Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Saturday March 12, 1977 witnesses describe Vail of smoke in fatal Highway pile tip by Ron Campbell stje1nbach witnesses at an inquest into a double traffic fatality near Here nov. 19 described Friday the of smoke that enveloped their vehicles at the Accident scene. Eight including a bus were involved in the up which occurred on the trans Canada Highway about a mile East of Richer Man. John Frank Hilbolt 53, of 269 Maple Glen drive West Kik Lonan and his 50-year-old wife Anne were killed in the Chain reaction o f crashing vehicles. Several persons were injured. Provincial judge Mike Baryluk adjourned the in quest until thursday after hearing 13 witnesses. He also accepted a motion by lawyer Frank Cvitkovich acting for the Hilcoff estate to peruse ramp and Provin c i a 1. Highways department documents presented at a Manitoba clean environment commission hearing in Jan uary on peat bog fires and resulting smoke. Cvitkovich said that the commission apparently in t in the position to make re commendations to the appropriate provincial government departments on the smoke problem As a Highway traffic Hazard. But a judge Presidio is at an inquest involving the prob Lem is in such a position Cvitkovich said and urged Baryluk to do so. Witnesses involved in the pile up described How their vehicles entered an area of Highway so dense with smoke that visibility was Zero then crashed into other autos already stopped on the scene. Because area ramp detach ments were occupied with other accidents off duty ramp Constable Donald to v a c h of Steinbach was called 10 the scene at . As his Cruiser approached the area it was enveloped by smoke so 1 could t see a he had to be guided into the Accident area by people walking by the fenders he testified. Those persons had not been out there stopping traffic 1 Likely would have been involved in an Accident my Kovach told the in quest. "1 was just As shocked when 1 ran into it As 1 imag Ine the other Drivers Kovach said the smoke w As so dense Over that stretch of Highway and extending one half mile East of the Accident scene that lie could see Little More than one vehicle at a time. But suddenly the smoke cleared for 15 minutes and another ramp officer who had arrived was Able to take pictures. We had no idea which vehicles hit Kovach said. The vehicles were thrown All Over the Road consumer guard your Assurance of total satisfaction 1300 Portage ave. Pm. 786 6541 forecast kor Winnipeg Bissau. Interlake Luxl red River regions mainly Clear near 3 c today. Little change sunday. Extended weather Outlook Manilal a mostly Mimy and continuing mild on sunday monday and tuesday. Now Keni Matoba frequent Cloudy periods awl continuing mild. Of Law Cloudy periods and continuing mild. Temperatures following arc minimum temperatures for Lite 12-hour period that ended at 7 . Yesterday and the maximum temperatures Lor the 12-hour period that ended at 7 . My. My. Pro. Victoria 11 Vancouver. 10 Jasper a -6 Calgary a Edmonton a Saskatoon. 7 -2 7 -3 Brandon 4 i Thompson -5 the Pas -1 -3 Winnipeg 3 1 Thunder Bay. 8 1 Kenora 10 3 Windsor 19 1 London 17 o Toronto 1 s Ottawa 11 -1 Montreal h -1 Halifax 10 1 Chicago 20 11 Miami 34 23 los Angeles 23 Minneapolis 10 7 Boston 6 new York City 23 8 Phoenix 71 10 Honolulu 28 23 Amsterdam 21 a Athens 19 Bangkok 2 23 Beirut h 3 Berlin is s Brussels 17 Copenhagen 10 5 my. Frt. Frankfurt 20 t Geneva u o Helsinki 0 Hong Kong 21 it Johannesburg 23 is Kiev a 0 Lisbon 13 London u 7 Madrid 17 a Moscow s 2 Oslo i j Paris 21 10 Rome 17 10 Sao Paulo 29 19 Seoul 8 -3 Singapore 20 22 Stockholm 3 3 Taipei 21 12 Tehran 16 s Tel Aviv 14 9 Tokyo u 7 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Moan March 11 3.0 -3.1 -0.1 last year .-11.4 -16.7 Normal a. -4.4 -15.6 -10.0 highest on record 8.3 in 1902 lowest on record -32.8 in 1k6 precipitation total for nov. 1 to March 12 s3.s Millimetres Normal 102.0 Milli metres. He found the deceased Cou pie in their new 1977 com pact cat which had collided with the rear of an Eagle bus lines bus Kovach radioed for a medical examiner who pronounced them dead at the scene. The couple weren t Wear i n g their Lap and shoulder harness seat belts the con stable testified adding that in his opinion this would have saved their lives. H i 1 c o f f went Over the steering wheel and into the Windshield and his wife smashed into the dashboard on Impact Kovach said. Kovach ordered a blockade of traffic approaches to the Accident site and stayed on the scene until 2 ., when the smoke began to lift again. Afterwards h e initiated and led traffic convoys through the stretch of High Way at tins when it was shrouded in smoke. He did this on nov. 22, 25, 26, 27, 29 and 30, he testified at times when the smoke was every bit As bad As it was on the the 11cmp ask radio stations to broadcast these Haz ardous Highway conditions when they arise but people Don t Kovach said. They usually come out anyhow. Our Best bet is roadblocks. As for the smoke opinion was that is could be slopped Only by a lot More he and other officers from As far away As Falcon Lake ramp detachment testified that the smoke had been pre Valent in their areas since the mid summer and