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; | 2) « 4 Scugog Number 1 smoke-eaters, from left: (rear) Ray Penney, Jack Cook, Caudle, Doug Metcalf, Clive Boyd. (Front row) Bill Harrison, Keith Charlie Lown, Dave Ballingall, Irvine Gibson, Ben Pickard, Leo Donnelly, Pete PORT PERRY DLV PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975 -- PAGE 17 EE ------------------------------ SECOND Red. SECTION Sad start for. Fire Prevention Week Barn destroyed by flames You would think that_the extra publicity and care giv- en 'during 'Fire Prevention Week would give firemen a seven-day breather. No such luck. As well as their attention to the preventative portion of their duties, firemen sped to the scene of a barn fire Sunday, just west of. Utica that completely raized the. building. g hs ia Li WE BIA V1 Owned by George Cos- burne, the bart was com- pletely engulfed in flames by the time firemen arrived just before 5 p,m. Sunday. "Although the cause of the fire'is not yet known, fire- men say it started in the upstairs part of the barn. No stock was destroyed, but a considerable amount of equipment and implements was destroyed. ol Gavin Speir, 4 (left) and Ron Crawford, 5, are getting a few pointers from Fire Chief Jack Cook about the operations of the fire equipment. Part of a fire inspection tour of all aréa schools last week included R. H. Cornish Public School in Port Perry, where this picture was taken. department's tour included the staging of a fire drill. Part of the fire All three trucks of the Number 1 hall (Port Perry) were dispatched to the scene _ backed up by-tankers from Caesarea and Uxbridge de partments. . : Firemen were at the scene until about 10 p.m. and were recalled again at 2:45 a.m. Monday morning. when the fire started again. Firemen remained at the farm for about 1'2 hours the second time. . No damage estimates are available aty this time, al- though firemen agree the loss was considerable. The barn and contents were in- sured, according to a depart- (continued on page 22) Raby, Roy Hope, Gabriel Grabowski. Mark, Don