Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 04, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fags 5_________ clothing store Burns 2 fires sunday cause Over damages _ two fires sunday one near Transcona. The other in Winnipeg caused total damage of Over Transcona citizens were forced i to turn to sunday afternoon and i on gloated the fight a fire which did More than damage threatening the nearby Dominion tar and Chemi Cal company Plant and at least a dozen dwellings at North trans-1 Cona. Railroad ties stored in tar company s premises for 1 he fire which started at about seasoning. The ties were Green. Situation became hazardous. Almost immediately flames Hrock. Out in a pile of about contains Virtol t o give Lutna to your hair. Triple a lanolin tool a clips relieve Loose Dandruff dryness. Jives your liner most combed look nil due Lois notice re Home Assurance company of Canada but blazed furiously nevertheless. Townspeople a Volunteer fire fighting unit and used barrels of water which had been spaced Between the piles of ties As a fire precaution measure. In All 40 barrels of water were used. Two fire fighting units were sent out from Winnipeg and assisted the Transcona fire brigade and a fire fighting Force of 12 . Employees under Section Foreman l. Romano in their struggle to Kee the danger from the tar Plant. When finally the flames were brought under control ill us unit 7 p.m., 20 Volunteer Citi Zens stood by under the direction of . Inspector j. K. Boyle Raj try to Deal with any secondary that Milf a t appear. When the Gravity of the Situa Tion was realized Early in the afternoon More than three dozen citizens took wet sacks and brooms and immediately gave the flames Battle. Mayor a. R. Paulley of trans Cona estimated that had the fire reached the tar damage would Hove been done. In addition More than 1 2 Homes on the outskirts of the Lown would have been destroyed he said. In his opinion a carelessly my kit Baue had started the. He to lie extra careful of season. Mayor Paulley paid High tribute to the. Townspeople who had turned out to Battle with the names. He commended highly chief a. Taylor of the Transcona fire brigade and the Winnipeg fire lighters. F loth Iii store damaged More than damage was done Lothe building and contents clothing main Streel when fire broke out on the premises about i . Sunday. Owned by Reuben Cris fill 222 Neil Avenue Easi Kildonan Vna i n damage was done to the store s merchandise City fire department officials slated. They estimate it damage 10 tic store itself at about two other in the same Block which Are attn Vii nil by or. Criswall Styf from smoke will Hong lire pertinent officials bought it would not be extensive. Origin of be him. Is As yet undetermined the Iwu store were Hie Astoria garment coir Pany at main Street operate by Morris churn Avenue and archives cleaners 58 Mam Street operated by an Hribal Picota Magnus Avenue Winnipeg free press monday. October 4, 1948 sol Hepatica for the smile of health m h d v Spicl in i Lute. Hatim s in their prevention through so re inf Moke Akoi or Forest fires continued from Page i House and build will . Us following classes or Priori Home Assurance cum pan Canada a is of company adjusters and general creditors o Home company of Canada. I persons having claims against insured of Home As air Ance company of who May have in respect of such and further take Notick shut b order of or represent such classes of persons in the said apply anon messes. Hannah. Nolan Cha Mhz is. A Saucier lers in Lincors too ski Lancaster built in c Dj-1 v a company solicitor Alifi off a y Aile of Home Assurance company of Canada. 80.1-804 hrs a and general of Home Assurance company Canada v h. Mik Hin. Esquire. barrister Sunli Ciler Canada life Beldiny. Per san having Wynn ipg this Day september. Herbert Hunter. of insurance for Manitoba. Begot i the crusades sugar was nol known in Northern Europe. Winnipeg Man joins sportsmen in 6-Day tour i seven american sportsmen sir one Gerhard Ken Nedy let the cily sunday on a six experimental Lour i Hunting conditions in South West Ern Manitoba. By observing the results of wild Rice sown by some of the men in that area during he Spring Mon los the group will study the feeding habits of ducks and Eese also under study will be War sur plus naval Craft and other kinds of boats and Hunting equipment to i determine their effectiveness in Hunting country. The habits and types of wild fowl will be examined by experimenting with decoys and photo graphing the Birds with the latest Type of camera equipment Caoili my inn will be Lested Tor warm i h. So Rengh lightness a Jerroul and canine Flyge Possi Hili Irir louled in the group of Amer ican Spon Smen who will through the province in jeeps trucks and trailers Are Karl Al Tinger of is. Paul. Minn. Ben Scott of the Imperial House Chi Cago 111. Charles and Hamilton Kotcher. And Jack Shunk of de troit or. Vern Smith Minnesota state Champion in the Skeel shot and photographer of is. Paul and Elmer Smith of Minneapolis