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February 17, 1989 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 D.

NORTH VANCOUVER
District Fire Department
firefighters were called in
to quell a fire which gut-
ted a house at 4090 St.
Pauls Avenue Wednesday
afternoon. Firefighters

manning two fire engines
and a snorkle truck were
called to the scene just
before 3 p.m. after a
neighbor noticed smoke.
A fire department
spokesperson ssid the

house had been under
renovation. The two-
storey house was unoc-
cupted at the time of the
fire, Investigators are at-
tempting to determine the
canse of the fire, which is
believed ‘to have origi-
nated on the main ficor
of the home. The house
sustsine?d approximately
$140,000 worth of dam-
age. Firefignters were at
the scene until 5 p.m.

A NORTH Vancouver mother, out for a walk along a focal scared."’ but, ‘He said, *! have no control made no motion to intervene

wooded trail with her two young children and family dog,
was the victim of a vicious pit bull attack Saturday.

Marion Henselwood, 33, was
walking home down a trail on the
Blair Rifle Range property when
she came upon a man and dog
walking up the path at appros-
imately 2:30 p.m.

tlenselwood, who had her
four-month-old son Ryan strapped
hest in a baby carrier. her
s -old daughter Meghan at
her side and her German shepherd

By MICHAEL BECKER

News Keporter

dog Bear on a leash, said she step-
ped off the trail to allow the
man and dog to pass by.

But said Henselwood: ‘tHe said,
‘Don't bother doing that. Let them
fight. [t's good for them.’ He said
that two times. As soon as J real-
ized it was a pit bull, I got very

Henselwood told her daughter to
run into the woods for safety.
“The second time he said, ‘Let
them fight’ he sort of chuckled and
the dog lunged at me."’

Caught between the two dogs,
because she had wrapped her dog's
leash around her hand,
Henselwood attempted to ward off
the attacking dog with a gloved
hand. ‘‘The dog grabbed my hand,
let go and then the two dogs
started fighting,’’ she said.

Henselwood said she screamed
at the man to call back his dog,

over my dog.’ My little girl was
hysterical, screaming ‘Help my
mommy! Help my mommy!"
During the dog fight. the pit bull
bit into Henselwood’s fee. She
eventually managed to grab the pit

whatsoever. He was enjoying every
moment of it. That was very evi-
dent."’

Henselwood suffered a cut to
her right leg, two hand punctures
and a rip to her right hand. Her

PHOTO OF HENSELWOOD FAMILY AND DOG: SZE PAGE 3

bull by the back of the collar while
it was locked in combat with her
dog and the pit bull returned to its
owner.

Said Henselwood: ‘‘He looked
up at me and said, ‘Jesus lady,
can’t you contro! your dog?" He

dog broke a fang and had an ear
punctured. Her son, encased in the
baby carrier, slept through the en-
tire incident.

North Vancouver RCMP are in-
vestigating (he incident.