The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-30, Page 11,1
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Wingham and area firefightera,
were summoned to a house:fire in.
Corrie last Friday evening.
Wingham Vire Chief -Marie,
Gaunt repcirts the call came atu10:30
p.m. to the Gerald Ouellette resi-
dence in Corrie. The chief estimates
damage at $200.
As no cause has been deter-
mined, the fire still is under itivesti-
gation, according to Chief Gaunt.
Two overnors'
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• The board of governors of Wing -
ham and District Hospital paid. trib-
ute last week to two of ifs
/Who are retiring after six years of
service. -
Wingham representative John.
Schenk and Shirley Carhiss--ofMor'
ris Township, were thanked for
their contribution by Chair rk,'
at the
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role as mock disaster victim to the fullest last Wednesday Moral** at Western Poitirary itiltVingham.
The simulation exercise involved a fire and gas leak at the found?*
er ency plan put to test
n mock disaster exercise
"Code Blue now in effect, all vis-
itors please leave the hospital."
. When these words came ovezqhei-
public-address system last Wednes-
day at Wingham and District Hos-
• pital, its second disaster exercise in
three years was underway.
The entire disaster simulation
was over in less than two hours,
but when it was, hospital and emer-
gency -response personnel had dis-
covered several ways the hospital's
disaster plan could be improved.
Many months of planning had
gone into the exercise, which
•occurred at Wingham's Western
foundry and was based on a real-
life event, ac:cording to Keith Car- The fire was beside the sulphur
son, hospitalemergency_ nursirl dioxide tank, he added; causing it
mg.o --oidinator,and disaster iroverheat and vent gas into the
tee chairman. air.
The simulation was based upon
an incident at the foundry in which
a bulldozer was scraping a laneway
and ran into an unmarked, buried
propane line.
Fortunately, the line did not rup-
ture or explode, Mr. Carson said.
However, for the sake of the mock
disaster, a "what -if" scenario was
created in which the line indeed
does explode, causing major injury
and fire.
Man sought in connection
with armed robbery Friday
The Wmgham detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police continues
to investigate an armed robbery
• which occurred early last Friday
1.' morning at a Molesworth -area
appliance outlet.
' According to an OPP spokesman,
the business pretnises of M., C.
Smith Ltd., Lot 67, Con. 1. of Grey
Township was forcibly entered at 5
a.m. May 26 and $50 to $60 stolen
t front the office till.
The nearby owner's residence
then was forcibly entered as well
and Merwood C. Smith confronted
in his bedroom, say the police.flur-
ing a -slight altercation, the -owner
was struck over the right eye. The
assailant was armed With a kni
report the OPP ' ' Mai
froirt the vlctlnt'swallet be
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Mr. Smith's injuries did not
require medical attention, say the
police and the weapon was recov-
ered at the scene.
Once the scene for the mock dis-
aster was set, the details were put
into place. Weekly meetings started
last October, said Mr Caron, who
added that 21 outside agencies
were involved in the shnulation.
ACTUAL EXERCISE
A casualty -simulation team from
the Ontario health ministry's ambu-
lance -services branch was on hand
early last Wednesday morning to
prepare high school drama students
for their roles as injured foundry
workers.
Once the make-up was applied
and the students given a descrip-
tion of their injuries for emergency
personnel, they went to the site and
positioned themselveg for the disas-
ter exercise.
At 10:46 a.m., a call was made to
the Wingham Fire Department,
alerting it that a bulldozer at West-
ern Foundry had n ruptured a
A warrant has vw-wEissued far tne„ propane line, reported foundry
arrest of HamletAnthtiny awe, 273'2? sookesmin Rob, troteidson.
and break, end theft. The the initial calif atJed 44r- Hutchpart*
ment was the oniyort Made by the
of,lialmerstart.,.entct i-im4hoteetif -There was no *eittiOn of gas in
bery ponce repot that: r. Rowe is a fcir,-, son and aitt; • the aft to
mer emplayee of 141'1, Smith's.
Mr. Rowe is described as non- fouttry.
white"- six feet,- one inch tall, 175. T1e first ft
pounds with black Curly hair
brotviveyes, awarding, to police.ati'
Wearti glasses and Is believed to be almost'
driving a 1984 Dodge Aries vehicle, As soon -
wine or red, licence number 942 determined,
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NOISING DECREE 4
Annita Datn.sma, daughter of
Robert and Wanda Damsma,
graduated with first-class hon-
ors from McMaster University
on May 12 with a Bachelor of
Science degree in nursing. She
has accepted a position as a reg-
istered nurse at St. Joseph's
Hospital, Hamilton, in its
regional nephrology unit.
Wingham boy
lands 20 -pound
salmon in derby
A 20.57 pound salmon caught by
a 13 -year-old Wingham boy not
only tea top honors in the youth
seek*, but placed ninth overall in
flieFourthAnnual Fish Kincardine
On berby held recently.
Robin Herd, son of Ron and
M Lou Herd, reeled in his tro-
h atch fatal take 'Huron about
ur miles offshore of Kincardine.
The VVInghwn public school stu-
dent Was presented with a bicycle
as winner of the children's derby,
but is ectially as proud of his ninth
place fituall OVerall.
Fishipghps c on a long waY
0.tfiq And bent
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