were credited with saving the main arena building, that had opened only two years earlier. With no insurance or funds available to rebuild, a fundraising committee was set up and within a few short weeks the arena was able to reopen and complete the season schedule. In 1971 a disas¬ trous fire at , destroyed a large acreage of woodland. It took the Tignish fire de¬ partment and de¬ partment of forestry a week to bring the fire under control. Heavy equipment from Northern Enterprise of Christopher cross was successful in building firewalls to save homes from being destroyed. Again the and set up a feeding station at the home of Melvin and Emily Hackett to help feed the many volunteers who turned out to help. In January of 1979 a bulk gasoline carrier had a spill at the Co-Op service station that resulted in a scary situation for a while. This was the first experience of it's kind for the firemen, This elderly gentleman was left with very little after a fire distroyed his family home in Norway . 187