during the fall. Kovach told of driving around roads in Small communities South of the trans Canada Highway Richer la Bro Querie mar Chand and seeing land that looked like a smoke was coming from the ground Trees were lean ing Over because their roots were burned off Fence posts and phone poles were Burnt off a Short distance above the ground. When he stepped put of his car and went into one such area he Sank two feet into the ground and encountered nothing but the fires were burning at various distances from the trans Canada Highway he said estimating ranges of from one Quarter of a mile to 20 Miles. On dec. 14. The provincial highways department put up signs warning reduced visibility smoke area at a preaches to the Accident area 1 r n g Scott superintendent of the highways depart ment s Steinbach office testified that from nov. 25 to dec. 8, his men assisted the ramp in controlling traffic on that stretch of Highway. Flagman were sent out to Stop traffic so the ramp could escort them through when smoke impaired High Way visibility. There had been other traffic accidents involving smoke shrouded sections of the trans Canada during the fall ramp officers testified. Const. Donald Barclay of Falcon Lake detachment re called two multiple vehicle accidents in his area of. The Highway. One occurred oct. 1, the other oct. 30, he said. He said there d been prob lems with smoke caused by peat fires in the had Ashville area in the Vicinity of the intersection of the trans Canada and provincial High Way 11. The provincial environmental management department was aware of the situation he said. Corporal Keith Duncan testified that on sept. 29, he at tended two traffic accidents on the trans Canada near the site of the nov. 19 pile up. The smoke across the High Way that morning was so thick that visibility was Duncan testified but he said the smoke at the nov. 19 site seemed worse be cause of the darkness. Const. Stephen Caider told of investigating a nov. 4 Accident involving the collision of two Semi trailer trucks near the nov. 19 site at in the morning and visibility then was near both the department of highways and the Environ mental management depart ment were notified Caider testified and additional ramp Cruiser patrols were ordered to the area. Before arriving at the scene of the Richer Accident nov. 19, Caider said he had been investigating another Accident thai same night near Anola 15 Miles North of the trans Canada on Provin Cial Highway 12. Visibility there also was near Caider told the inquest. Renowned organist e. Power Biggs Dies March 13 your computerized Bio Ryllun jmmm4m.1im. Iro Sun deaths How to use Chart i octet your month at inn. The dots on Gnon Nign Sigrit your Rejto rhythm Lex outs. A Necic Scuto on the Felt or right Tor your intellectual. Emotional and physical factors idiom i to s add these Tenret Numbat s to foam your the Bio Den is computed on wet age population Ege on Oti cml government statistics. Aio Dex readout m Cycle you Mie to take your it Mimi to putt errors you la much Teller. Don t Youngm to hollow my think ite Mitre ims Ter tunable. La i j Lime to Rud. You la Una tuna my rut to bom Orlim word will we Ever to our until Etc tally i would my no. Kul not i new to May one do trick. 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Just drop a line to Ken j. Mithael Bio omit care of this news paper. I la be looking Forward to hearing from you. Ayotte Marie Louise 89, of St. Jean Baptiste Man. Bibeau Hubert 58. Of 37 Ashton Avenue suite 7, St. Vital husband of Lucille Bibeau. Book Jessie 71, Brandon widow of Fred Book. 11abkis, Jesse. 72, of 514 Greenwood place. Harbison. Ami Stella of Middle Hurch widow of John v. Harrison. Janzen Martia 61. Of 788 Wilpon Street husband of Metta Janzon. Jones Jeaa Marie of Mon Treal wife of Stanley n. Jones. Kosakewich. William 2, of Cretton . Latimer Anna. 71, of 506 Basswood place. Marat Meta May 52. Of 41 Clayton drive suite cu7, wife of Edward Marat. Medynsky. Michael. 80. Of 105 Aberdeen Avenue. Miller. Percy. 53, of Gil Lam. Man., husband of Rote Miller. Reynolds. Normaa Terge 25, of ., son of Fred and Mary Romeo. Rom 81. Amato. Catanzaro. Italy wife of Pasquale Romeo. Sinkes. Pelaia Peari. 53. Of Victoria wife of Reg Sines. Maurice 65, of Winnipeg wife of Bella Loway. Steinberg. Gomie of 202 St. Anthony Avenue Weil Kildonan widow of Jack Steinberg. Vermette 68, of 106 Chandos Avenue suite 103. Ward. Remau Alexander. 54, of 1650 Pembina High Way fort Garry husband of Christine Ward. Wilson. A., 86, of St. Norbert Man. Farther please see classified death by the Canadian press Rich fwd. A. Albert Caldwell 91. Survivor of the april 15. 1912 sinking of the titanic. About people were killed when the unsinkable vessel struck an iceberg off the coast of Greenland. John Logan Veneta age unspecified sol t i s h b o r n Veteran of both world wars who served Ottawa s St. Giles presbyterian Church for 36 years until his retirement i Boston a e. Power Biggs 71. Internationally known organist who appeared with the Boston symphony and Philadelphia orchestras and produced numerous recordings of classical pipe Organ music died thursday it was announced Friday. 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