COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-18-19
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY WAS UNDER
A TORNADO WARNING FOR AROUND 20 MINUTES
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE CANCELLED THE WARNING AROUND 3:45.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO TORNADO, YESTERDAY'S
WEATHER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER A DOZEN
REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
ACCIDENTS KEPT FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS BUSY
ON WEDNESDAY. HUDSON HAD TWO, JUST FIVE
MINUTES APART. THEY WERE ON THE 400 BLOCK
OF STATE STREET AND AT THE CORNER OF GREEN
AND FREDERICK STREETS.
IN GREENPORT TWO CARS COLLIDED ON ROUTE 9G
AT COUNTY ROUTE 14. THE FORCE OF THE CRASH
SENT ONE CAR INTO A FIELD.
ACCIDENTS IN GREENE COUNTY WERE ON LAKESIDE
DRIVE IN LEEDS AND CARTER BRIDGE ROAD IN
GREENVILLE.
FOUR FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME
ON WOODS ROAD IN GERMANTOWN LAST NIGHT,
AFTER IT BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE.
THE PROBLEM WAS TRACED TO A CLOGGED
FURNACE. THE BUILDING WAS VENTILATED
BEFORE BEING TURNED OVER TO NATIONAL
GRID.
A UTILITY TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON IN HILLSDALE. CREWS WERE ON
THE SCENE ON SCHMEICHEL ROAD FOR OVER TWO
HOURS. THE TRUCK NEEDED TO BE TOWED.
BRAKES ON A GARBAGE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE
ON COUNTY ROUTE 8 IN ANCRAM YESTERDAY.
THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE TRUCK BEFORE IT
WAS DECLARED OUT, ABOUT 2 AND 1/2 HOURS
LATER.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON COUNTY ROUTE 27 IN
CLAVERACK ENDED WITH TWO HUDSON MEN
FACING CHARGES. 28 YEAR OLD JAMES SWANIGAN
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. AND 30 YEAR OLD
STEPHEN STRICKLAND WAS CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. POLICE SAY, THEY RECOVERED
COCAINE.