Stunned victims of a mysterious gas which permeated the Bedford Rd

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Stunned victims of a mysterious gas which permeated the Bedford Rd

Date2/18/1969

Names

Dutton, Don (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Stunned victims of a mysterious gas which permeated the Bedford Rd. offices of Datatran Computer Services Ltd. And the Computer Dynamics School today are carried into a makeshift hospital set up in a nearby dress shop. An estimated 40 office workers; most of them young girls; complained of dizziness; then started to pass out. Seventeen girls were rushed to hospital.

Subject

Carbon Monoxide

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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_0000221F

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