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A Visit to the Jail Cell where Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept
A Visit to the Jail Cell where Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept

A Visit to the Jail Cell where Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept

Date11/18/1974
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Jail cell Where 20-year-old Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept, 5 is opened by Richard Fleming, a correctional services officer, when an inquest ju(...)
Jail cell Where 20-year-old Donald Raaflaub was found hanged Sept, 5 is opened by Richard Fleming, a correctional services officer, when an inquest ju(...)
11/19/1974
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
Cells in the Toronto (Don) Jail were examined by Star reporter Steve Handelman after a prisoner hanged himself
11/19/1974
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
Area where fiv prisoners died in their cells in a fire during an investigation last month. The floor last Dec. 18 is still blackened by soot. Behind the coroner, Dr. A. broken and paint from the charred ceiling. Macdonald, is the rear entrance to the third-floor block, first men in Stratford jail call the area death row, officials said. [Incomplete]
1/6/1977
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
7/13/1977
Murder memories: Reporter Jones in the old Oxford County Jail, where Birchall was hanged, with Birchall's gun and wore to the swamp: [Incomplete]
Murder memories: Reporter Jones in the old Oxford County Jail, where Birchall was hanged, with Birchall's gun and wore to the swamp: [Incomplete]
7/20/1980
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
5/3/1989
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
Only bars in metro's new jail are in this large cell in the receiving area where prisoners are kept until transferred to the single cells that look li(...)
4/22/1977
Sure, It's Harder for a convict to work than to stay in jail, but in long run it's better, says Jim Sharp himself an ex-con and now director of Standford House, where five such men live
Sure, It's Harder for a convict to work than to stay in jail, but in long run it's better, says Jim Sharp himself an ex-con and now director of Standford House, where five such men live
7/5/1978
Donald H. Lovell, nely-elected president of the Confectionery Manufacturers Association of Canada, is seen on a visit to packaging assembly line at the candy plant of William Neilson Ltd. on Gladstone Ave. Busy packing Danish bars are Antoinette Cauchi (left) and Gwen Strickland. Lovell, 47, is vice-president of marketing and Candy King - especially of his west-end home neighborhood - and unofficially of Canada.
Donald H. Lovell, nely-elected president of the Confectionery Manufacturers Association of Canada, is seen on a visit to packaging assembly line at the candy plant of William Neilson Ltd. on Gladstone Ave. Busy packing Danish bars are Antoinette Cauchi (left) and Gwen Strickland. Lovell, 47, is vice-president of marketing and Candy King - especially of his west-end home neighborhood - and unofficially of Canada.
6/16/1975
The di Vetos: From left are Marie, Dana, Norm, Andrea and Tony. Dana first met Barry Sullings on a train from Vancouver but lost contact with the dying teenager. After six months of searching, she found him and used to visit him in Toronto every weekend u
The di Vetos: From left are Marie, Dana, Norm, Andrea and Tony. Dana first met Barry Sullings on a train from Vancouver but lost contact with the dying teenager. After six months of searching, she found him and used to visit him in Toronto every weekend u
12/15/1981
In the jailhouse now: Acting Superintendent James Crawford inspects the jail cell area corridor where new video cameras have been installed in order to keep a closer watch on prisoners
In the jailhouse now: Acting Superintendent James Crawford inspects the jail cell area corridor where new video cameras have been installed in order to keep a closer watch on prisoners
7/23/1984
Researcher at work: Dr. Alan Bernstein, described as best cell biologist in country, works in lab at the new Mount Sinai Research Institute, the first major research centre to be founded in Canada in years. Director is Dr. Louis Siminovitch, former chief of genetics at Hospital for Sick Children.
Researcher at work: Dr. Alan Bernstein, described as best cell biologist in country, works in lab at the new Mount Sinai Research Institute, the first major research centre to be founded in Canada in years. Director is Dr. Louis Siminovitch, former chief of genetics at Hospital for Sick Children.
8/7/1985