They lost a father: Mrs. Elsie May and four of her seven children sit sadly in their Stayner home after learning that Douglas May, 44, had lost his li(...)

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They lost a father: Mrs. Elsie May and four of her seven children sit sadly in their Stayner home after learning that Douglas May, 44, had lost his li(...)

Date5/29/1969

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Dutton, Don (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: They lost a father: Mrs. Elsie May and four of her seven children sit sadly in their Stayner home after learning that Douglas May, 44; had lost his life when crushed beneath the hull of a ship being launched at Collingwood yesterday. From left are Ken, 20; Linda, 18; Herbert, 21; Lynn, 18.

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