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VOL. 32 NO. 49 Wednesday, November 13,1985 30c PER COPY
Lynbrook Firemen attacking from several angles.
Rooming House Heavily Burned
by William Cosenza
On Thursday, November
7th at about 2:20 p.m. Lyn-brook
fireman Andrew
Dunn heard a neighbor yell-ing,
"FIRE!" Verifying the
location as 443 Scranton
Avenue, Dunn called in the
alarm and helped man the
first arriving pumper.
When the members of
Engine Company #1 arrived
shortly thereafter, the five
man crew was confronted
with several problems. With
Richard Miller in charge
they connected to a conve-niently
located hydrant
directly across the street.
Since Third Deputy Chief
Richard Neidecker had
alerted them to possible
trapped occupants on the
second floor two firemen,
Dunn and Doug Klemm
were sent for a search and
rescue mission. Fortunately
ail of the occupants had
either vacated when the fire
started or had not been at
home. Miller then ordered
the first attack line to the
east side of the building. Fire
was so fierce that concern
was directed toward protect-ing
the house directly adja-cent.
However, the first hose
line was able to contain the
h e a t f r o m s p r e a d i ng
outward.
Other companies arrived
and began to stretch hose
lines from the Engine
Company truck. Vulcan
Company with Acting 1st
Lt. Ron Festa in charge laid
a second line through the
Gulotta Breaks Record:
Republicans Win Big In Nassau
C o u n c i l m a n Richard Presiding Supervisor Tho- County Executive Fran
Guardino mas Gulotta Purcell Assessor Abe Seldin
front door and into the
second floor in an attempt to
stop the upward spread.
With the arrival of Acting
Captain JohnMatzen?, a
second line was stretched
into the second floor. Tally
Ho with Captain William
Hahl pulled two more lines
and attempted to reach both
the attic and attack the rear
apartment.
Reaching the attic proved
impossible since converting
the building into five separ-ate
rooms had eliminated
the interor staircase. A hole
large enough to permit a
fireman wearing a mask had
to be cut through the ceiling
of one apartment before
entry could be made.
The arrival of Truck
Company under the direc-tion
of Capt. Larry Bien
enabled First Deputy Chief
Robert Gleason to attack
the fire from the second
tloor level. Ordering the
bucket raised to the attic
windows. Chief Gleason
directed a heavy volume of
water supplied by Engine
Company directly into the
heart of the fire. This suc-ceeded
in halting the vertical
spread but not before it had
burned through the roof.
The task of overhauling
or extinguishing all the
deep-seated pockets of fire
consumed the next two
hours. All companies men-tioned
before plus Hose
Company under the direc-tion
of Lt. Walter Brooks,
participated.
Councilman Martin Bernstein Councilman Eugene Weisbein Supervisor Jim Bennett Town Clerk Dan Fisher
Chief Gleason stated that
the fire started in the apart-ment
occupied by John
Baker. He asked the Nassau
County Fire Marshall to
determine the exact cause.
He estimated the damage'at
$75,000. Whether the build-ing
can be rebuilt will be the
responsibility of the Village
Building Department.
One fireman, David Pear-sall
of Engine Company suf-fered
bruised ribs and was
treated and released at
South Nassau Hospital.
Chief Gleason thanked the
Lynbrook firemen for their
lengthy afternoon's work as
well as East Rockaway and
Valley Stream who sent
ambulances to stand by.
, Chief Gleason contrib-uted
the heavy damage to
the "balloon construction"
which permitted the fire to
spread upward and across
the attic area. The lack of the
interior staircase certainly
helped the fire.
Although the building
was heavily damaged, fire-men
managed to save two
occupants, one dog and one
cat who were both returned
to their owners.
by Hank Bialick
Hempstead Presiding
Supervisor Thomas S.
Gulotta has broken all pre-vious
Town records of elec-tion
pluralities by amassing
a 75% vote in the 1985 elec-tion
for Presiding Supervi-sor
of America's largest
Township. In leading the
Republican incumbents to a
sweeping victory, Gulotta
even surpassed the previous
record plurality he estab-lished
two years ago.
"i am genuinely gratified
by the vote of confidence
expressed by the electorate
in our Township," Supervi-sor
Gulotta said. "Our resi-dents
have expressed their
support for our personalized
style of government...a style
that addresses the major
problems facing the Town,
and treats each personal
problem as a significant
matter of concern. My door
has and always will remain
open 24 hours a day to all
our residents." "The over-whelming
victory is also a
testimonial to the tremend-ous
leadership being pro-vided
by our Nassau County
Republican Chairman, Joe
Mondello," Gulotta added.
"Clearly, the results are a
County-wide vote of confi-dence
in the marvelous job
Joe is doing in providing
effective leadership and gui-dance
for our great party
here in Nassau County.
Fallen Leaves Require Caution
Each autumn Lynbrook's
residents rake their fallen
leaves into the street to await
pickup by the Department
of Public Works. Chief
Robert CitKovic reminds
our homeowners not to park
their cars on top of a pile of
leaves. The heat from
exhaust systems and cata-lytic
converters .is more than
enough to ignite the leaves
underneath. The resulting
fire could easily destroy the
automobile.
Aside from the fire
danger. Chief CitKovic
reminds all drivers that
children often play hide and
seek using a pile of leaves as
a perfect "den." hencc driv-ing
over leaves could result
in serious injury to the
unsuspecting child.
Lastly, fallen leaves when
wet can create a slippery sur-face
requiring more braking
distance. Please drive with
caution.
In the official election
results, Gulotta racked up a
total of 123,278 votes or
74.96% Townwide, carrying
every community in the
Town of Hempstead. Also
victorious on Election Night
were Gulotta's fellow
Republican running-mates:
Supervisor James Bennett
(106,254 votes) Councilman
Rich Guardino (101,959);
Eugene L. Weisbein (98,148)
and Martin B. Bernstein
(100,158); & Town Clerk
Dan Fisher (103,131 votes).
"The overwhelming man-date
of the people is a clear
signal that we have been
successful in the Town of
forging union between
government and our resi-dents.
We have worked hard
to bring government closer
to the people, and I believe
we have been very successful
in personalizing a govern-ment
which serves a popula-tion
larger than 11 states in
our country. With the voice
of the people heard, we will
continue in the years ahead
to work together and make
the Town an even better
place to live, work and raise
a family," Gulotta conclu-ded.
Gulotta, 41, has amassed
record pluralitiei.,in every
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