Clipped from The Ottawa Journal, 05 May 1965, Wed, Page 5
No one likes sad or controversial times of the past but they did occur and we should not forget them ever. This is a reminder of things we should not allow to happen again.
Clipped from The Ottawa Journal, 05 May 1965, Wed, Page 5vnvnv
Clipped from The Ottawa Journal, 13 May 1965, Thu, Page 21
Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in The Townships Sun and Screamin’ Mamas (USA)
Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read. Also check out The Tales of Carleton Place.
Judge Senkler and the Almonte Fire Bug
The Almonte Fire– Bridge and Water Street 1903
The Almonte Fire of 1909
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Was horrible…although I was just new to Almonte, and didn’t know them. Was scary, and sad, you could see the smoke from the high school windows…
I still get chills thinking of those little kids…
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Linda.. I had no idea about this.. we need to remember and hope it does not happen again:(
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I remember when that horrible event happened… I was in grade 5 at comba public school – we could see the smoke☹️ Very sad tragedy
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It was and sometimes people do not like when I write about tragedy. I try to keep a 50 year difference.. but sadly history is history and we need to remember:(
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My grandmother, Effie Robertson and her second husband Cliff, were living at 202 Augusta Street, around the corner from this fire, which happened at the corner of Norton and Teskey Streets (their house was at the corner of Augusta and Norton). I don’t envy her cousin, Murray Comba’s, job handling the funeral arrangements either (Murray’s grandmother Jane Dunlop Comba and my great-grandfather William G. Dunlop were actually first cousins).
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nor do I– what a tragic time.. HUGGG
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