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Newmarket Era and Express, 13 Jul 1961, p. 1

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CIRCULATION rairket 1613 ra pal As filed with the Audit Bureau el Circulations subject to audit Upmarket and YORK COUNTYS FASTEST GROWING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ERA 110TH YEAR EXPRESS HERALD YEAR NEWMARKET ON TH JULY 1961 SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS EACH Thousands Of Chickens Die Barn Blaze Blots Out Sun Holland Landing Dense black smoke billowing feet into the air attracted hundreds of sightseers to a spectacular threebarn fire at a chicken and turkey farm Friday evening Over chickens were burned to death bat several hundred turkeys running on open range nearby escaped The blaze was discovered by employee Sidney Foster when he saw smoke coming from the most northerly of the three barns Firemen from Holland 5 Landing Bradford Newmarket and made attempts to save the buildings and the chickens but were powerless in the face of a north wind which swept the fire to the two other barns Firemen kept an allnight watch on an underground tank which caught fire The farm is owned by partners Bill West Aurora and Goodwin market and has been in operation for five years On Friday evening Mr West I raid that a low estimate of the buildings destroyed would he In addition the birds were worth an one dollar each The nearby I home of George Banns within feet of the giant blaze was saved as firemen drenched the house with water pumped from the Holland River At one stage flames threatened his home Mr Banns and helpers loaded the furniture on- After Chase Police Shoot To Halt Fleeing Youths Heavy Iron Content Town Water May Beat Fluoride make il boih more palatable Sage Examine A Newmarket Daughter Bylaws Claimed Writ fen Policing to riidii SEsHiS in sF3SS 1 WANT Who Controls No Overdrafts The Creeks Water Safety the town four wells Of Acquit Dentist Seek Hearing In Assault Case ExChief had allegedly Other police Coils Spends On Park Gains Sympathy For His Street FOUR TENNIS IN ONTARIO HUNT Ask Convention Expense Tabs Seek Village Status Commission Approves Joint Sewage Project COMING EVENTS All Lit Up

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