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Post by Daniel Silk on Jul 23, 2009 0:59:29 GMT
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Post by Daniel Silk on Jul 23, 2009 1:02:51 GMT
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Post by Daniel Silk on Jul 23, 2009 13:24:38 GMT
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Post by Daniel Silk on Jul 23, 2009 14:08:04 GMT
www.citizen.on.ca/news/2009/0507/columns/034.htmlStable fire spread to destroy Shelburne's Royal Hotel block Dipping Into the Past 125 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 8, 1909 • At about 12:45 a.m. Sunday, the western end of the Royal Hotel stables in Shelburne was discovered to be enveloped in flames. The discovery was made almost simultaneously by William Silk from his room at the boarding house on Owen Sound Street and by William White an William Allan from the Queen's Hotel. The alarm was at once given and the people in Armstrong's Hotel as well. Mr. McGillivary and family were aroused. The fire, fanned by a southwest wind, made such rapid headway in Mr. McGillivray's direction — almost connected as he was with the stables and sheds — that but little of his household furniture and only a portion of his stock of harness and tools could be saved. It was clearing seen that the valuable Royal Block was doomed and that any efforts to save it would be futile. Built of brick though it was, there were frame outhouses, fences, etc. connecting with the stables and sheds. These afforded fresh fuel for the flames and precluded all possibility of saving the block. There was great danger of the fire spreading still farther, but hard work overcame the danger, although several buildings repeatedly took fire because of falling cinders. The owners of the buildings, Messrs. Stewart and Bennett, of Orangeville, are heavy losers, the building being valued at $13,000 but insured for only $7,500.
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Post by Daniel Silk on Jul 23, 2009 14:11:14 GMT
www.citizen.on.ca/news/2008/0228/mailbox/029.html75 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 3, 1933 • The Silk rink of curlers from Shelburne - F. Armstrong, V. G.H. Phillips, C. R. White, A. V. Silk, skip, - came proudly home form th 6th Annual Bonspiel last week bearing with them the handsome large Seagram trophy and four beautiful silver trays, reproductions of Old Sheffield design for the personal trophies. This is the first time a Shelburne rink has come into possession of the big trophies in curlingdom and "the boys" are consequently justifiably proud of their success.
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