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Free Press Woodstock Bureau
SALFORD — Bob York stood by Frida
night and watched seven years of work go
up in smoke as fire destroyed his home, his
wife's business and an apartment in the
building. `
There were no injuries in the blaze, which
left eight persons homeless and occupied
three area fire departments for 12 hours.
Mount Elgin Deputy Chief Pat Johnson
said the first call came in about 6:10 p.m.
Friday About 40 firemen from Mount Elgin,
Beachville and Brownsville stayed on the
scene until 6 a.m. Saturday, returning about
11 a.m. to douse another hot spot.
Ile said the fire started when grease being
heated for french fries was momentarily left
unattended.
There was no official damage figure, but
one fireman estimated the loss at $75,000.
Mr York said he had insurance but hadn't
talked to an adjuster.
Asked to estimate his loss, Mr. York said
,,your guess is as good as mine."
Since moving into the house seven years
ago with his wife, Mr. York has been mak-
ing additions. Recently he completed a sec-
tion in the rear using fieldstone he hauled
from a nearby field.
Mr York said he and his family were in
the storefront part of the house when the
fire was discovered. Someone noticed smoke
coming through a door and when he went to
investigate he was met by flames and
smoke.
"All I had to do was look through the
doorway and there it was."
Deputy Chief Johnson said the fire started
in the ground floor kitchen, rapidly working.
its way up the east wall into the attic and
then spreading. Firemen's efforts to contain
the blaze were hampered by a metal roof.
Residents of the apartment, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Quinn and their two children, were
not home.
The Yorks have two children, one four and
the other eight months.
The building housed the former Nanceki-
vell General Store, run by Mrs. York. The
store closed several months ago but Mrs.
York continued to operate a post office, a
dry cleaning outlet and a travelling library
Mr. York said neighbors helped remove
"`` ° of the family's belongings from the
`' d were able to save the library,
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Free Press Woodstock Bureau.
WOODSTOCK — To So Salford area rest,
dents an Oxford County landfill site one -halt
mile east of their hamlet would mean waste
cf prime farmland, dangerous and noisy
truck traffic, visual pollution, foul air, foul
water and an increase in rats and skunks.
They plan to present a petition to county
council Oct. 15 opposing the site.
The petitioners, who previously
won
onuof
port of the Oxford County
Agriculture and the South-West Oxford
Township council, have compiled details of
water drainage on the 50- to 60 - acre site
they feel could be expanded to 500 acres.
Water from four
fg'which they
some shallow
claim never dry, Muted by
wells in the area and "'may be
run-off from the garbage." Two swamps,
they say, overflow during wet seasons.
The petitioners say the site, situated on .
the height of land between hall and Rey-
nolds creeks, would pollute the creeks. Both
streams empty into the Thames River.
Prime agricultural land would be out of
use for 25 years, claim the protesters, and are
intersection at Highway 19 and County Road
46 would become "hazardous" because of in-
creased traffic, including garbage trucks.
The petitioners are also afraid of littering.
The Oxford Federation of Agriculture has
"strongly opposed" the establishment of a
landfill site near Salford "or any other site
in the county that involves first or second
class farmland.
South-West Oxford Township L-ouncil als®
has opposed the location.
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Highway 19, the factory used the former Salford school as a curing room for the cheeses it manufactured. Note the cows
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