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LYNBROOK A / I A L V E R N E EAST ROCKAWAY
VOL. 7 NO. 19 E n t e r e d as S e c o n d - C l a s s Matter,
P o s t O f f i c e , Lynbrook, N.Y. THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1968 10 CENTS
Tragic Fire Claims Five Lives
LYNBROOK PATROLMAN DONALD LEVONIOS stands in front of the hurned-out remains of the
f i o u s e . ( P h o t o by BOVE)
"The worst f i r e in the history
of this Village," said Lynbrook
Fire Chief Pasquale Cestonewho
praised the members of the de-partment
for their valiant at-tempt
to save the Levy family,
96 Bixley Heath,
Lynbrook Patrolmen R o b e rt
Basslin and Robert Backman and
the Fire Chidf, f i r s t on the scene
Sunday morning, were unable to
enter the house because of heavy
black smoke. F l a m e s w e re
shooting out of the front of the
house and up the stairwell. Nine
pieces of equipment and over 100
fireman responded. L a d d e rs
were raised to the second floor
and firemen brought the trapped
people out onto a second-floor
ledge, where they worked over
them for half an hour in vain.
All had apparently died of smoke
inhalation.
The dead were, Leonard Levy,
50, owner of the Professional
Porter and Window Cleaners of
Lynbrook; his wife, Ruth; their
daughters, Barbara, 15, and
Jeanette, 14, and a son, Edward,
9. The family's poodle dog
also perished.
Treated for shock at South
N a s s a u Communities Hospital
was the oldest daughter, Helene,
21, a nurse, who escaped after
Jumping from an attic bedroom
window to a second-floor ledge
then to the ground and turned in
the alarm.
Another son, Ira, 22^ is serving
with the Army in Korea. TTieRed
Cross notified him of the tragedy.
Only two weeks ago, he returned
to duty after having been home on
leave.
The entire family was active
at Temple Emanu-El, where the
temple's youth group held a mem-orial
service Sunday night. Levy
was a former member of the
board of directors and a past
chairman of the Social Action
Committee there, and both he
and his wife at one time head-ed
the Library Committee.
Lynbrook Police
Did It Again!
On Sunday, January 14th, about
8:15 PM., Ptl. Henry Hinckofthe
Lynbrook Police D e p a r t m e nt
while on motor patrol duty ob-served
a 1966 Chevrolet Corvette
being operated n o r t h b o u n d on
E)enton Avenue near H a r r i et
Place, Ptl. Hinck observed the
operator was young and appar-
(Continued on p a g e 6)
JAMES GARRETT OF LYNBROOK points to the windov^from
which Helene Levy jumped to the ledge and then to the ground.
( P h o t o by BOVE)
At the January meeting to the Regular Democratic tlub of Lynbrook, State Assemblyman
John S. Thorp (left), swears in Herman Soifer, president, for his second term in office; Mrs.
Mabel Walsh is the newly elected first vice-president of the club. ( P h o t o by BOVE)
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| Title | The-Helm_1968-01-18; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a newspaper distributed locally within Lynbrook, Malverne, & Nassau County |
| Creator | Islander Publishing Co. |
| Publisher | Islander Publishing Co. |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewan, NY 12466 |
| Date | 1968 |
| Type | Weekly Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Lynbrook Public Library; Arthur Mattson; HSERL |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the public domain and Digital Rights held by Lynbrook Public Library and the Historical Society of East Rockaway & Lynbrook |
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