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Matches ignites
Matches ignites

Matches ignites

Date12/18/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Matches ignites: Toronto firefighters pour water on a stubborn blaze through a window at Matches Restarurant on Yonge St. early today. The blaze started in the basement and thick smoke forced patrons to flee and leave their drinks sitting on the bar.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000724F
Hotel burns. Children playing with matches are blamed for a $100,000 fire which gutted the top floor of the Duke of Connaught Hotel, on Queen St. W., (...)
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Corporate art collector: Ron LOngstaffe of Canadian Forest Products says mistakes in buying art are unavoidable but they'll teach you more about you taste, Whatever you pick, he emphasizes, Don't ever worry whether it matches your drapes
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