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Volume 137 Issue 10 Friday, May 17, 2019 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

INSIDE
this week
Tractor
Ablaze
Galbraith
Honoured by
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Photos by Darryl Holyk

Mavericks By DARRYL HOLYK plained Minnedosa Fire

Chief, Dean Jordan. “He

Not In Play T he Minnedosa Fire

Department tore out
was able to safely exit and
close all the valves on the

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of town with sirens blar-
ing Monday afternoon to
a tractor fire west of town
in the Cadurcis District. A
late 1970s Versatile tractor
ignited while doing Spring
prep work in a field lo-
cated two miles west and
Happy approximately half a mile
north of Cadurcis Church.
Victoria Day “The farmer heard a
bang and saw smoke com-
Weekend! ing from the engine,” ex-
attached anhydrous am-
monia tank. Fortunately,
the wind was in the right
direction away from the
tanks.”
The tractor, a total loss,
was owned by long-time
district farmer, Clayton
Wareham.
This was not Ware-
ham’s first experience with
an unfortunate farm-re-
lated fire. A few year’s ago,
he lost a farm shed on his
home yard site just south
and west of this week’s
tractor fire and also previ-
ously lost a grain truck to
flames!
Fortunately, no one
was injured in Monday’s
blaze and thanks to hav-
ing more than one tractor
in use, Spring field work
was able to continue with a
smaller machinery fleet.
Earlier in the month,
on Saturday, May 4th,
the local firefighters re-
sponded to a hydro pole
fire south of town near
Moore Park. The local brig-
ade managed to extinguish
the fire without injury or
incident.

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