Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 5, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Memorial honors hockey players Swift up four Junior hockey players killed in a 30 bus crash were honoured yesterday by nearly friends and relatives at a memorial service at the Swift current civic mayor Len Stein said the deaths of the four All members of the Swift current Broncos of the Western hockey league brought a Soli Darity of sorrow to the Trent of Chris of Saska Scott of Swift cur and Brent of died when the Broncos team bus left the Tran Canada Highway during a snowstorm in route to a who game in about 300 Kilometres funerals were held in the four Home towns coaches and officials from All eight who East division clubs were re presented yesterday at the memory held in the building where the Broncos play their Home we shall but with the passing of time we shall go Forward in dedication Ever remembering Chris and the mayor told the hushed crowd in the Arena and a radio audience up to 500 nation Kilometres just As the echoes of their voices Are hardly we Wilt As they gave of themselves in this very playing the sport they so Well Broncos Captain Kurt restrain his the Swift current will continue this season Asim sure they would have he his voice cracking and tears streaming Down his face for his dead the sombre hour Long service included recitation of passages from the Bible and singing of popular family relatives and various hockey teams Clad in game jerseys sat on chairs atop sheets of plywood covering More than half the ice the podium was adorned with More than 50 bouquets of four Blacka Edwhite pictures of the dead trimmed with Blue Satin were the focal Point at flanking the pictures were the Broncos sweaters the players had worn the sweaters were Perman president John Rit Pfaiger and Lac ten console each entry retired As part of the Graham coach and Gener Al manager of the which moved Back to Swift current from Leth Bridge for this said the nightmares of the crash youre alone and at night it gets dark and youre in your bed room and the show comes on Over and Over the same and you cant get it to i dont know if Well Ever shake the Broncos schedule was postponed after the crash and is tentatively set to resume James delivered a Stern message to play he we dont want hollow the Broncos were known As a comeback team this year and Well come James the 30 Accident was the first fatal bus Accident involving a who an inquest is to be held but no Date has been Auto Haus fort Garry new years demonstrator specials 1986 Audi 5000s Low fully of Audi was now 1986 vow gt1 air cruise Low balance of factory War was m 7qc now in 99 1986 audio 4000s Quattro 4 wheel drive 5 fully Kalahari was now 1986 Audi it Coupe Ocean Blue 5 leather Many other Fea Low was now 1986 scirocco White in a sports car now 1986 Golf 2 air Silver in Low now 1986 Golf 2 5 Power performance appearance Low excellent o orc was How also Brand new 1986 Golf diesels As Low As including Block Heater Mats Auto Haus Garry 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free monday january 1987 Canadian survivors of san Juan hotel fire Tell of compassion Toronto up amid charges of negligence in the handling of a deadly hotel Blaze in san 15 Canadian survivors brought tales of Friendship and compassion when they arrived at Pearson International Airport late kissing waiting friends and rela some shedding they told heart wrenching and in a quiet spot of the two caskets bearing the bodies of Lily Snider and Jean Fogel came funerals were to be held today for the two Toronto believed to be in their late who perished in the new years eve six Toronto High school students say they owe their Safe return to a wealthy new York couple who fed and clothed them after the fire set them adrift in the puerto rican we lost everything we would have been wandering the streets wearing Only bathing and this Man came along and helped said Maria the new York Man and his wife went to a nearby hotel soon after the Dupont Plaza fire and offered to help anyone in every Way he said the Grade 12 he gave clothes and Shel Ter to the six teens and some others who needed said lome the couple who requested anonymity postponed their Depar Ture from another Island hotel for three Days to care for the canadians and see them off at the they gave us they were exceptional people and if there were More like them in the things fully Remote satellite systems from i i 99 serving Manitoba j Northwestern Ontario visit our showroom worldwide satellite 1058 Portage 7838828 to 104 beep in pocket pagers 66 month featuring Motorola Slimline pagers 7866611 National sound 355 Sherbrook Arthur Parker denture clinic full dentures partial dentures repairs relies 1 Day service All dental insurance plans accepted 9422678 702 Boyd building 388 Portage Griesmann hug at Airport would probably be a lot said the couple apparently flew to the Island a week before the Blaze in a private we paid them Back As Best we could with the Money we got from the government and the said the we Hope to keep in touch and give them Back the the teens were relaxing by the hotel Pool when the fire they escaped Over barbed wire to a pressed by a crowd of screaming survivors All the they Levy had just returned from his third floor room the lobby area where a bomb is believed to have gone off to the Pool when the fire broke i heard an expo a saw smoke and we All he As his father and a brother hugged him amid a crush of reporters at the he expressed Relief at being his father presented him with a Teddy Bear to replace the Goodluck Charm a he lost in the Penny received a big hug from her to let me know i was she said she was on her Way Back to the hotel when friends came running up and said our hotel has blown in just thankful were All Holiday extended before the Blaze late wednesday afternoon at the 22storey Dupont Sabrina met a Young Man who worked in the hotel Neiman said her had told her to extend her we Klong Holiday another seven Days while he returned her Ger and also stayed the extra fourteen of the Young mans friends perished in the Nei Man her eyes filling with one Casino worker is confirmed dead and 13 others Are the hotel has the last couple of Days have been so she weve been at she and her sister were in the Pool when the fire their Mother was coming into the and All three made it to safety the Sisters were left with Only their bathing suits for several All were put up at a nearby travellers returning Home said the Federal Bureau of investigation told them they will be contacted As soon As the probe of the disaster is Many guests had valuables in safety Deposit boxes at the and some had to leave items in rooms that largely escaped the the Fri has promised these articles will be re the travellers debate tone Fraser says Ottawa up John Fraser says the tone of debate in the com Mons has improved since he became speaker in october because of the process used to elect members of parliament have a better attitude toward the authority of the speaker and Are behaving better because they know the speaker is now their Fraser said in an interview with Standard broadcast news aired Fraser is the first speaker elected by maps in a secret while there was some criticism of the 3 election As too Long and perhaps just a bit Fraser noted it did Force maps to make a decision and what you noticed Dur ing the whole process was that party lines and since the maps voted Fraser they were determined to give support to whoever it was they finally carrying Over the nonpartisan spirit of the election process to Deci Sions from the speakers chair has not been too difficult for but he said that is Only part of the Chal Lenge the Job gives its one thing to be objective and but to be absolutely fair is a very difficult he its got a lot to do with trying to deliver Justice because you have to be Able to say no to your ;