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RIDGEVILLE BARN PREY TO FLAMES; DAMAGE IS $2,000
WELLAND AND FONTHILL BRIGADES CALLED TO PREMISES OF GEORGE BRADLEY
IMPLEMENTS AND COW REMOVED FROM BUILDING-LOSS PARTLY INSURED.
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 16 November 1931]
Fire of unknown origin during the noon hour on Saturday destroyed a barn on the premises at Ridgeville on which George Bradley, brother of Mayor Fred J. Bradley of Welland, resides with his family, and the loss was stated by Mr. Bradley to be around $2,000, partly insured. Welland fire brigade received a call for assistance at 1.30 p.m., and responded with 10 men and equipment from the west side fire hall. The Welland Brigade used 150 feet of hose, and this provided one of the streams used to extinguish the blaze.
Considerable machinery and equipment was in the barn at the time but Mr. Bradley was able with the help of neighbors to get most of the heavy implements and some of the other equipment out of danger. One cow in the building at the time was taken out. The house, in which Mr.and Mrs. Bradley live, was approximently 550 feet away from the barn, but through the strong efforts of the neighbors and the Fonthill fire department, and later on the Welland fire department, the flames were confined to the barn, which was a large structure with concrete foundation.
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