House Fire in W. Alton

[Lake Lady 6]

Does anyone have any info as to the cause of a fire that burned a home on Smith Point Rd. in West Alton. No one was living in it and the few neighbors in the area never heard fire equipment arriving. Apparently it happened in the early hours of Friday.
Always sad to hear this type of news especially at holiday time.

[Smith Point]

well you got my attention! do you know where on smith point rd? mail box # or google earth push pin?

[Lake Lady 6]

When you drive down the hill it was a maroon cottage on the Vee - family named Connelly.

[Smith Point]

Well that’s convenient, that property is for sale. They also bought the Heiligmann’s old house next to the wise owl (tooth acres) and had their dock ripped out! and made the town put up cement pillars on the beach, so there would be no water access to the wise owl. Very inconvenient.

[RailroadJoe]

Sounds fishy to me.

[Jeanzb1]

Holey Cow. I know who those owners are. Did it burn to the ground? Anyone see any newspaper articles about it?

[Jeanzb1]

Surely someone must have some more information on this........

[upthesaukee]

I have seen nothing in the Citizen, the Daily Sun, and today's Baysider has only a picture of the house while it was fully engulfed (photo on pg 1 lower right corner.).

[RLW]

Check out this picture of the burning dwelling. http://i41.tinypic.com/2kh9ag.jpg

[upthesaukee]

of the Baysider, a photo by Tim Croes shows just an old telephone booth standing next to the rubble of the house. Looks like a total loss, with only ashes remaining.

[RLW]

I believe this is the photo by Tim Croes of the Baysider newspaper that Upthesaukee was referring to.http://i39.tinypic.com/2mxhjx4.jpg

[Jeanzb1]

Hmmmm................house on the market for two years................unoccupied and most contents removed.............in the middle of the night in December.............hmmmmm....................

[RailroadJoe]

Here is a [payphone booth for FLL. Maybe there is a phone inside

Still sound fishy to me.

[GTO]

Hmmmm................house on the market for two years................unoccupied and most contents removed.............in the middle of the night in December.............hmmmmm....................

I recall seeing the owner of the house recently talking with the owner of the Wide open Saloon in the weirs.. (j/K)