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Rick Davey, a Hartford firefighter, spent 9 years investigating the 1944 blaze that left 168 people dead.
Rick Davey, a Hartford firefighter, spent 9 years investigating the 1944 blaze that left 168 people dead.

Rick Davey, a Hartford firefighter, spent 9 years investigating the 1944 blaze that left 168 people dead.

Date9/23/1991
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126452F
Milo Speriglio: Los Angeles private detective says he's spent 10 years investigating the death of Marilyn Monroe and says he knows who murdered her.
Milo Speriglio: Los Angeles private detective says he's spent 10 years investigating the death of Marilyn Monroe and says he knows who murdered her.
11/2/1982
Stuart B. Philpott, left, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, - spent two years studying the peoples of the West Indies.
Stuart B. Philpott, left, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, - spent two years studying the peoples of the West Indies.
3/12/1970
Member of task force investigating vandalism in the City of Mississauga, Jim Kaakee holds a poster designed for the task force to help combat vandals who cost residents $1 million last year
Member of task force investigating vandalism in the City of Mississauga, Jim Kaakee holds a poster designed for the task force to help combat vandals who cost residents $1 million last year
1/19/1977
Painful memories: Bob and Janet Jessop are selling their 168-year-old farm house in Queensville after four nightmarish years following the death of their 9-year-old daughter Christine
Painful memories: Bob and Janet Jessop are selling their 168-year-old farm house in Queensville after four nightmarish years following the death of their 9-year-old daughter Christine
5/20/1988
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
4/9/1987
For 168 years there's been a market at Jarvis and Front-and no one would dream of doing away with its rich variety of produce and people. But the 72-y(...)
For 168 years there's been a market at Jarvis and Front-and no one would dream of doing away with its rich variety of produce and people. But the 72-y(...)
11/1/1971
The shape of your head has a lot to do with the type of job you're suited for, business consultant Henry Evering believes. He has spent year developing a theory that relates people's physical shapes to their personality types and business talents. Theory also guides him in designing office decor he says.
The shape of your head has a lot to do with the type of job you're suited for, business consultant Henry Evering believes. He has spent year developing a theory that relates people's physical shapes to their personality types and business talents. Theory also guides him in designing office decor he says.
6/5/1973
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
3/24/1977
Jump starter: Wayne Hartford, chairman of Battery Technologies Inc., with the reusable batteries that have increased the firm's value tenfold.
Jump starter: Wayne Hartford, chairman of Battery Technologies Inc., with the reusable batteries that have increased the firm's value tenfold.
7/11/1991
Graying: Baby-boom children, says Donald Hartford, are changing into typical CFRB listeners.
Graying: Baby-boom children, says Donald Hartford, are changing into typical CFRB listeners.
12/7/1983
By Phil Johnson, Ants Evard has literally been around the world as a Scout leader and organizer. The 50-year-old Willowdale resident has spent more than 25 years helping put together major jamborees in Australia, Calgary, Guelph and Muskoka for his fellow
By Phil Johnson, Ants Evard has literally been around the world as a Scout leader and organizer. The 50-year-old Willowdale resident has spent more than 25 years helping put together major jamborees in Australia, Calgary, Guelph and Muskoka for his fellow
12/1/1987
Sport Plane: Les Hovath, 54, spent seven years building a Bushby Mustang II, a two-seat aluminium sport plane that can hit more than 300 km/hr (186 m
Sport Plane: Les Hovath, 54, spent seven years building a Bushby Mustang II, a two-seat aluminium sport plane that can hit more than 300 km/hr (186 m
12/20/1988