Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 1980 fire developed inquiry told by Cecil Rosner tenants of the Fairlane Meadows housing Complex testified yesterday it took just minutes for a Small Balcony Blaze to turn into a raging fire which eventually gutted a Row of townhouses May residents of the 32unit townhouse building at 230 Fairlane Avenue in James managed to escape the Blaze with no an inquiry into the fire was told evidence shows the Blaze was pushed along by Strong winds As it raced across the wooden balconies of the Many tenants testified that before the fire the property managers of the com plex allowed them to use barbecues on the wooden but a memo Banning their use was circulated after the evidence came at the opening Carey free press Day of an inquiry presided Over by consulting Engineer Hugh labor minister Ken Macmaster called the inquiry last Only the fourth of its kind in Manitoba because of concerns expressed at the rapid spread of the fire which reportedly destroyed the building in seven i similar complexes Macmaster said he expected the in Quiry would show that the building code want strictly adhered there Are Many townhouse complexes of a Simi Lar construction throughout the David a resident in an adjacent said he saw a Small Blaze on the Balcony of suite 214230 Fairlane which he speculated could have been put out very easily at that but a few minutes before any firefighters arrived on the the fire had engulfed three suites and was spreading to the roof of the build it seemed to spread along the Wood railings of the said David another nearby Walter who lived in 214 230 said he had been barbs cuing on his Balcony the evening of the he said he and his wife checked out the window before they went to bed that evening and observed the Barbe which was on a tripod to be soon after going to Grieshaber said he and his wife were awakened by a it sounded like it was hailing out he All we could see was Bright Grieshaber said he went into his living room and saw flames coming into the he said his wife and Young daughter escaped through their bedroom Grieshaber said he was aware of a clause in his lease which said it was not permitted to Cook food on the but he said the practice was wide spread in the Complex and was approved by the buildings leasing building caretaker Grant Beaudry testified that most tenants had Barbe cues and to his knowledge there was no restriction on their the inquiry was told the fire began about and spread from Grid shakers Balcony along the second Storey wooden Balcony railings to other i a Brush fire a firefighters work is never the second shift from the 4 fireball at ladder apparatus yesterday afternoon and kept Busy by putting the the Corner of Osborne Street and Stra Brook Avenue hauled out the Brush and touches to a coat of red paint on one of three station breaking just killed police say Winnipeg already Short of staff due to summer were spread thin during the weekend trying to Cope with 79 breaking and the arrests of 73 the 73 arrests Between 8 last Friday and Midnight sunday Are about 25 More than said crime superintendent de but it want the arrests that kept the police on the run during the there was a terrible number of breaking Over the they just killed said during the three 46 12 apartment suites and 21 businesses were this is because people Are away on holidays and there Are More juveniles on the Igelski this is when they properties Are Susce we keep asking people to take the proper precautions but we can never warn them among those arrested during the weekend were Tow truck Driver charged in attacks police have arrested a 16yearold Tow truck Driver employed by Mcarth Urs towing and Are seeking another Man in connection with damages to a car in a hotel parking lot on Pembina three Tow trucks belonging 10 the towing company followed a car occupied by a male juvenile and a female on to the parking lot of the Norlander hotel at 3 july said the female very scared and ran into the lobby of the hotel to Call said a hotel employee who asked not to be identified Lor fear of retaliation when the car the three truck Drivers and a passenger got out and on the said the employee they kicked in the Windshield and denied Trie police Itu damage at jew neither the Nuudi nor the woman Weix Hurt in the the juvenile Lias been charged with mischief ii the incident Ponce would not say if the other Man sought was a Mcarthur the juvenile Tow truck Driver also faces a charge of assault causing bodily harm following another dispute last police said the juvenile was called to Corydon Avenue by another Tow truck Driver who was having an argument with a 17yearold the 16year old is accused of having intervened in the kicking the other juvenile in the police said the 17yearold had to have a tooth approximately 17 months ago my Ankurs towing lost its contract with the City to Tow away vehicles illegally parked during the Rush at the time a City councillor opposed renewing the Mca thurs contract to of dozens of cases of and coercion of by company s owner until Marthur could not be for n a 47yearold woman charged with taking from her employer Over the past five the accused was an administrator for a holding company which owns a number of apartment blocks in the a part of her Job was to collect the rents from the tenants of the apartments and Deposit the Money in the the an employee of the com Pany for the last eight was arrested Friday and charged with she was released on her