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The Citizen, 1995-06-07, Page 21Wingham and Blyth were even- tually called and Grey arrived on the scene when they had the Cardiff fire extinguished. Chief Howard Bernard said the big concern was for the houses on the edge of Brussels and the farm buildings. Two fires under the Brussels fire truck, caused by the exhaust, were put out with no damage to the pumper. Bernard said at the time that there had been three fire trucks lost in wheat field fires in Ontario, something that had not been a prob- lem before. Approximately 10 acres of wheat was lost at the Oldfield fire and approximately four acres at Cardif- f's. "The standing wheat gave us problems,"said Bernard. "It was unbelievable. The heat, smoke and speed of the fire was really some- thing. The fire seemed to create its own draft." The fire department was called to a fire at Charlie Thomas's just a few days later on Monday, Aug. 8. The fire on a combine was extin- guished before they arrived at the scene. There was no damage and the cause was an overheated bear- ing. Brussels Livestock 000 • • f - kg, 7i 1,!! kg' 46.E.► •IcAlliciZTIMIL...- • r-- A,P r "4040-771ftarmidllil -44 .51i...iltimum I MIN `-e - • Sale Days Tues. 9 a.m. Finished Cattle & Cows Thurs. 10:00 a.m. Dropped Calves, veals followed by goats, sheep & lambs Fri. 10:00 a.m. Stocker Cattle 1:00 a.m. Pigs Congratulations Brussels Fire Department on your opening and new facilities 887-6461 Congratulations We were pleased to be a supplier of steel for the new Brussels Fire Hall. Best Wishes on your open house ELMA STEEL & EQUIPMENT LTD. "The great steel place" Listowel 519-291-1388 Congratulations to the Brussels Fire Department from the staff of J.L. McCutcheon Motors Ltd. SENIOR'S eciat WEDNESDAYS ffkE.E. PICK. UP wa CAR NriltOn 5 Mile racPs BvtIsse1s Call for an appointment today after the owner of Turnberry Upholstery, who lived above the business noticed smoke coming into the apartment. By the time the firefighters arrived the restaurant was engulfed in flames. Wingham, Blyth and Grey Twp. fire departments were called in to assist. The cause of the blaze was unknown, though the Ontario Fire Marshall at the time determined that it may have started in the false ceiling in the rear section of the Continued on page 10 Congratulations We were pleased to have done the excavating and backfilling on the new Brussels Fire Hall. RYAN CONSTRUCTION R.R. #2, Brussels 887-9616 J.L. McCutcheon Motors Ltd. PARTS sewa Brussels 887-6856 SEVEN HOMELESS A devastating fire at the Olympia Restaurant in the fall of 1983 destroyed two buildings and left two families without a home. Neither was rebuilt and today a vacant lot marks where they once stood. (Photo courtesy of The Huron Expositor) Downtown fire leaves 7 homeless Page 9 -- Brussels Fire Department 1903 - 1995 -- Several wheat field fires heat up summer for dept. As many as eight pumper and water tank trucks from four fire departments battled a wheat field fire on Friday, July 29, 1983 at the farm of Max Oldfield, just outside Brussels. The cause of the blaze was due to straw winding onto a shaft of a combine. The Brussels department answered two calls within three minutes of each other, the second being on a Grey Twp. farm, owned by Murray Cardiff. They assisted the Grey department with the one Brussels pumper, while the second truck was at the Oldfield fire. A major fire occurred in Brussels downtown in October of 1983. Two families were left homeless after fire ravaged the Olympia Restaurant and Tumberry Uphol- stery. Damage, which included smoke damage to several neigh- bouring stores, was estimated at $150,000. Firefighters were at the scene for 11 hours. The call came in at 10:10 p.m. 42 sows die in barn fire A fire on the farm of Charles Thomas just north of Brussels, July 1976, caused an estimated $27,000 damage. Forty-two sows, all with litters, worth an estimated $12,000 or more were killed in the blaze. The barn was damaged to the tune of at least $15,000. Brussels firefighters were called to the scene, but were unable to save the structure. Faulty wiring was suspected as the cause of the fire.