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Scorch marks are still visible on the
wall of the feed room. That portion
of the barn, much of the roof and
several trusses will have to be
replaced this spring.
started. The flames shot straight up,
got into the roof trusses and burned
through the cathedral ceiling until it
hit the firewall half -way down thebarn.length of the ba.
The couple who reported the fire
were dressed to go to the
theatre in Owen Sound but,
good clothes and all, they helped get
the cows out of the barn. Luckily the
cattle, when turned loose, headed for
the old barn yard "or they could have
been in downtown Owen Sound",
Fisher says.
By the time Al and Donalda
returned home, the fire was pretty
much out. The tractor was hauled out
of the feed room. The roof and siding
in the area were scorched. Trusses
half -way down the barn were
scorched. But if there was good news
it was that the fire started in the part
of the building that was least
essential to operation of the barn. The
feed room will have to be replaced
and much of the roof will have to be
replaced, including several trusses,
but with winter coming on they
decided not to do the work last fall
(with this winter's excellent
conditions Fisher wishes now they
had instead of waiting for spring).
But the problems were only just
beginning. With the milking partly
finished when the fire broke out,
there was no way to tell which cows
had been milked and which hadn't.
Once the fire was out they tumed off