At
one time last Saturday afternoon it was thought the east section
of the village would be destroyed by fire, when the house of
J. E. Butler caught fire, from which it spread to his garage, and
the barns of
Mrs. Maria Brown and E. Thompson, and also to the latter's chicken
coop.
In a very short time a
large crowd had assembled and worked hard to save the
other buildings around.
The Simcoe fire department
was called and three men responded, but the fire was under control
by the time they arrived.
A regrettable incident was
the fall from the roof of one of the buildings by C. C. Wilson,
but we hope no serious result will follow.
