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Wednesday, January 4, 2006
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Arson
investigation follows Latham blaze |
By David Fisher
Staff Reporter
An arson
investigation was initiated following a fire near Latham on
Monday.
According to Latham Fire Chief
Ronald Legans, a fire call came in at approximately 10:17 a.m.,
reporting a blaze at 7633 Highway 118, Latham, which is owned by
John Cavendar of Saint Louis, Missouri.
“It was pretty much fully
involved when we got there,” said Chief Legans. He added that
Latham firefighters utilized all four trucks from the Latham
Fire Department in extinguishing the blaze.
Chief Legans explained that the
blaze included three vacant buildings - a barn, a small house
beside it, and a large house. He stated that the barn was a
total loss, but the small and the larger houses were saved with
minimal damage.
“The house smothered itself out,
but the little house was on fire when I got there,” Chief Legans
said. “So I had to put it out and I had my other resources on
the barn to keep it from spreading. We put a line around the
barn to keep it from going anywhere.” He added that it was
raining heavily at the time, which helped prevent the fires from
spreading, and stated that the blaze was extinguished by 12:43
p.m.
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Two injured in Hwy.
54 accident |
By David Fisher
Staff Reporter
Two people were injured in a single vehicle
accident that took place over the weekend near Dresden.
According to Trooper Andy Forsythe of the
Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at approximately
5:30 a.m. Sunday on Highway 54 just east of Chicken Road.
The driver, Louis Lairy, 58, of Martin, stated
that he was traveling west on Highway 54 between Dresden and
Paris in his 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser, when his sleeping
passenger, Connell Jones, 58, of Martin, suddenly awoke from a
dream and jerked on the steering wheel, causing him to lose
control of his vehicle.
The car went off of the right (north) side of the
road, ran through a guardrail, struck a tree, and overturned
several times before coming to rest in an upside down position.
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Injuries reported in Hwy 22
wreck
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On Monday, a two-vehicle wreck on
Highway 22 between Dresden and Martin resulted
in injuries and backed up traffic for about an
hour.
According to area law enforcement
officers, Vivian Hilliker of 153 Latta Road,
Martin was seriously injured in the crash, which
occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m.
The accident took place when
Hilliker pulled out onto Highway 22 Bypass off
of Latta Road in her Dodge car and was struck by
an oncoming Ford Contour, driven by Linda Conte
of 751 East Main Street in Dresden.
(Read the rest of this story and much more news in the
January 4th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)
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