Aldergrove News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Anson, Don
issued: 2022-08-29
issued: 1959-10-07
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0418656/source.json
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note: / Subscribe to THE NEWS; Only $2.50 Year r The Aldergrove tn 'Progress Through Vigilance" PHONE BAldwln 65170 VOL. 2. NO. 33 *? Aldergrove, B. C, Wednesday, October 7, 1059 IO* par copy—tUO yearly FLAMES THROUGH ROOF A.V.F.D. Saves House On Jackman South Fire broke out Thursday eve- nlng In a house on South Jack- man Road and great credit must be given to Aldergrove Volunteer Fire Department for preventing a complete loss. The fire occurred at a house rented by E. M. Zytveld and owned by Jake Omelaniec, just after 0:40 p. m. Nobody was in the house at the time as Mr. Zytveld was visiting relatives in Whalley and turned up Just after the blaze started. A.VJ.D. was notified by Fred Peppin who was driving by and saw flames. They arrived 4 minutes alter the siren went off, when flames were leaping through the roar. Fire Chief Fred Dams said that at the start lt looked like a hopeless task with one tank'of water, but by careful conservation of water until 1200 feet of hose were laid to a creek Vi mile away, the water problem was overcome and the flames were extinguished. The fire apparently started in the kitchen, possibly by a wiring short. The kitchen was completely gutted and contained a deep freezer, refrigerator, stove and kitchen furniture. The roof, which had recently been relaid, was burnt right through but other rooms were untouched by. flames although suffering damage from scorch and water. Every window In the house was cracked by the heat. Furniture was removed in relays by neighbours to the garden and later picked up by a tractor and trailer belonging to a neighbour, Pete Schroeder, and safely stored. The Fire Department altogether stayed 2 hours and if they had Passing Away Of Old Resident; Canada 71 Years A resident of this district since 1048, Frederick Walter of 3184 County Line Road, Aldergrove, passed away In the Langloy Memorial Hospital on Oct. 4,1959. Born In Austria on Jon. 36, 1883, he had lived in Canada for 41 years. He formerly owned livery stab…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0418656
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text