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10 examiner Thunday Dec 15 1977 Dense smoke greets firemen spark from match is believed to hate caused fire which started at approximately 1110 pm Wednesday in an apartment at 25 Iuiiop St damage estimato is available but fire chief Jack McAllister said one apartment was completer gutted tll itos by Rudleigh Machant No insurance Couple lost everything as fire engulfs apartment By SLE BLRKE Examiner Staff Reporter William and Laura Smith had no contents insurance when fire gutted their eighthsfloor apart ment at 259 Dunlop St early this morning Chief Jack McAllister of the Barrie fire department The couple lost all their belongings in the fire which they say began when spark from lighted match flew un der sofa cushion They have lost everything and theyre not going to get one cent back from insurance he said today And the Smiths are not alone in situation that frustrates fire officials many apartment dwellers dont bother with 01 tents insurance lot of people dont bother and dont know whether that because they feel safer in modern apartment buildings he said or whether they feel their contents are covered by the buildings owners Chief McAlhster says fur nishings and personal belongings in any apartment arent covered by building owners in the event of fire Damage to the Smiths apart ment which was burned by fire Your Christmas Centre for Royal Dou ton STE LES CHINA SHOP BAYHHJ coiiirri sr HARRIE ONTARIO 72823 right down to the lryrwall covering is being estimated this morning by fire officials says Ihief McAllister Its going to be extensive because of the Ctilnplttt destruction of the unit he said lheyll have to re build it from scratch Chief McAllister says there is also smoke damage to the eighth and ninth floors of the building and slight water damage on the seventh floor Fortunately most people kept their doors closed so smoke damage to apartments around the fire shouldnt be too serious he said Chief McAllistir says fit men Seiko Quartz sets new iitan dards for accuracy We are the watch manufac turer with the technologi cal capacity to make every at level of quality control un paralled in the industry The Seiko Quartz offers lthe most advanced ac troublefree component assuring curate and form of timekeeping JEWELLERS Oi Barrio Ltd L521unlop St Timely Gift £3665 Downtown Barrie including 21 auXiliary firefighters fought the blaze between 1122 in when they were called and ton in Attempts by apartment dwellers to put the fire out with an extinguisher and hose Were hampered by haste and the ire says thief NitAllister Mrs Smith ripped the ex tingiiisher off the wall to try and put the fire oltt and in her haste the top liroke and the clamp stayed in the holder he said hose used to tight the fire until firefighters could arrive Etltlilllyllltltttl under the in tense heat says thiei McAllistir pit By RUDIEIGII MMLEAN Examiner Staff Reporter Superintendent of the apart ment building at 259 Dunlop St Les Ferrar 25 was cooking meal on his stove when he heard the fire alarm As soon as heard the alarm ran out to the foyer to look at the intercom which iii dicates what floor the alarm was rung on Then phoned the fire department and dashed upstairs to the eighth floor he said When he reached the eighth floor Ferrar had to cover his nose and mouth with his ovcrr coat because of the dense smoke When the firemen arrived on the eighth floor they had to squat down and duck walk along the corridor to the tenants apartments because they couldnt breathe or see anything in the standing posi tioii Feriar said James ltohsoii who lives down the hallway on the floor of the fire said he had no iiitcn tions of letting himself or his son ltiiy outside of his apait iiiciit It would have been foolish to go out into the hallway especially with the way the smoke was pouring into our apartment When we couldnt keep the dense smoke out my son and hurried out onto the balcony and waited to minutes until the firemen rescued us llllltltIIlGIlIll letcr MacVichie 11 who lives on the seventh floor of the apartment building said he lashed up to the eighth floor to see where the smoke was com mg from When got there saw Mrs Smith at the doorway of her apartment She seemed to be in hysterics Her husband was still in the apartment quickly grabbed the hose on the wall but it wouldnt work so had to go back down to the scyeiith floor and drag up the hose on that floor to the ttglltll floor When he arrived on the eighth floor Mat ichie said he saw William Smith standing dumb founded otttsith lll apaitiiient door screamed at him to go downstairs because the cor llllll was blanketed in thick smoke tot he just stood there He was hysterical too tried spraying the carpet and the walls near the apart ment and the clcyator While was doing this could hear the flames inside the apartiiiont Smith dioliped to the floor on his hands and knees and looked though he were look mg for something Finally the firefighters armed and dragg ed him downstairs lacichii said Ntllttllltttlltltttl heriai said the apartment building has three pull station fire alarms on each floor as well is three hoses and three fire ex tinguishers lheie also smoke letec tors in the garbage chutes on each floor When they are ac llI IIIltltklt sIIIIIt Intendeiit tiyated they set off the water sprinkler system but oiin in the gin bage bins Ferrarsaid NUSIRINKIJIRS licirai said there are no water sprinklers in the apart merits theiiisclycs Nor are there overhead smoke delic tors in each apartment This is the first time lye eyer been inyolyed in fire situation lcrrar said Ive been superinteiithnt here for 32 months There are titii ipart ment lllllis in this budding licrrar saiu theie aie no written instructions in the apartment building to inform tenants what to do in case of fire We had fircrprcvention of ficer visit the building three times He left me brochures for instnictions to tenants in case olfire But we give out these brochures oiin upon request by the tenants They have 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