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Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico

Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico

Date1/30/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011019F
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
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Oil spill mopped up
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Arch villain: Exxon Valdez spill spurred safety review
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