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Two inches of rain-5 billion gallons, and almost the equivalent of a normal rainfall for all of May-fell on Metro last night, flooding an underpass on(...)
Two inches of rain-5 billion gallons, and almost the equivalent of a normal rainfall for all of May-fell on Metro last night, flooding an underpass on(...)

Two inches of rain-5 billion gallons, and almost the equivalent of a normal rainfall for all of May-fell on Metro last night, flooding an underpass on(...)

Date5/16/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Two inches of rain-5 billion gallons; and almost the equivalent of a normal rainfall for all of May-fell on Metro last night; flooding an underpass on King St. W. where Dmitro Stefnuk is bailing out his stalled cat. [Incomplete]
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0007220F
      Having a ball, The rest of us may have found the some 16 inches of snow, rain and freezing rain that fell in Metro Toronto yesterday anything but amus(...)
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      James, Norman
      2/26/1965
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      Spremo, Boris
      4/9/1975
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      Brazao, Dale
      2/14/1984
      Metric protests: An anti-metric protester's sign puts a finger on the problem at old city hall yesterday when two gas station owners appeared charged with selling gasoline in gallons
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      Bock, Tony
      1/25/1985
      [Form] North West Territories liquor permit : within [one] month from date [H.P. Joyner] ... is permitted to take into the North West Territories [thirty-two (32) gallons beer] ...
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      Dewdney, Edgar, 1835-1916
      1887
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      Cooper, David
      11/21/1980
      This job's snow fun, Orillia car lot employee Mike Bennett Donaldson got swept up in his work yesterday trying to clear away the 25 centimetres (10 inches) of snow that fell overnight
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/9/1988
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      Lennon, Frank
      1/13/1976
      Why is this man smiling? You might be smiling, too, if you were RCMP Constable Carl Broughton and holding a gallon of moonshine, part of 35 gallons of(...)
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      Royal Canadian Mounted Police
      11/28/1983
      60,000 shouting Argo fans almost hide their heroes as Grey Cup parade inches up Bay St
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      Stuparyk, Michael
      11/30/1983
      Joan Hendry of Montreal has almost ballet from in winning the women's long jump with distance of 17 feet, 8 3/4 inches
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      Spremo, Boris
      7/1/1967
      XC-99 . . . 400 Men . . . 21,116 Gallons of Gasoline. Washington, Feb. 3 - The air force admitted today that while it has bought the world's largest l(...)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/3/1948