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From Flickr: “Canadian Feather & Mattress Company, Melinda St.,north side, east of Bay St., fire, May 9, 1905” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

Taken just a year and a few weeks after the Great Toronto Fire of 1904, this dramatic shot of the fire at the Canadian Feather & Mattress Company on Melinda St. just east of Bay Street, illustrates the difficulty that the new taller buildings posed to firefighters. The relatively newly-developed Read More →

From Flickr: “Parliament Buildings (1893); fire, 1 September 1909” by Toronto Public Library Special Collections

The Legislative Building at Queen’s Park was built between 1886 and 1893. While adding an extension 1909, workers accidentally set fire to the roof of the west wing. The fire spread quickly. MPPs and staff formed a bucket brigade to save the Legislative Chamber, but sadly the damage included the Read More →

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