Mighty oak succumbs

2010-01-28 / Front Page


THIS MONSTER OAK TREE LOST ITS BATTLE WITH AGE AND THE ELEMENTS LAST SATURDAY, CRUSHING A HOME ON HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH. THE WOMAN INSIDE THE HOME, PAT LANG AND A REPAIRMAN WORKING ON HER HEATER WERE SPARED BY ONLY A FEW FEET, ACCORDING TO THE HOMEOWNERS, GERRY AND DARYEL LEE CAPUTO. DAMAGE TO THE HOME WAS ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED AT $30,000 BY FIRE FIGHTERS ON THE SCENE. THIS MONSTER OAK TREE LOST ITS BATTLE WITH AGE AND THE ELEMENTS LAST SATURDAY, CRUSHING A HOME ON HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH. THE WOMAN INSIDE THE HOME, PAT LANG AND A REPAIRMAN WORKING ON HER HEATER WERE SPARED BY ONLY A FEW FEET, ACCORDING TO THE HOMEOWNERS, GERRY AND DARYEL LEE CAPUTO. DAMAGE TO THE HOME WAS ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED AT $30,000 BY FIRE FIGHTERS ON THE SCENE.

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