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-'all Fire. believed to lt~ve .been started
-=at by a__ _stnall. boy playing, with
~~Y- matches, totally destroyed 'the- home i
,tp_. of 1VIr: and Mrs. Ernst Haveman
,n!~ near, Beall Lane southwest -of tliis
s~. city yesterday inorning_ at about G•
gon o'alockf
rim _ Mrs: Haveman was out in t:ie gar-
. 1 glen irrigating at the time the fi~~c
started, leaving 'her taco children:
a boy, of about four and a baby, in
oze thb house. The little boy came
su- running to his ,mo~her crying "fire". ~
ti7e TVIrs Haveman rushed to the-k~.t,^-
i~1= en. door and discovered the- ro;,n i
~re- entirely ablaze: S:ie .t:cen r: n t.. j
• jr` t.;e front door at the other end of ~!
tal` the house cr•`tere 'Slid, .found. t::e
tr::, flames breaking into that room. Sh~'
tna grabbed the baby and an armful)
f°' ~t- clothing and;escape3. Nothing
J°- °]se.was saved.
ntg --,
gut Mr. Haveman is employed at t,~.
White City Lumber Co. at Can:^'
wn White and was- called by phone. He
t`. rushed home at once, but by C e
- -Yim~ he arrived the entire house
was consumed. A state forest truck
:ry `vas called 'by neighbors and ar-
~en rived in time to save a nearby
;ri- rouse which .stood •- between the
in 3aveman home and the Foster Grn-
;e;, eery store.
trd :The- Haveman home .Seas onir.
ied partly completed and contained a
~n- large amount of ne4v siding which
u•~ had been piled- in a vacant roor*;
ow for later use. Also a-large quantity
~i•e of panned fruit and vegetables io
hi: tins was destroyed.
so: Mr. Haveman_ states that n~ in-
surance 'was csi•ried on the house
so, that the loss was complete.
C.P. American 1950 --.