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Dispute over wallâ€" â€"â€"â€".. mars Waterioo street The problem really began when the burned out shell of a threeâ€"story, brick building at 22â€"26 King Street South in Waâ€" terloo was deemed to be a danger to pubâ€" ic safety and ordered demolished on May year. City engineers monitoring the ing of the building facade noted a shift of six inches in a 24â€"hour period and Meszaros Wreckers Ltd. of Brantford was hired by the building owner to knock it By Geoff Hoile Chronicle staff writer For close to a century two big buildings shared a common wall. Then one building fell, and that‘s when the trouble started. 124th Year No. 33 A Waterloo firefighter works from atop an extension ladder at Monday‘s fire which destroyed Honest Sam‘s on King St. and did extensive damage to the Captain‘s Chair«estaurant and Alan Rigby‘s Furniture. The blaze kept firefighters busy most of Monday and firefighter Delbert Scott was injured when his foot was caught in the moving rungs of an aerial ladder During the demolition process the enâ€" tire facade buckled and collapsed into King Street pulverizing a street light and pulling away a portion of the adjacent Onâ€" tario Seed Co. Ltd. building at 16 King It soon became obvious that the two buildings had been separated by‘a comâ€" mon wall, one that was sufficiently weaâ€" keped at this stage for the Ontario Minâ€" istry of Labour‘s construction safety diviâ€" sion and industrial safety division both to issue stop work orders on the demolition work and to demand that hoarding be exâ€" tended out into King Street to protect the (Continued on page 3) Wednesday, August 15, 1979 More photos and story on Page 5 By Howard Elliott Chronicle staff writer For the fourth time in a little over three months, fire has struck at the heart of downtown Waterloo. On Monday morning, fire destroyed two downtown businâ€" esses causing damage of around half a million dollars. Honest Sam‘s clothing store and the Captain‘s Chair resâ€" taurant were both completely gutted, and Alan Rigby‘s furâ€" niture next door sustained water damage. The blaze was reported to the Waterloo Fire Department groufia 3:30 am. Monday. According to Fire Chief John taller, the fire was wellâ€"advanced by the time firefighters and equipment arrived. Waterloo firefighter Delbert Scott was injured during the fire, when he caught his foot between the rungs of aâ€"conâ€" tracting actial laddér. He was taken to Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospital for treatment. There were two apartments above Honest Sam‘s and the Captain‘s Chair. One was vacant at the time of the fire, and the occupants of the other escaped without injury. The father and son who lived in the upstairs apartment lost #11 their belongings, however, and reports say they were not inâ€" He also said firefighters realized shortly after they arâ€" rived that they weren‘t going to be able to extinguish the blaze, so they concentrated instead on keeping it from spreading to neighboring businesses. K The fire marshalls office in London is investigating the cause of Monday‘s fire, and investigators from the Guelph office are still probing the cause of two earlier fires. _ On April 7, a huge blaze gutted the downtown Waterioo block bousing the Laundryman and several other businesâ€" ses. On May 21, the Waterloo Meat Marketâ€"one of the city‘s oldest businessesâ€"was destroyed by fire, and on July 13 the Charcoal King restaurant was heavily damaged by fire. Fritzie Silver is the owner of what was Honest Sam‘s clothing store. She and her husband bought the business 25 years ago, and until about seven years ago they also ran a branch of Honest Sam‘s in Kitchener. _ Owner of the Captéin's Chair restaurant is Michael Speck. He spent over $100,000 last year to revitalize his section of the building before opening the restaurant. Waterloo, Ontario Comment Sports Classified 21â€"22 Community Calendar _ 23 Inside Ordinarity, this would be a serious situation indeed, but fortunateâ€" ly it was only part of the lifeguard‘s comâ€" petition held at Waâ€" terloo Lion‘s Meâ€" morial Pool this weeâ€" kend. Part of the compétition was a liâ€" tesaving drill where participants . were scored on their ability to rescue, diagnose and treat stricken swimmers to prevent â€"drowning. 3â€"2 win â€" over Guelph Oaks at Seagram Staâ€" dium Sunday. A‘s â€" hammered home three seâ€" cond â€"half goals in a thrilling win Geoff Otto drives home the first Waterloo goal in the Athletic A‘s 14â€"20 15 Cents