own recognizance by the clerk of the courts during the weekend and the Case was remanded to a 29yearold Man on parole for manslaughter was arrested saturday and charged with police said Early last wednesday morning the accused forced a 20year old woman into a car parked in front of the Savoy hotel on main another Man drove around with the pair until the accused told him to get out of the a Short time later the Man raped the said she was released a Short time later and jotted Down the licence number of the during a bail application the court assailant Given suspended sentence a 20yearold Man who struck a Park ing meter commissioner 49 years his senior was Given a oneyear suspended sentence in provincial judges court coun was told Ace Floyd Creeley was leaving a downtown hotel on the afternoon of 22 when he hit the 69 year old no motive was Given for the who pleaded guilty to As was Given the oneyear suspended sentence and was put on 10 months supervised was told the accused asked the woman whether she wanted to make some the victim consented to inter course and was paid Money for the said defence the Man was released on a property ass Rity of and the Case was remanded to police also fished the body of a 31yearold Man trom the red Riv the name of the victim k Beu withheld by police until Iii if Ati Dii next of the i i d on i the wat at the foot of mid Cimon police speculate the Down swimming h been found nearby two Days Eai her foul play Sii Pecten All but two of the units were several nearby residents said they went through the building banging on All the doors to notify tenants of the the Blaze left 30 families Home eight of whom had no shortly after the fire a Deputy chief of the fire department told the free press that woo Frame townhouses Are built to that the Way we look at the building was part of a 208unit Complex built and managed by cast Lewood Homes and owned by metropolitan properties both companies Are represented by counsel at the As is the buildings Archi fire department officials have Esti mated the damage to the building at the inquiry continues Union loses Beard a Manitoba court of Queens Bench judge has dismissed a Union Appeal of an arbitration Board decision upholding Canada Safeway no beards policy for delivering his decision in court yes Justice John Solomon said the Board acted without Bias and within its jurisdiction when it made the no beards decision in the boards 2tol decision said Safeway was justified in asking shelf Stocker Dennis last to shave his the last decision was the reverse of an arbitration verdict made last july or Dering Safeway to delete from its rec ords a written reprimand Given Don another Safeway following his refusal to shave off his should apply in his argument in support of the motion to quash the last Union lawyer Rory Edge said the arbitration Board decision allowing Chap Man to keep his Beard should apply to the lawyer pointed out that a having lost the first was in effect appealing it again to a second judge Solomon did not Al though the Union represented both employees at their arbitration each Board limited itself to individual grievances which were dealt with the judge whether lasts Hoard should have followed the Chapman decision is not an Issue for this court to judge Solomon the Union application was dismissed with Chapman is on leave of absence from the he still re drives full pay hut is on report ing to the store manager every morn end expected Safeway lawyer Roger Hansell said yesterday he expects judge Solomons Sci Ision will bring Chapmans leave to an now the policy has been decide he Chapman will probably have to comply along with everyone Hansel last has been working nights at gateways store at Lanark Street and Corydon where Chapman is committee oks paving of two retention Ponds by Pamela Fayerman civic works and operations commit tee yesterday voted in favor of spend ing to Asphalt the Bottom of two storm water retention Ponds in the Kamesas Simbola in passing the which now goes to committee members made it Clear they were not setting a precedent for the rest of the Ponds across the Harold Piercy who last february ridiculed a citizens suggestion the Ponds be said his opinion that it is parents responsibilities to keep their children away remains the fact is these two Ponds in question Are unique because they have a Sharp drop were it not fur tha i would vote against the my Tion to what Well be doing i raising the Elevation in these Twu Difei ent Ponds to that of All the in Piercy said fencing or paving the Ponds would be like putting the Berlin Wall around but m an interview yesterday com ments were Loo harsh in Iuchi o i weeks a of boy who Nearis d m the South Lake Dri Diane Milur it the said her the care at in Hospital but he Iii Scio Umu and with his brain difficult Choice in debating the u which i in pave the Bottom i in lors pm was r i ii i be three w i Refeit of mud Bottom expedite and gel some recreational value out of the pavement when the dry not Only Are the Ponds a but mud Bottoms Tuii and promote larvae waste and disposal i Heitur Alex permian said that it the expenditure is approved by City Trie could be paved by the my the but he laut Ionut councillors against the Lee Lea Tunai expectations of 111 the whenever u Muntain water for a Celt of Days Tuur water Ponds i 1 in Winnipeg the i in provide Ulter Ara for rain to absorbed i Eiri dealt with Iwai i Riet Nie Eung Ijulia Lart h e recent it should be j a Htee Rieur debate i ;