The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-06-24, Page 90•
74 Motto, if a.eof in ..98
Factory ars ogened : centenn .al•yea
* from page 73
plant and following the
war William Renaud of
Kitchener re -opened it asa
furniture factory for a
short time before closing
it.
The factory was. idle for
10 years until, 19$8
Centennial Year, when the
Beatty: Brothers' of Fergus
opened the plant as Beatty
Ladder Co.. manufactur-
ing wooden ladders.
Charles Bristow was'the
plant manager.
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The Beatty 'firm closed Lucknow Furniture .and
its operations here after a.
short period and was suc-
ceeded in: 1963 by
Lucknow. VV'ood Products,
manufacturers of wood
components. The firm
later became known as
manufactured tables. It
closed business in 1972
and the factory remained
unoccupied until pur-
chased and demolished by
Montgomery Motors.
amour- it-�
Fire Threatened Factory
Friday
- January 15, 1948
Fre that got Into the.
roof of the engine room at
the Lucknow industries-
plant lute Friday afternoon
caused some concernfor a
.time:. and was not exiin:
guished till Considerable
of the: • roof' had to be
chopped away..:
Cause of the outbreak
was a flush, brefrom surae .
impregnated rags, that had
been taken to the boiler
-.
room to be burned;When
the furnace door was
opened the rags literally •
exploded in a burst of
flames that roared to the
roof setting it afire.
The plant's own line of
hose wasLaid to a nearby
hydrant,• and when it
appeared that the blaze
might still get out of cow
trol a fire alarm was
turned in. A second • line of
hose was laid, but was not,
needed in extinguishing.
the outbreak...
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