Thanks Jack. It was a beautiful house. I didn't even realize how nice it was until I processed the pics and saw all the intricate stonework on those chimneys. I'm sure it can't be replaced for its insurance value, but perhaps it can be rebuilt from the inside. A tragedy in any case. Paul
On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Sad! The house, a beautiful work of art. Hope it can/will be restored. > Well shot, Paul. > > Jack > > --- On Wed, 11/24/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: P N Stenquist <[email protected]> >> Subject: GESO: Birmingham Fire >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 2:05 PM >> A beautiful old house in Birmingham, >> Michigan was completely gutted by fire earlier today. Four >> local towns sent equipment and water was pumped from a >> number of hydrants, some almost half a mile away. By the >> time I arrived, the flames had been doused, but a >> firefighter told me they were going to have to pour water >> down through the roof for several hours more. The fire had >> started in the basement and burned up through the house. I >> would guess the house to be about 80 years old. It has three >> big fireplace chimneys, a slate roof, and copper gutters and >> sits on a large corner lot. Kids' bikes could be seen in the >> garage, along with taped boxes. The boxes had me wondering >> if the family had recently moved in. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=989146 >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
