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about telephone
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FROM PAGE
Here is how police and
fireman re-constructed what
occured after. mid-
night,, Wednesday in the

home of Fred Stimpson.

‘ - Edith Turk, asleep i in her
j basement room of the dwell-
a ing was awakened by the
noise emitting from a smoke
detector. She rushed Upstairs
and
Stim and got - him
outside the burning home.

But the fire had progress-
ed to the point where she was
unable to rescue the: older
Stimpson boy.

West Van police reported
Friday that an autopsy shows

°° dhat _ Nathan - Stimpson’s
| death was due to asphyxia-
tion caused by smoke inhala-
tion.

“

Date for ‘an inquest into
the boy’s death will be set by

the coroner at a later date. .

awakened: . Adam

. took. their

There were only: three |

| peters were only three

time of the fire, the father
being in Texas on a business
trip and the mother also
away.

Cutts told the News that he

and. his: wife had been.
‘reading in bed when they
-heard the sound of a fire

engine. He looked out and
saw an inferno next door and
could hear screams froni the
Stimpson house.

“I knew there was nothing |

I could do, “Cutts said.

“The professionals had -

arrived."

| AS @ precaution, should
the fire spread from the.

adjacent home, the Cutts
two children,
Sandra, 12 and Brian, to

neighbors, for safekeeping.

There was no wind and the
flames did not spread.

Ron Pollard, an_ investi-
gator from the provincial fire
marshal’ s office, said the fire

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ne by smoke de ector

apparently. Startedina corn-
er of the basement. .

Actual cause was not know
immediately, and Pollard
explained investigators -were
hampered by the fact that the
whole of the kitchen floor
with its heavy kitchen items
such as stove and fridge, had
fallen down on top of where
the fire began.

The basement contained
more than on furnace for the
dwelling which had been
added to and improved over
the years and investigator’s
were checking to try and

privacy being disturbed; if 1 ‘face contact, 1 always have
want something, Ican go out
and buy it.

the feeling that maybe the
salesperson is litle shady.

determine if the fire had
‘started in the wiring.

It took approximately 30
firefighters from two fire
halls more than an hour to
bring the flames under
control.

A security guard was put
on duty Thursday afternoon

to keep the curious away.
Stimpson arrived in
Vancouver from the United
States late Thursday.
- The fire survivor was
being looked after by friends
_ of the family.

You doa't know who you are
talking to and sometimes:
they ask personal
formation.

portation manager, advised

the municipality 34 years.

WV bus |

bosses
West Vancouver’s trans-

portation system is losing its
managers.

M.J. Chapman, trans-

lessons,
miais & repairs.

“Creative
Music

348 Marine Dr... W

iNear Ambleside)
926- 7227 A
Lamina .

council Monday that he -is
retiring September 30 after
24 years-of service.

His assistant, L.K.
Gibbons, will retire early,
leaving his post in July due:
to his health. He worked for