Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 9, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday june 5, i High Pigeon toll Belfast Reuters nearly pigeons Worth More than Are presumed to have been lost because of bad weather in a 210-mile whitsunday race Between Milford Haven. Wales and Fel fast. Only 15 of the Birds reached Northern Ireland. Used pianos wanted if f to our highest prices Bex 1121 free press a loan when you need one e i Xmas car Loam. Other i Xian Globe mortgage loan co. Ltd. 806 Lindsay bldg. Pm. 92-6614 father s favorite Fried Chicken and Cranberry sauce How could you. Forget the treat your dog to Klix treat yourself to More fun Klix dog treat is Brand new replaces it contains no sugar packed with Energy foods vitamins and minerals. Feed Klix to your dog watch him perk up and play. Get Klix from the store where you buy your pet foods. Summer train service to resorts East Winnipeg Friday special la. Winnipeg 4.10 . On june t1, train will operate to Redditt Only. Effective june 18 to sept. 3 inclusive train will operate through to Sioux Lookout. Saturday special la. Winnipeg _ . June 12 to sept. 4 inclusive operating through to Redditt. Semi weekly service to resorts Between Winnipeg and Redditt will commence Fri Day june 25, leaving Winnipeg 8.50 a.m., and will operate tuesdays and fridays until sept. 7 inclusive. Sunday specials or. Redditt . June 13 to sept. 5, inclusive. La. Sioux Lookout 1.30 . 20 to sept. 5, inclusive. Stops will be made at All intermediate resorts. Minaki Lodge open june 25 through sept. 7 times shown Antral Standard. Add one hour Daylight saving. Enquiry Telephone 90-2212 Canadian National phase emergency line. Extra workmen from the Lakehead were rushed to the scene. 500 out of work the Ontario Minnesota paper co. Closed operations monday night. More than 500 employees were temporarily thrown out of work. E. E. Crandall resident manager of the Plant estimated a loss in production of 700 tons of paper. Fires were reported on two Small none had been seen Ion the Mainland. A depart ment of lands and forests boat still in business confirm bookings Fredric Perry photographers temporary location 219 Phoenix bldg. Pm. 92-49o5 House and three boats were completely destroyed by fire. The shortage of electric Power has resulted in warnings to conserve electricity. The Hospit als were working on auxiliary Power great surgeon lord Lister the British surgeon who died in 1912, is famous tar developing the Antiseptic system of treatment. We regret any inconvenience cause of our customers by being forced to close temporarily due to the Portage ave. Fire and Are pleased to announce that operations Are to Normal. To Moi Scott 310 Donald St. Phones More about storm continued from Page 1 out along the line wednesday making repairs to bypass the towers. Despite the Lack of Power from Pointe Dubois Hydro was furnishing the City with All needed Power or. Briggs said from the slave Falls Plant Ond the Amy Street steam Plant. With the resumption of Power from Pointe Dubois the steam Plant s activities will be Cut Back he said. E. A. Wood City superintend it of Street cleaning operations said extra Crews on eight trucks were patrolling streets picking up branches and Clearing catch basins. Removal of Trees from thoroughfares and sidewalks is under the Parks Board. Who pays the engineering department could not say who would pay for cleaning up the debris from tuesday s fire. A. J. Taunton Deputy City Engineer said he had been asked this question by civic finance com Mittee members. Careful study is needed he said before any ans wer is available. Meanwhile the department is going ahead cleaning up. Crews with bulldozers tuesday night re moved All robble from Hargrave Street. Steel beams were polled into the streets Cut into sections by flame cutters and hauled away. A City owned Gradall machine was used to Load trucks with de Bris. Hospital roof at children s Hospital a temporary roof was built by 8 . Tuesday. Superintendent j. E. Robinson said the whole operating suite had to be rewired but that the insurance company had approved this project. Rain weakened plaster was Dis lodged in some private wards but no one was injured. Damage As yet has not been estimated. The unsettled weather which the Weatherman reports will re main so for several Days has delayed repair work on the roof of Miles by Macdonell collegiate in East Kildonan. Students were of tuesday and wednesday and Rains May postpone classes even longer officials said. Other greater Winnipeg school children found their Holiday Short. All classes at Mulvey and Cecil Rhodes schools were in session wednesday. The Power blackout also hit the 30th annual meeting of the Manitoba conference of the United Church of Canada. Tues Day night sessions were transferred to Young United Church from the regular meeting Church Westminster. The sessions were