| description: | Men Who Worked At Cleaning Up Debris After Fire Which Destroyed J.H. Ashdown Hardware Retail Store, Main Street, Winnnipeg, Mb. Front Row: Ruthenian Labourer; Jas. S. Oliiphant; Mr. Ellis (Later Left For Edmonton); Mr. Mckay (Later Managed Hudson'S Bay Sporting Goods Dept); Man With Beard, A Personal Friend Of Mr. Ashdown (Worked At Odd Jobs Around The Store); Young Boy, Worked In Tinshop, Norman Sly; Man With Gold Club, Worked In Tinshop; Man With Baseball Bat, C.H. Lightly (Later Operated A Tinsmithing Business In Winnipeg. Second Row: Mr. George Wilson (Store Department Manager, Builders' Hardware); Man In Fedora Hat (E. Richot) Acted As French Interpreter; Boy Sitting Is Donald Manson, Worked In Sporting Goods, (Later Employed By A Hardwre Merchant In Town Near Calgary. Seated In Rear: Two Ruthenian Labourers |