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Fire sweeps a swimming pool. Spectators survey the wreckage after the second major fire in five years at Prudhomme s Garden Centre, in Vineland, Ont.,(...)
Fire sweeps a swimming pool. Spectators survey the wreckage after the second major fire in five years at Prudhomme s Garden Centre, in Vineland, Ont.,(...)

Fire sweeps a swimming pool. Spectators survey the wreckage after the second major fire in five years at Prudhomme s Garden Centre, in Vineland, Ont.,(...)

Date9/11/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fire sweeps a swimming pool. Spectators survey the wreckage after the second major fire in five years at Prudhomme s Garden Centre; in Vineland; Ont.; destroyed an indoor Olympic-sized swimming pool; a bowling alley and games machine arcade. Damage was estimated at $200;000. Firemen ran hoses 1;000 feet from Lake Ontario to a fight blaze.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000372F
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