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Samnorwood Firefighters Battle Hay Blaze Near Pitcock Farm
Samnorwood volunteer firefighters fought a hay blaze at Ed Pitcock's Lubbock area farm, protecting 108 large round bales and 200 to 300 smaller bales valued at about 87,000 dollars. Wind risk kept crews on site until 4 a.m. Saturday. James Throckmorton and neighbor John Fletton reported the fire after seeing smoke. Fletton, a former San Francisco firefighter, aided local units.
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Kenneth Martindale
Bates
Ed Pitcock
Lubbock
Ron Pitcock
Twitty
Pitcock
Martindale
James Allen Throckmorton
John Fletton
Fletton
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