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Near-disaster

Near-disaster

Date2/27/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Near-disaster: Almost miraculously; no one was killed or badly injured in the $10 million explosion and fire at the Gulf Canada refinery in Mississauga yesterday. Smoke from the blaze; as seen in this aerial photo; was visible from as far away as the U.S. side of Lake Ontario.
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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_0000714F
69 horses die in worst-ever Canadian racetrack disaster
69 horses die in worst-ever Canadian racetrack disaster
4/2/1992
Unable to comprehend the full impact of the disaster that has struck her family and hundreds of others in Cobalt, three-year-old Janice Moore sits pat(...)
Unable to comprehend the full impact of the disaster that has struck her family and hundreds of others in Cobalt, three-year-old Janice Moore sits pat(...)
5/26/1977
Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
7/16/1974
$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)
$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)
10/11/1979
Muffin the cat revived. Fire gutted a third-floor apartment on Dundas St. W. near Keele St. today and also drove out nearby apartment dwellers. No one(...)
Muffin the cat revived. Fire gutted a third-floor apartment on Dundas St. W. near Keele St. today and also drove out nearby apartment dwellers. No one(...)
1/31/1984
Firefighters hurt in fall. Ambulance attendants and firefighters carry Captain Stan Payne from a burning empty house on Berkeley St. near Front St. Pa(...)
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11/21/1988
Van burns on the 401. Firefighters on Highway 401 near Dufferin St. hose down flames after a propane-fuelled van caught fire during the afternoon rush(...)
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9/27/1989
Near Lawrence Ave. and Mount Pleasent 1.5 million mansion
Near Lawrence Ave. and Mount Pleasent 1.5 million mansion
12/12/1994
Seniors flee blaze. Wrapped in blankets from emergency crews, seniors wait outside their Bathurst St. building, near Sheppard Ave., In North York afte(...)
Seniors flee blaze. Wrapped in blankets from emergency crews, seniors wait outside their Bathurst St. building, near Sheppard Ave., In North York afte(...)
5/13/1993
Balliol St. near Mount Pleasant Rd. and Davisville Ave
Balliol St. near Mount Pleasant Rd. and Davisville Ave
11/30/1995
Main St. Near Gerard St. E
Main St. Near Gerard St. E
11/24/1996
Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)
Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)
1/8/1973