Cleaning up

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Cleaning up

Date8/13/1985

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wilkes, Jim (photographer)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Cleaning up: Firefighters flush out a sewer after a chemical spill yesterday at Signal Chemicals; a photo chemical plant on Carlisle St. Several people were overcome by fumes and a fireman was taken to hospital after reaching into a manhole for a sample.

Subject

Pollution control industry

Country:Canada

Province or state:Ontario

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Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010970F

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