Main St Ansara Block Fire, Thessalon, 1963
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This is a black and white photo of the east side of Main Street between Huron and Lorne Street during the fire in the "Ansara Block". The photo shows the fire trucks on scene and the firefighters hosing down the building as the fire rages.
- Notes
- This fire left 31 people homeless, 17 of them children and was believed to have started in a chimney. Volunteer firefighters and citizens alike helped to try and extinguish the blaze and aid with evacuation of nearby homes and businesses.
The only structures left standing on the block at the end were the O'Connor Hotel at the south end, a small building next door and a restaurant at the north end of the block.
- Date of Original
- January 26, 1963
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Local History
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.25006 Longitude: -83.5666
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Thessalon Union Public LibraryEmail:thessalonlib@thessalonlibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:187 Main St. Box 549
Thessalon, ON P0R 1L0
