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- From: gregm@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Greg Montgomery)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Bye Bye birdies.
- Keywords: parakeet
- Message-ID: <12927@sail.LABS.TEK.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 01:53:05 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
- Lines: 10
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- News flash from Sherwood Oregon:
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- Picture of flames........
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- Firefighters pour water on a fire that destroyed a one-story wooden building
- housing parakeets near Sherwood on Wednesday afternoon (11-18-92).
- An estimated 4,000 to 5,000 birds died in the fire at Dahl Parakeet Farm, and
- the building sustained $35,000 in damage. The blaze destroyes breeding rooms
- and flight pens. They have operated the farm since 1971. No cause was
- given for the fire. They do intend to stay in business.
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