: Rescuers prepare to remove the body of a man killed in an Etobicoke house explosion yesterday
      Blast victim: Rescuers prepare to remove the body of a man killed in an Etobicoke house explosion yesterday
      Power, Peter
      9/10/1988
      A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a fire in a west-end apartment building that killed one woman and left 60 people homeless
      A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a fire in a west-end apartment building that killed one woman and left 60 people homeless
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/27/1988
      Above, Hilary Weston, wife of supermarket tycoon Galen Weston, wears a feminine version of the menswear look with a foppish artist's bow, white silk blouse
      Above, Hilary Weston, wife of supermarket tycoon Galen Weston, wears a feminine version of the menswear look with a foppish artist's bow, white silk blouse
      Combs, Erin
      9/22/1982
      Careful shopper: Supermarkets using scanner computers and universal pricing codes are faster and more accurate, argues Bob McClelland, above, with checker Rosa Montesano
      Careful shopper: Supermarkets using scanner computers and universal pricing codes are faster and more accurate, argues Bob McClelland, above, with checker Rosa Montesano
      McConnell, Colin
      7/16/1980
      The price freeze announced by six supermarket chains caught Tom Perrins, sign shop foreman for Steinberg's, unprepared so he pasted up one of the adve(...)
      The price freeze announced by six supermarket chains caught Tom Perrins, sign shop foreman for Steinberg's, unprepared so he pasted up one of the adve(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      11/21/1975
      Homicide investigation: Metro police Constable Greg Lowr, wearing a protective suit, goes through garbage at an apartment building where a woman was killed
      Homicide investigation: Metro police Constable Greg Lowr, wearing a protective suit, goes through garbage at an apartment building where a woman was killed
      Russell, Jim
      6/9/1991
      Reaching out: Marion Crook decided to write a book after a woman showed her the diary of a daughter who had killed herself
      Reaching out: Marion Crook decided to write a book after a woman showed her the diary of a daughter who had killed herself
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/4/1990