Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 08, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 10 Winnipeg free press monday May 8, 20 dead missing As . Squalls lash sea lakes new York May 8 Cap treacherous Spring squalls caught thousands of new York and new England Boatmen without warn ing Durine the sunny week end and left 20 of them dead or missing in Lakei Rivers and Salt water. The High wind Tail end of a Midwest storm reached 65 Miles an hour at some Points. In addition to the havoc caused on the water the winds also fan Ned Forest fires in new England blanked out most private Fly ing. The flames covered hundreds of acres of new England Wood land. Worst toll upper new York stale had the worst drowning toll with 10 dead or missing since Friday. New York City and Long Island sound counted seven lost sunday while new England had three drownings. Small Craft warnings had been hoisted for Waters in the area South of Eastport me., but the sudden violence was unexpected. Some puffs of 52 Miles an hour were recorded in new York City. Sunday was the most disastrous for new York City Boatmen since another set of squalls ambushed them last july. Police and coast guardsmen used planes helicopters and launches to Rescue the living while divers in the new York area tried to find the bodies of some of the dead. Vans for Berlin fined in soviet mystery move Berlin May t w e n t be i g h t s bup furniture Laden trucks bound for West Germany were detained monday by the lians at the Helmstedt checkpoint 110 Miles West of Berlin. A British spokesman said it was not Clear Why the russians Nek the furniture vans because their travel documents were in order russian guards told the truck Drivers they had to pay a Mark Fine before the Convoy would be released. The reason for the Fine was not specified. A w r _. -1 British officials deny blocking Europe Union by Ned. Russell . Keram Tribune cwt service London May 8 British of ficials1 rejected sunday the belief held in some High quarters that the labor government is blocking american sponsored plans for the political and economic integration of Western Europe. Belief that socialist policies prime minister Clement Attlee s government inherently conflict with the pms of Western europ Ean integration has Long been widely held on the continent As Well As in London. It became a Public Imus a week ago newspaper despatches from London re ported it was developing into an if hire which May influence the meeting of the big three foreign ministers Here this week. Despatches added that advocates seepage from the Assiniboine River hits this Home on Wellington Crescent. Homeless at Rimouski 10 feared disaster victims Rimouski que., May 8 up danger of fresh outbreaks of fire in this St. Lawrence South Shore town torn by a 30-hour, conflagration disappeared Early today when a brisk threatening wind died Down. Light Snow fell across the town of which has homeless 312 razed or uninhabitable Homes and which lost clubs As it polishes nerves Lmax inf Imp went Cut and. Find. It her fit ters her that Atten Tiea. She used Dodd kidney Pill at Ante. Tse Inen red tenth her kids Mars helped la dear am Bloed in purities and excess fatigue fac Ciucht headache Lask to Energy do Aap Earet kidney Pill contain ails a Assedi cims ingredients that and direct Lar sawn the help Naton their annal action. 144 the majority of its big Public institutions in the fire. When the 36-mile-an-hour West Erly evening wind died Down army officials on emergency duty called off for the time being plans to dynamite the shells of some of the big buildings which were still blazing and threatened to spread flame to the Eastern parts of town. At 12.20 . Cd monday . R. O. G. Morton officer commanding Quebec command announced that the fire was under control. The entire Western Section of Rimouski Strung along two parallel St. Lawrence River front streets was wiped out in the catastrophic fire that started Lute saturday and swept despite the efforts of Kimoi Mui firemen fire Firlit Tiisik Crews from a number of sister towns and communities. Police chief Victor Lepage who directed the 100 firemen through their Jong Battle hampered by Scarcity of water said it would be a of Days before All danger of resurgence of the fire is past. From now on he said firemen ill work in relays unless serious threats of fresh fire outbreaks arise. Homeless citizens moved in for the night with friends and rela Tives and to surrounding communities. At Midnight Only five adults were bunked Down in Rimouski hockey Arena where emergency shelter was arranged by the red Cross. The town still glowed with Light of fires smouldering in the hundreds of ruins and smoke filled the air but an atmosphere of Relief was noticeable in Rimouski for the first time since the Start of the disaster. Fear that the flames would sweep into Eastern Rimouski ran looks Zaffree a h. L Mackinnon co., Ltd. Manufacturers of Melrose products announce that because of flood conditions a temporary office is now established at notre Dame ave. Victoria St. South Corner Telephone no change 923 151 City deliveries of Melrose Coffee Melrose teas and other Melrose products can still be Given prompt attention. Ligh just before Midnight when the Vind appeared to be rising. Families in the entire Eastern Section unscathed so far Are on the Alert and ready to evacuate their Homes at the first sign of danger. Latest official word from army and red Cross authorities or emergency duty in Rimouski is that careful investigations have resulted n no confirmation of deaths due to the fire. A report that former sheriff Charles Dan to u