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After four hours stuck on a scaffold near the top of the Simpson Tower, Joseph Badzioch and Marion Niewada vow they'll never return to their jobs as o(...)
After four hours stuck on a scaffold near the top of the Simpson Tower, Joseph Badzioch and Marion Niewada vow they'll never return to their jobs as o(...)

After four hours stuck on a scaffold near the top of the Simpson Tower, Joseph Badzioch and Marion Niewada vow they'll never return to their jobs as o(...)

Date12/29/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: After four hours stuck on a scaffold near the top of the Simpson Tower; Joseph Badzioch and Marion Niewada vow they'll never return to their jobs as outside window-washers. Safe and warm at Niewada's home they scan Star's photos showing how they were rescued by their boss; Harry Harrison; who was lowered down to their jammed platform and had them lifted up.
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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_0000998F
One wrong move could have been fatal to Marion Niewada, who was working on a scaffold that stuck 400 feet up the Simpson Tower at Queen and Bay Sts
One wrong move could have been fatal to Marion Niewada, who was working on a scaffold that stuck 400 feet up the Simpson Tower at Queen and Bay Sts
12/29/1969
Image shows three firefighters working on scene while fire is destroying houses.
Fire destroyed four homes and a lumberyard near Dufferin and Dupont Sts. early today and raged out of control for more than three hours. One fireman was taken to hospital.
6/14/1980
Rescuer Harry Harrison climbs back to top of Simpson's Tower after being lowered to cradle where he tied ropes around waists of two trapped window cleaners
Rescuer Harry Harrison climbs back to top of Simpson's Tower after being lowered to cradle where he tied ropes around waists of two trapped window cleaners
12/29/1969
Braving intense heat and flames, 50 firefighters worked two hours to keep flames from reaching a storage shed containing volatile raw materials that o(...)
Braving intense heat and flames, 50 firefighters worked two hours to keep flames from reaching a storage shed containing volatile raw materials that o(...)
7/15/1976
Window cleaner grabs for ledge of 473-foot Simpson's Tower while being hauled by rope to top
Window cleaner grabs for ledge of 473-foot Simpson's Tower while being hauled by rope to top
12/29/1969
$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
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Brandford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours last n(...)
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Brandford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours last n(...)
5/22/1975
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Bradford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours Wednesd(...)
CNR freight train carrying gravel went off the tracks just north of Highway 11 near Bradford during a heavy thunderstorm that lasted two hours Wednesd(...)
5/22/1975
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
5/16/1991
Flown to Ottawa a few hours after rescue
Flown to Ottawa a few hours after rescue
7/26/1946
Burned-out shell is all that s left of the Thornhill Country Club, where a $1,000,000 fire broke out only hours after members left a Saturday night pa(...)
Burned-out shell is all that s left of the Thornhill Country Club, where a $1,000,000 fire broke out only hours after members left a Saturday night pa(...)
12/19/1971
Brother's grief: Larry St. Michel joined the rest of his family at hospital when his brother Wayne was pulled from mine shaft after being trapped 27 hours by a rock burst at the mine
Brother's grief: Larry St. Michel joined the rest of his family at hospital when his brother Wayne was pulled from mine shaft after being trapped 27 hours by a rock burst at the mine
6/14/1984