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blast believed to bea natural gas explo- sion levelled one home killing a father of two and severely damaging twoadjoining homes terry shaw was killed 6nly mbrhents c after his wjfejantftwo daughters had lefttheir home at3newlandsavew the family at 5 newlands and the y family at 1newlarids arent much f better off saidfriehd sharon bowers bowers has started a clothing and food drive for the families she can be reached by calling 47661 18 the keswick branch of national v bank alohgwithbig sisters of york the gebrgirta boarcj qftradeandthe y era newspaper have com- binedtcdpen a trust account meanwhilethe royal bank and mcdonalds in keswick areworkirig on 1 a trust fund earmarked for the shaw- family theaccourit number at the national ibank is 23626the royal bank account number is 5006838 house exploded shaws wife nancy- and his two daughters amaridaiarid samantha7 5 had just left their twostorey home when the blast rattled the foutida- v tions of houses throughout the subdivision amanda was at nearby rb graham public school where classes begin at 805 am and samantha had just been dropped off at the sitters house by her mother murray bowers a longtime family friend described terry shaw as a friendly neighbour who was a regular guy he was ahandyman who liked to help anyone whp needed it bowers said hehelpedbuild the fence in my backyard he was- a good guy who would stop to lend a helping hand to anyone who asked- as of friday the fire marshals office had yet to determine the causeof the explosion also destroyed the homes on either side of the shaw house fire marshal eric blough had been awaiting the resultsiof an autopsy yesterdaytq help himdetermine why the house explodedh the blast was witoessed by sev- eral residents including one of the shawsnextdoor neighbours who was waiting for his bus to sutton district high school at first 16yearold rob bedard feared the worst because his moth er louise andhisthreemonth old baby brother cyris wefehome at thetime 4 f i heard this big bang jhen someone saidthats your house on fire a stillshakeri bedard said i ran to the house and my mom came running out with the baby in her arms v bedard said his mother escaped uninjured even though she was hit inthe back byflying debris y j bedard said he ran ihtos the house to retrieve personal items only to discover the second floor bedrobmseregone bedarqsjst richard hobbs saidyriis wife probably would have been killed if the blast occurred one day earlier because i vv j cv x ph0t0ceuabr0nkh0rst firejbghters search the wreckage of a keswick home early thursday after an explosion killed resident terry shaw 39 the blast destroyed the home and caused severe damage to many others he was a handyman who liked to help anyone who needed it he helped build the fence in my back yard he was a good guy who would- stop to lend a helping to anyone- v who asked she was still in bed at the time neighbours said the shaws have lived in the house for about i years ever since the subdivi- sion locatedneafthe queensway and biscayne boulevard was con- structed nextdoor neighbour joanne stark was at home in her bungalow when she was knocked down a flight of stairs by the thundering shockwave stark who hurt her ankle limped- down her street friday morning to survey the damage to her home which will have to be demolished stark and her hus band dave were still too rattledby the experience to talk about it- georgina mayor rob grossi said municipal engineers have to decide how manyhomes will be condemned due to- structural damage grossi who was on the scene less than anhour after the explo- sion said the fact the homes base- ments- were linked may have caused more damage- n building inspectors insurance agents and engineers were comb- jng over houses on the street friday ari estimated 30 homes were damaged claudia golell who lives direct- ly across the street from the shaws said cracks have been discovered jnaefoundatiohofherhonie colell said she and her threev yearold son 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