Minn. To South onto i Ings. Earlier they were Able to plow Al least 100 Yards of stubble in Between the fire and the build Ings. Ii is hoped thin this will save the situation at least temporarily. One of the most serious Forest fires is located North of Pine Falls on Block a of i h e Manitoba paper ror Nanny s holdings. Alt Early More than acres of Timber land there have gone up in Lames. We had that fire completely and held on Satur s. Vav. A Chorting Liuis provincial Forest Engineer but it broke away from us sunday because of the High winds. We , additional men Anil equipment another serious Forest Eire has broken nut near Lake St. George North of Hodgson in the Interlake country. Forty Fol. Fighters have been despatched in that area. A third fire Hirs been reported in the thickly wooded District ens of Norway House inaccessible by land. Forest service has flown men no thai area where the fire started during an electrical storm. A Brush fire which spread from Rivale land was burning its Way no tie wond cd area near great alls ens of Pine Falls on the win River the Forest service re sorted. Brush fires have sprung up on e fort Alexander Indian Reser Avion in the Pine Falls Dis Eric deling in the d it la bullies of the ire fighters there. Pins in the. More settled districts of i h e area reported spreading Mon Day driven by the High winds. A 25-Miln per hour in till wind hipped flames into Young repro Active Limber in the Lac Dubon Al area near the red Deer Hills i strict where firefighters worked it and Day ploughing trails where Palm nos anti old be kept and backfires lit to save bigger anal Richer Limber areas. North of barren.? River gusts of wind reaching 50 Miles per hour prevented planes carrying fire South East of towards Lake Winnipeg threatens two More farms. Now burning on n -100-acre front the fire subsided saturday but later jumped Over Kin Yards of breaking and burst out. New in a stand of Limber. Late sunday night if continued out of control through Meadows and Timber. The Homes and Quarter sections of Seimi Thorsteimson and his neighbor cud on Gudmundson Are barely a mile away from the worst part of the Blaze. A dozen neighbors were still working at Midnight sunday in an Effort to plow around these two farms before the flames closed in. Their efforts were hampered Anil their time limit lessened by a Strong wind Lii he funded the flames in the. Direction of the buildings. At the same time the main Howardsville fire is still snid by residents to be serious but slightly it reported to be racing along the Shore of Lake Winnipeg having passed the of Chris Johnson which it in Ciu ened for almost a week. With the wind in Hie South his neighbor Kazlman a i s n Threa Kenerl is Safe for the present. A change in Hie wind s direction to the North observers say would Pui Liis farm in the greatest danger. Firefighters fought h desperate Bailie Sunn Day in keep the flames from claiming Johnson s Home. For two Days i hey poured Waler Over the roof and Down the Walls using Forest service equipment. 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At great fulls and Souther Points the Highway and i ail a were used As patrolling routes an in some cases backfires were up to Stop fires from crossing in Richer Liin Berland. Forest rangers in file fire areas an working themselves into the ground putting in if o to hours u Day and lire fighting operations. They sleep for about five hours and work All through the Day Uncle nil Rel then a Riib another five or six hours of said one forestry official in Winnipeg. A 700-acre fire North East of Pine Falls is racing through dry Muskeg that last year a Man could wad through tip to his Waist and Thi. Year forestry officials Are driving trucks through he reported. A to fire h the Hodgson area is moving North toward a Large Limber area and Al available men Are working fran locally to Slop it. Already a barn and haystacks have been lost in the flames it was reported. Fire which started in the sleeve Lake area of the Interlake District is reportedly raging out. Of Contro 11 Miles East of Ashern. Firefight ers recruited from the Lown and surrounding areas Are a Orlins night and Day with plows and Irac tors to Stop the flames from reach ing farm Homes in the fire s path and the firefighters themselves were almost surrounded and Cut off by the flames which sunday a Climax of fury observers report. Tons of Hay have already been destroyed by the Blaze. North of Riverton fire was speeding toward the Peninsula adjacent to Hecla Island where a Irge Limber area is seriously Ireat ened. A Bulldozer Trail was under constant patrol to try and top the from reaching this acl of Timber. A Call for a firehouse from winning was put in from Hecla Islan fonday As the East end of the Iland fell to the flames and the Hole summer Hay crop was Threal Ned. Two stacks owned by Marus Lemson on the Island were Burn in Al noon monday. A fire which is nut of control about two Miles brings m milk for breakfast. 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