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Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.
Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.

Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.

Date1/20/1968
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0125447F
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
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