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Ad Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 19, 1990

Community

Damages have been calculated at over $125,000 to this building at Old Bridge Properties that burned Dec. 12. 7 enants in the
building lost hearly all their possessions, but donations from the community began pouring in the day after the fire.

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coming holiday season, the Terr-:ce Review
will not be publishing a newspaper the week
of December 26th.

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Dec. 26. By ____fkg

From the management and staff of
the Terrace Review,

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Bob Beckett (right), Terrace’s new fire chief, got a taste of the
action less than a week into his job when a major fi

re broke out
at Old Bridge properties.

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TERRACE — Tenants living ina
four-unit building at the Old
Bridge Properties motel and trailer
court on the east side of town lost
nearly everything in a fire that
_Mirtually destroyed the wood-frame
structure last week. But Old Bridge
co-owner Nancy Parry. said yester-,
day that “even with the recession
and everything" Jocal merchants
and individuals have pitched in to
make their losses less acute. "This
city has been fantastic,” she said.

Parry said donations of clothing
and other items have poured in
since the day after the fire. Three
of the four tenants are being put
up in other units at Old Bridge,
previously called The Motel.

One of the tenanis burned out is
well-known native artist Murphy
Stanley, who lost several works in
progress and carving and metal-
smithing tools.

The interior of the bumed build-
ing had recently been remodelled
with new carpeting, paint and
appliances. The Parrys also built a
new cedar shake roof on it last
summer. Nancy Parry said the

‘insurance adjustors have written

the structure off, placing the value
of the damage at $125,000-
150,000. Fire authorities, who are
calling it an accidental fire, believe
the blaze got started when an
element of an electric stove was
left on in one of the units.

Parry said they haven't decided
whether the units will be rebuilt.

It was the first major fire for
Terrace’s new fire chief, Bob
Beckeit, on the job less than a
week. Beckett said the fire was
well under way by the time it was
reported

He said he was impressed by the
local firefighters. "It was a fairly
Straightforward attack, and every-
thing went well. They’re an
excellent, motivated crew."

During the past week the depart-
ment has responded to three false
alarms in sprinkler systems, which
Beckett thinks may have been set
off by a drop in water pressure.
Monday evening they had to extin-
guish a buming tree near the
sewage treatment plant on Brauns
Island. The tree ignited when it
was blown over by strong winds
and struck a power line.-

The deadlines for the January 2, 1991 issue are

The Terrace Review office will be CLOSED
from Saturday, Dec. 22 ans Wednesday,

It v was 3 the second major fire in recent weeks at the east end of Lakelse Ave. Thi
fire at Old Bridge Properties last week was taken from
another blaze in November.

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in front of the Bavarian Inn, the site of

Photo by Bill Horsburgh

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