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The following are excerpts from two upstate New York newspapers:
Efforts Hampered, Firefighters could not save
Gainesville home
By Robert Lowell Goller
A monstrous blaze ripped through a Shearing
Road home in Gaineseville Tuesday afternoon , and firefighters could do
little to stop it.
The house, located some 1,500 feet from the
road, was a total loss in the blaze, which occurred shortly after 4 p.m.,
firefighters say.
The house, the home of the Barber family at
5015 Shearing Road, was located down a narrow driveway that included a
small bridge over a creek that no fire truck could safely cross. That
delayed fire-fighting efforts by almost a half-hour. Firefighters from
area departments busily pumped water out of trucks at the road and sent it
down hoses to the house. They also had to deal with bone chilling cold as
temperatures dipped into the single digits.
The American Red Cross was housing the Barber
family early this week.
…reprinted from the Warsaw’s
Country Courier, Thursday, January 27, 2000
Firefighters hampered by location of burning
house in Gainesville
By Scott M. Vrooman Sr.
Tina Barber could only throw up her hands in
frustration Tuesday as she watched her house at 5015 Shearing Rd. burn to
the ground.
The house sits well back off Shearing Road,
down a path and over a bridge that crosses the East Koy Creek. The problem
Tuesday was that the large-sized firetrucks on the scene could not cross
the bridge without danger of getting stuck and injuring people and
damaging equipment…
Firefighters from seven companies arrived at
the scene, but could do little more than offer damage control assistance
during the first half hour.
Volunteers, state police and sheriff’s
deputies moved a parked van out of harm’s way, removed a propane tank
grill from the fire’s edge and rescued a kitten that got too close to
the blaze.
….A call went out for the mini-pumper from
Perry Center, because it would be the size needed to get across the
bridge, officials said.
“Can’t you do anything?” Barber asked the
volunteers and police officers standing with her.
…..Instead of waiting helplessly,
firefighters were able to bring down tow lines by pickup truck, and began
to battle the fire a half hour after it began.
“The house was a total
loss,” Reger (county
fire coordinator) said…
Reprinted from the Daily News,
January 26, 2000
How can you help Tina and her family?
The SSDCA, Inc. has set up a special fund for the Barbers to fix the
bridge and obtain new housing. If you are interested in contributing,
please contact us immediately.
To Tina's customers, past and present, as well as all Shiloh Shepherd
fanciers, Tina will rebuild. She is not giving up. She does request that
anyone who has sent her a deposit for a future puppy and/or recently
joined the SSDCA, Inc., to contact me.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Karen Ursel
Secretary
SSDCA, Inc.
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