Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free december 1981 woman swe As Creek goes on i Trot i r a i to Mem i w r Highway using heavy remove debris from Bridge Over Strachan storm hits coast from Reuter sap Boston More than 60 centimetres of Snow fell yesterday on new England during a sur prise forcing Airport officials to divert overseas flights and causing scores of Power the which crept in from the Atlantic in the was expected by the forecasters to turn Back out to sea late yesterday but not before dropping another another eight to 25 Centi metres of Bostons Logan inter National Airport diverted All flights because plow Crews could not keep up with Snow blown about by 50knot officials said full operations would not resume until this Power failure passenger planes bound for Boston from within the United states and Europe were sent to Bradley Field near Hart Early Sun but by mid after noon Bradley also was closed and flights were sent to new some families in two Massachusetts towns Southeast of bos ton lost and in Rhode Island Small numbers of people whose heating systems failed were put up in most major highways were but buses and trains were As much As two hours behind sched worst since 78 the blizzard was called the worst since the described As a meteorological bomb by one forecast dumped up to 40 centimetres of the White stuff on that cites heaviest Decem Ber snowfall in More than half a the Boston area and bore the Brunt of the which caught forecasters off guard when it moved out Over the Atlantic and switched directions late saturday to hit much of Rhode Massa new Hampshire and connect roads blocked with winds gusting up to 80 Kilometres an hour in the blizzard built drifts that blocked roads and forced motorists to abandon their cars As airports closed and buses were on Nantucket Island off Cape police appealed to Resi dents to help House More than tourists who were stranded when they visited the Island for a Christmas pageant sat the ferry stopped running because of High seas and the Airport was in Power was Cut off to about Homes and businesses in the Dux Bury area South of bos ton and another in West Vancouver up ramp using depth sounding equipment searched Howe sound yesterday for the body of a pregnant 31yearold woman who was swept away Friday night by the rampaging Waters of Strachan Creek near this Vancouver Highway 99 was re opened to single Lane traffic after Trews cleared a 15metredeep gravel slide that had rushed Down the flood swollen Creek and covered the Highway and Strachan Creek the con Crete Bridge declared structurally sound by High by ministry the water and Rock disc Darnaud 14 Homes below the forcing evacuation of 38 trains were running again yes Teidan on the railway located below the after Crews cleared the it is the second time this fall flooding has closed the winding Mountainside which connects Vancouver with the Howe sound Community of about 70 Kilometres North the Highway is the Only route to Squamish and the Whistler ski resort nation North of on nine people were killed after logs and other debris cascaded Down a Mountain Creek and knocked out the m Creek about seven Kilometres North of Strachan the wooden Bridges main Span was knocked out and the victims in cars drove Over the Gap and into the Creek in Friday nights the miss ing Susan who was five months was apparently crossing a Small Bridge Over the turbulent Creek with her when a Wall of water swept her off and into the Creek several metres a Rescue worker her husband was taken to liosp1 for treatment of Shock Anc police said yesterday hrs and identified two specific they think they wiil find Ilie Milans but said if it was divers would be sent Down Nito Howe sound to authorities said the cubic metres of gravel were brought Down by melting Snow and High winds in the area also closed Whistler and Blac comb ski areas sat leaving an estimated skiers stranded in the Whistler Mountain spokesman John Creelman said winds were gusting to 120 and 30 centimetres of Snow fell in 24 a few area who spent saturday in a hastily organized evacuation Centre in a nearby re turned Home yesterday to clean debris from their most stayed away until today when electrical Power will be Hydro spokesman Bill chatter said Crews were being hampered by the debris left by the in to have to hire a Bulldozer to clean this said Gordon to whose Home a the although some Waier and mud entered Bis most of the was confined to a backyard and driveway buried under tonnes of the Creek was really he debris piled up and overflowed the give a gift of shop the Bays spirited save on a Cross country ski consists of split Kein fibreglass glider skis with Wood troll bindings and deluxe Tonkin poles our save on Tyrol Cross country vip ski not shown our soil now Fco save on a Canadian Wax our i mens and and Pepper save on women Salt warm up Cotton pants feature elasticized Waist with jackets have ribbed knit cuffs and 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