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economist sunsuntribune news saturday sept 13 2003 cows in survive mccowan road barn fire by kathleen griffin staff writer brian lewis stood surveying the smoldering ruins of a mccowan road barn friday afternoon the barn in which his 35 holstein calves perished in an earlymorning fire if this had happened during the day there might have been a chance of saving some of them he said shaking his head the only ones to survive were the 15 that were put to pas ture now the biggest problem is rounding them up about 330 am a york regional police officer on patrol saw flames shooting from two barns connected by a corrugat ed tin roof behind mccowan antiques a small business just south of elgin mills road he stopped to alert residents inside the house by that time the roof had already collapsed and there was no chance of saving anything det keith freemantle said while the investigation is continuing he said the fire does not appear suspicious each calf is valued at about 700 it was an old barn we werent going to use after this staff photosjoerd witteveen markham firefighters connect a hose to a tanker truck to douse smoldering hay in a barn fire on mccowan road just south of elgin mills road early friday year mr lewis said most of the cattle weve already moved up to the other farm the lewis family farms just north of the area where the fire occurred it rented 100 acres and the nowdestroyed barn from an outofcountry land lord the owners of mccowan antiques also rent the house and property they were not available for comment friday but police estimate more than 40000 worth of merchandise was destroyed after the fire jumped to the second attached barn were still not sure how it started because the damage is so severe det freemantle said we may never know hes pegged the damage at close to 200000 markham fire officials remained on scene late friday as smoke continued to rise from the smoldering ruins i guess it will be levelled im not sure what happens now mr lewis said our graitopen1ng today special guest at1pm door crasher savings free refreshments a chance to win dvd player the chemist imamammsz i st 8 ffjjlr hayv 27 wootten way north 7t gpm markham on l3p 2yf days 7vj bt 4hi mm a iff a hours men sat 8am 10pm week s 10am- 6pm wwwthecheimstphatmacycom retirement dont plan it with just anyone we live where you live retirements no small step but state farm can help you plan for it with options that meet your insurance and financial needs see your good neighbour today pwsk h- bsjfsw vw wm srt mws hpsjb iftstis vl llllllfihi 1111pm pr3 m bll keith jupp flmi 3 centre street suite 201 markham on 9052941562 joanne freeman 9275 markham road suite 207 markham on 9052947415 shobha s gowda aiic 3321 mcnicoll ave unit 202 scarborough on 4163324944 john calovic 548 carlton road unit 204 unionvillc on 9054777244 rick allington 50 mcintosh dr suite 215 markham on 9054771107 j0k jpf mf jei 111 a lfcsw wka andrew mctaggart 190 bullock drive unit 3 markham on 9052946357 kirk wanvig 3150 highway 7 east unit 3 markham on 9055135475 like a good neighbour state farm is there providing insurance and financial services p036282cn06ab state farm canadian head offices scarborough ontario