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535-03 Page 210Residents fighl- 0 estimated at $75,000 By JlM JEFFERSON 5�( 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, locating dump near Salford f0�5" 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. pa�iva� paJiwi, IAUC 55puyins, ZVV vVSV auo4d 'JioN 00pg pup oeune4O ap �1 1 u '1a1apaaA'400- ie4oa'eyi et d 1 1 'h-,� l 4 1 `1i':SBUIM p180J M01 8 1 10 IG410 Cue o �o siola4o 0 i This early photograph shows the Salford Cheese Factory, one of many which used to operate in Oxford County. Located on Highway 19, the factory used the former Salford school as a curing room for the cheeses it manufactured. Note the cows ,vets de pasturing on the roadside., a sight uncommon near today's busy roadways. The photo was supplied by Mrs. George Nagle of RR 1 Salford. 'It's only a' frames could still be _ „r floor windows.