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An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)
An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)

An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)

Date7/8/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left two persons dead and five injured. An inquest will be held in the deaths.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000391F
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