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Toronto Fire Services Public Education Centre and Museum at Station 233 has a model displaying the area of the fire. A 1904 film, The Great Fire of Toronto, created by George Scott & Co. about the event, was the first to be shot in Toronto. [10] A fictionalized account of the Fire was central to the Murdoch Mysteries episode, "Great Balls of ...
The fire was described as "the first of its kind in downtown Toronto since the Great Fire of 1904". Although it destroyed a number of Eaton's buildings and damaged the nearby Church of the Holy Trinity, it did not significantly affect the newly constructed first phase of the Toronto Eaton Centre. [2] [3]
1904 – Great Fire of Toronto, April 19 fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Canada. 1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [5] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [6] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10.
The Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 was a large fire that destroyed much of Downtown Toronto. By 1900, the centre of business had moved west of the historical Town of York site. A new downtown to the west of Yonge and King Streets was built. The City of Toronto moved into a new City Hall, built at the head of Bay Street at Queen Street.
The Ontario Fire Marshal's Office handled the investigation of the explosions. [2] While the cause of the explosions had not yet been determined, on August 21, 2008, Ontario's independent safety regulator for fuels, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), released a statement saying that, just before the explosion, a truck driver was illegally transferring propane from one truck ...
The Empress Hotel was a three-storey red-brick building at the corner of Yonge and Gould streets in downtown Toronto. It was destroyed by fire on January 3, 2011. [1] The hotel was opened in 1888. [2] The hotel changed hands several times. [3] The property ceased operating as a hotel in the mid-1970s.
The Spadina Expressway project into downtown is cancelled to go no further than Eglinton Avenue. November 6: The Toronto Daily Star is renamed as The Toronto Star. 1972 Toronto's first Gay Pride Week is held. It includes a dance, film night, and march to Queen's Park. [30] 1973: May 2: The Scarborough Town Centre opens. 1974: August 15
The stabbing occurred at 12:17 am [3] on December 18, 2022, in downtown Toronto, [4] outside the Strathcona Hotel, [2] on the corner of York Street and University Avenue, [5] near both Union Station [1] and the Royal York Hotel. [5] Strathcona Hotel was used as a shelter for homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]