The Gillies Fire Braeside July 4th 1949

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The Gillies Fire Braeside  July 4th 1949
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A few days after the fire in Gillies Bros. lumber yard. 17 Aug. 1949

 

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The day after the fire

 

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  1. a059349-v8 (2).jpgJohn Gillies Sr. home at Gillies Mills, now Herron’s Mills.
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     - Late J. A. Gillies Was Prominent Lumberman John...

    Clipped from

    1. The Ottawa Citizen,
    2. 29 Mar 1937, Mon,
    3. Page 2

 

 

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David Armitage Gillies –Last of the Old “Camboose” Lumber Men

Smiths Falls Fire-Coghlan & Moag

The Fires of 1897

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