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Fire Destroys Farm Home Near Harding in 1946
Reported 55 years ago: a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed Cecil Miles’s farm home located 3 1/2 miles southwest of Harding on April 18, 1946. The blast prompted local recollections and archival notes on period events and community changes.
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Cecil Miles
Harding
Don Crawford
RCAF
Saskatchewan
Bradwardine
Rivers
CKX
Fred
Evelyn Beever
S. Clarke
Jack Gilchrist
AM of
Daly
Const. L. Know
R. B. Foster
Dominion Patrol
On Rivers
Marshall- Wells
Blue Boy Coffee
Corp. P. I. Flag
Oyen
Alta
Rivers Air Base
Vertol
Flag
Riverdale Game and Fish Association
Carling Conservation Trophy
Barbara Garner
Brandon Agricultural Extension Service
Brandon
J. Hanlon
Grummett’s
Red & White
Berg’s
McKenzie'’s
William Home
Kenton
Oak River
Jack Shanks
Valerie Argue
Melvin Hear
John Paddock
Weyburn
Sask
Stratford Frame Agencies
Rivers Cabinet & Builders
Taylor & Son Ltd
Plains-Western
Kaz Rudneski
Steve Dmytrin
Leonard Lepp
Michelle Rondeau
Rivers Collegiate
Team Manitoba