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<br /> • there is not alot of community activity or function that is involved
<br /> around this specific disaster. My sister lives in Town so we got to
<br /> live there, but if she didn' t live in Town, and I didn' t have any
<br /> friends or I just moved to Town for a short period of time. " Chm.
<br /> Thomas, "Everyone is afraid to extend a hand like the Red Cross or
<br /> any one thing or an other because funds are so tight, and they don' t
<br /> want to over step, but I agree with you that there should be an avenue
<br /> where you have the security feeling that you can go to and something
<br /> at least temporarily is there to help you, but, and we have projected
<br /> this to our new Civil Defense Director that all disasters are not
<br /> nuclear which it is true, we have flood, fire and it is something that
<br /> we should definitely see what we can do. " Sol. Garland, " I think
<br /> from that standpoint that is something the Civil Defense Director
<br /> should organize; somewhere to go and who to talk to, and I think that
<br /> beyond that this Board could maybe assist by using its authority to
<br /> direct the police and fire departments to conduct their investigations
<br /> as expeditiously as possible so that it just doesn' t hang on and on,
<br /> that part of it could be placed in the hands of the insurance company.
<br /> Hopefully, it would reduce the overall time play, for some few days ,
<br /> that is an other avenue of help, but I think Mrs . Thomas is right that
<br /> this would be a proper, thank heavens that this does not often happern,
<br /> but when it does happen the Civil Defense Director should have on hand
<br /> all those people than can be contacted to offer relief and help these
<br /> people, that is necessary. " Mrs. .Tremblett, "The biggest thing, the
<br /> biggest problem is and we were told this specifically by the fire de-
<br /> partment that if someone had been burned or a cat had died even though
<br /> it was of suspicious origin then there would be no problem. There
<br /> would be no problem in expediting the investigation. To my knowledge
<br /> our fire was October 6 , and it is still under investigation because
<br /> they cannot figure out the fire . They chose one direction and one
<br /> direction only and that was that was suspicious and that it was set,
<br /> but they have no proof whatsoever in any directions and it goes on and
<br /> on; inuendoes , everything else , the intimidations , that the fire de-
<br /> partment. . . " Sel. Garland said, " let me interrupt you, when you say
<br /> fire department are you talking about the local fire department or the
<br /> state fire marshall' s office. " Mrs. Tremblett, "the town fire depart-
<br /> ment. " Sel. Garland, " let me assure you we can address that subject. "
<br /> Chm. Thomas, "yes , we can take care of that. " Mrs . Tremblett, " the
<br /> intimidation that is there and coming right out and saying, well I
<br /> said to Mr. Martini , the man that was doing the investigation, I was
<br /> upset, crying and the whole bit, and I said, can you tell me what hap-
<br /> pened, how long did it take for my house to burn down, what happened
<br /> and all these questions you know. He just looked at me and said, you
<br /> tell me. I said I don' t understand what you are saying. He said well
<br /> your guilty until I prove your innocent, and this investigation will go
<br /> on that road, and I know this has happened before to people who have
<br /> had their house burnt in this town. I said to him I am trying to deal
<br /> with my house burned now I have to deal with maybe you are going to
<br /> find something there that will incrimenate me and I didn' t do anything. "
<br /> Chm. Thomas , "did you speak to the Fire Chief about this?" Mrs . Trem-
<br /> blett, "yes , and he tried to expedite the investigation, but when he
<br /> talked to Martini , he said that he was worried about proposition 2;,
<br /> and spending too much money." Sel. Garland, "who said that? " Mrs .
<br /> Tremblett, "Martini. It was the Fire Chief who has been very nice about
<br /> it , but evidently his hands are tied as far as what Mr. Martini says
<br /> and does . " Sel. Garland, " what was the location of the fire , what
<br /> street. " Mrs . Tremblett , " it is Old Mill Road. " Chm. Thomas , "it is
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