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2 SANOV Or* ) TOST Thur» S»pi 30 1982 $•< I) Sandy muster teams motor to victories Flying sparks endanger historic mountain lodge by MICHAEL P JONES Post Correspondent Sparks from a chimney at Timberline Lodge set a small section of the histone landmark s roof on fire Fri day evening The fire was caused by hot ashes rising from the massive stone chimney shortly after an employee burned some cardboard boxes The ashes ignited a small section of the lodge's cedar shake roof and burn ed an estimated four by- eight foot section before be ing extinguished Henry Neuman of Portland, a retired com puter operator with the Bonneville Power Ad ministration. saw smoke coming oil the roof around 5 15pm when he arrived at the lodge with three other persons He estimated this was about the time the fire started Neuman said sparks were blowing out of a chimney near the main en trance of the lodge About four feet directly below, the roof was on fire An amateur photographer, Neuman watched the incident through the lens of his camera as he photograph ed employees and. later, firefighters attempt to ex tmguish the blaze Neuman said two employees for the lodge, one in an upstairs window and the other on the ground in front of the entrance, at tempted to put the fire out The employee stationed in the upstairs window, said Neuman, was using what he believed to be a regular garden hose This was useless, he said, because it did not have enough water pressure The employee on the ground had a regular fire hose that appeared to have enough water pressure "but was too far away to do any good." said Neuman “He just wasn’t reaching the right spot " The wind was blowing heavily towards the lodge from the west, said Neuman The flames were shooting up about two feet in the direction of the building's peak Neuman said he believed it was around 5:35 pm before both of the employees got together in the right location to ex tinguish the blaze The employees who put out the blaze were Stan Kott, a front desk clerk, and David Hetz. who works in the lodge's Cascade Room The officer on duty from the Hoodland Rural Fire Department arrived around 5 40 pm. said Neuman The engine arriv ed at 6 p m while the roof was still smoldering “They caught it just before the situation got worse,“ said Neuman "They sure need additional firefighting equipment Hoodland is a good 25 miles away and that's a long way to come when you have so little time " Damage to the lodge is reported to be minimal The Sandy muster teams, both men and women's, recently captured two first places and a second place at the Prine» ille muster It’s our way of introducing our The S^ndy Post (USPS 481 180i use of our Instant Teller!* Newspaper Published weePly Thursdays by The Outlook« Publishing Sondy Oregon >7055 Se*ond class postage paid at Sandy Oregon IMS54B SUBSCRIPTION RATES St 00 In Clark am os County per year Multnomah C aunty S10 00 Elsewhere m Oregon sit so In Northwest and Pac die Coat* States Outside Oregon per year Outside Northwest ond Ponto Coast States per year Sondy Pott Sondy Orogon 97055 Sl4 00 »17 00 No 39 Sopi 30 1982 SERVICE WE GIVE! 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