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Beaver Lumber Company, St. Thomas - Fire
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1960
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh1 B4 F8 1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh1 B4 F8 1
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1960
- Series
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Beaver Lumber Company, St. Thomas file
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 24.5 x 30.5 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Seven black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 20, 1960 with captions:
- "People flocked to see the fire scene from miles around, jamming every street in the area with their cars". (1a)
- "Firemen pour water through the open windows of a store house containing a variety of building supplies". (1b)
- "This picture, taken minutes after the fire alarm was sounded, shows the rapidity with which the flames spread". (1c)
- "Willing hands helped remove stock from the Beaver Lumber Showroom". (1d)
- "Fierce wind-fanned flames made light of the storage buildings". (1e)
- "A Times-Journal cameraman stood on the roof of the Memorial Centre to take this picture of the raging inferno". (1f)
- The Wilson Avenue Armoury is visible in the background in 1a.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Beaver Lumber Company
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Business and Industry
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