Back at West i Minster wednesday morning but the Church was still without Light 1 heat or electric Power. The Weatherman reported there would be Shower activity or some wednesday and thursday. A new disturbance now around Utah Likely would continue to bring unsettled weather Here Friday. He predicted winds of 15 to 20 Miles an hour continual Cloudy unsettled weather and a thurs Day High of about 60 or 65. Meanwhile damage reports still come. Planes at Lac Dubon net were hard hit with damage estimated at two were owned by the Manitoba govern ment air services. Four or five huge plate Glass windows were blown in at North West motors Brooklands. Many Trees in Assiniboine Park were blown Over. Lumberyard reported an up swing in the roofing business and expected still More when insurance adjusters cleared repairs. Detailed damage free press correspondents at various Points throughout the storm area filed the following descriptions of the damage. Emerson 15 Miles South of Winnipeg. Near Hurricane winds started through the town at about 7.30 . Monday snapping off Trees and disrupting Telephone and electric service. Light and Power was off All night. Tele phone communication was open Only to Pembina n.d., tuesday morning. One Large new barn was blown at the height of monday night s wind and rain storm this Mark 5 Norseman was ripped from its Anchor on the Winnipeg River at Lac Dubonnet and smashed against pilings along the River Bank. The plane owned by Manitoba government air services was Consi dered a total loss. It was valued at another plane owned by the air services can be seen Riding the Waves in the background. Damage to other privately owned planes which sat out the storm on the River May run up to Down by the Gale. Two men who were trying to Brace it against the wind were slightly injured. Morden 80 Miles Southwest of Winnipeg. More than two inches of rain fell since sunday cover ing Many Fields and gardens. Trees were the most severely damaged and blossoms on fruit Trees at the Dominion experimental station were badly whip Ped. Several Small buildings were blown Over and several Large plate Glass windows were broken. Brandon 140 Miles West of Winnipeg. The Assiniboine River Rose five inches tuesday bring ing the level to 15 feet 10 inches. This is one foot eight inches be Low flood level. Pilot Mound 120 Miles South West of Winnipeg. No wind dam age was reported but four inches of rain since sunday have inundated Many Fields. A Large percentage of the area had been seeded. The heavy rainfall has All but cancelled the thursday race meet. Oak Lake 165 Miles West of Winnipeg. Little storm damage was reported from Oak Lake but rain fall since sunday has raised the level of the Assiniboine River nearly two feet. The River is still about two feet under flood level according to latest reports. Some seeded farm land is under water in the Valley. Whitemouth 67 Miles East of Winnipeg. Electric Power was disrupted for a few hours As 65 m i 1 a an hour winds ripped through the town damaging Small buildings and tearing off several roofs. Dauphin 212 Miles Northwest of Winnipeg. Electric Power lines suffered slight damage but no wind damage reported and rain fall close to Normal stood at 1.83 inches tuesday evening. Water lies All Over the land in the Dau Phin District ditches have Over flowed at Sifton covering a considerable area. Seeding is reported 70 per cent completed but fur ther work will be put off at least 10 Days. If there is More rain it looks like the end of Reeve John Potoski said. Fort Frances ont 290 Miles Southeast of Winnipeg. Many docks were lifted out of the water and smashed against the Shore. Boom logs were broken from their moorings and heavy dam age reports Are expected from boat owners. The Lake Shore was a mass of defers with broken bits of break water installations carried by the surging Waves. Lake wat ers dropped at least two feet after the winds subsided. Kenora ont., 145 Miles East of Winnipeg. The Ontario Hydro re ported Complete havoc on Power service. Reddit Minaki and unorganized areas will not Likely have electricity for several Days. The town was working on a single pumps of All types and sizes. Suitable for cellar or excavation drainage. Completely assembled motor or Gas driven units. Pumps All necessary fittings and Hose. Hike s electric Motoi s co. Lid. I phone 93-3421 318 notre Dame ave. Winnipeg hottest cars j Hudson is . Champion. Wins More Stock car Victoricz than All other makes combined. Nothing is safer. Lower prices such performance never sold for less. Jet prices Start Standard Sedan prices of the so called Low priced Best deals our Pencil is sharpened and ready. We talk drive in your car and Trade for a Beautiful new Hudson i Prici sin Iattoni a Hudson for As Little As Tilbury retail delivery Price local taxes if any and transportation extra. 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