died of a heart attack was described As re butting from confusion and in accurate. The streets were deserted Sun Day night 30 hours after the Blaze started As weary fire fighters re tired for the first time for a few hours sleep. A cold Westerly wind continued Hove through the ravaged part of the City blowing Dusi and cinders about the littered streets. During the fire mrs. Eduward Portugais gave birth to a child. Workers had to move her from threatened buildings three times before the delivery was completed. Shu was reported As resting in Good condition. The City now has taken on a ghost like appearance with Hund of chimneys arising alone out of the rubble. Army demolition quads late sunday night were preparing to dynamite the Walls of the Rimouski Hospital to prevent possible injury to Rescue workers. The in the gutted Hospital Are All believed to have been evacuated lately. The disaster was the biggest within memory in the lower St Lawrence District. Responsible Citi Zens said a total of 200 to 250 buildings were destroyed. It col. Alex Gaghon Quebec director of disaster Relief for the red Cross estimated that 300 buildings had burned. Col. Gagnon said there were re ports difficult to confirm at the moment that 10 persons died As a result of the fire. They were listed As follows four children drowned in the Rimouski River four killed in two automobile explosions due to the fire one Man dead of a attack and one Man burned in his House. The damage estimated was Given by former mayor Elzear Cote who said the Western part of town was deluged by a rain of fire when the Yards containing feet of drying lumber were ablaze saturday after noon. The Power line broken by wind that at times reached a velocity of 30 Miles an hour fell into the Lum Ber Yards about 5 . Saturday. The fire was whipped into an in Erno in no time and flying embers deluding the East Shore of the River quickly set number of Homes alight. By then two More Mills were in flames and their loss alone was estimated at the fire also burned away the flooring of a 400-foot Stencil Bridge across the Rimouski River cutting off the Western Highway exit from the City. It was while the flames burned at the River that four helpless Chil Dren were reported to have made their Way to the water and drowned. Not a House was left stand ing in the of the City swarming with curious persons from neighbouring municipalities and people left homeless by the huge Blaze. The fire swept the Sisters con vent burned the nurses residence near the Hospital destroyed the old Rimouski Seminary and left the new Seminary severely damaged. Six Hundred pupils were safely evacuated from the Seminary. Rimouski technical school oppo site the Hospital escaped destruction with some damage while the provincial government s Marine Sci. Of suffered heavy damage. During the Day As the fire continued its March and approached Rimouski court House and jail which was ablaze sunday night 43 prisoners chained together were led to safety. Police and firemen Handi capped with Little water to conduct their fight described the fire As under control Sun Day night in spite of the fact its future Progress seemed to be largely at the mercy of the wind which had fallen to about so Miles an hour. A Rescue committee headed by judge Amedee Garon was being sized to provide Beds for the homeless army blankets for All and to have temporary kitchens in operation people in the streets surveying the ruins said the Job of repairing the extensive damage would be a 25-year Job it will take a Gen said one Man. To direct Relief Montreal. May 8 bup or. Harvey Doney of Toronto head of the red Cross disaster services was flown by the . To Rimouski. Monday to direct Relief in the fire ravaged town. Quality precision durability performance Columbia Valley organizes Steps n flood threat Portland ore., May s Een answering Calls to work on various dikes. Monday morning a party of 50 volunteers from the store were rushed to the Norwood Dike where the Coal trucks of the Hudson s Bay company Are also working. Store officials said the work was organized after conferences with the red Cross who indicated the Best Way in which the store could help in the emergency. The com Pany is. Also aiding in evacuation of their own employees from threatened areas and keeping in touch with the Central committee to see what further work can be done. Of this belief argue that real pro Gress toward Western european integration cannot be achieved until the labor party is removed from Power and replaced by an other government presumably led by Winston Churchill. British officials suspected some official inspiration. Of British officials is partly dialectical and partly factual. In a dialectical spirit they argue integration presupposes planning and controls thus integration of totally free economies would be impossible. I but they also argue Britain has led most countries in the organization for european economic co operation in gradually scrapping import controls. As a result and to save dollars Britain s . Imports have risen from 000 in 1946 to in 1949. British exports to these countries have risen from to they also Point out that Bri Tain s modest Effort to integrate with the scandinavian countries in a body called uni scan is work ing better than its earlier counter part among Belgium the nether lands and Luxembourg called Benelux. A similar Effort by France Italy and Belgium has bogged Down. On Britain s much criticized attitude toward the pro posed european payments Union officials hinted an agree ment in principle is expected soon. 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