The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-12-26, Page 15Qcto ! er
Fire'
A fire on the ttriain, street -of'
Lucknow Friday night sent
two people to hospital and
left seven people homeless.
Hank den Boer is in -.good
condition in Wingham and
District Hospital, suffering
from first and second degree
burns to .his hands, 'feet,
arms, legs and chest, Ruby
Webb was treated in Wing -
ham Hospital; for second
degree burns to her right
arm. She was released from
hospital Saturday.
The tire started in the
living room of the apartment
owned by Hank . and Alice.
ves
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den Boer above tbeir bake..
shop, Lticknow Dome Bakery
on the south side of the main
street. It spread into " the
hallway adjoining the Brown
building, above Bill's Place
variety store, east of the
bakery.
Lucknow: District firemen
answered the call about
11.30 p.m. and brought it
under control • in about an
hour..
Seven people fled the
burning building, Hank and
Alice den Boer and their two
children, Josie and Paul,
were awakened by their
collie dog, Sandy, who was
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tied to the door in the living
where the fire started. The
family left the apartment by
the backstairs of the apart-
ment through thebake shop
to'the south of the building.
Mr. den Boer returned to
the apartment to get the dog
out. He left 'through the
living room door to the hall-
way . adjoining the . Brown
building; -where he met Flor-
ence Vickers who lives in an
apartment above Greer Elec-
tric, .east of the Brown build-
ing. She left the building
down the backstairs to the
south of the building with
Mr. den Boet.,and his dog..
Mr. den Boer then return-
ed to the apartment again
because he thought the fire
was only located 'in a living
room chair. He grabbed a
cushion from the chesterfield
and tried to smother the
flames in the chair but the
.cushion exploded in flames.
He grabbed tkey,cushion and
carried it out intothe hallway
and threw it down the stairs..
He followed down the stairs
and kicked it out into the
street.
-Ruby Webb, who lives
the front apartment above
Bill's Place, was awakened
when Mr. den Boer ran down
the hall pounding on the
wall, yelling "fire"! She said
she went ' to her door and
found .the hallway filled with
smoke. She left the building
by the north stairway which
was burning to the street.:
Claude Tetreault, who liv-
es in the back apartment over--
Hill's
ver`Bill's Place, was awakened
by Mr. den. Boer's calf
fire. He found the hallway:
filled with smoke, grabbed a
6,X79 --Pap 33'
towel whieh heldgwwed, i1n
water and; wrapped around
his head. He then ran Olt Of
the building down the north
stairs to the street. Mt.
Tetreault ,met firemen 'com-
ing up the stairs ashe left the
° building.
The den Boer ..apartment
was destroyed and there is
smoke and water damage .to
the bakery below. The apart- . , a
ments in the Brown building
have smoke damage and
,some water damage and
there is water damage to the
variety store below.
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