Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november a3 we Klong task faces blizzard cleanup Crews continued from a1 there wont be a fronted a plow or a Bobcat sitting Idle for the next four or five said Bill chairman of the cites works and operations were looking at a we Klong thousands of Homes had Power out Ages lasting 10 minutes to three hours yesterday in fort West Kildo Nan and other parts of the plus parts of the weve been up and Down All Manitoba Hydro spokesman Glenn Schneider heavy ice buildup on Power lines was largely to icy lines pushed together by High winds produced flick ering electricity for some Schneider he said More than 200 Hydro workers were out yesterday Clearing the staff worked overtime at hospitals while waiting for Relief workers to come Church services were can stores were closed and numer Ous events were cancelled yesterday in the including Winnipeg sym phony orchestras concert for Chil symphony marketing director Sandra Cherepak said it May be and those interested in a refund can get As residents throughout Winnipeg and the red River Valley excavated their cars and people in the Brandon and Dauphin areas got Only two or three centimetres of but those in Northwestern Ontario got up to 35 an ramp spokesman said the trans Canada Highway was closed from Winnipeg to the Ontario Border yesterday icy roads and Drifting Snow mean travel today is still not recon Sheldon peddle of the Stein Bach ramp detachment said ramp would have closed highways in that area yesterday if they had been Able to get to them from the detachment but were stuck Winni Eggers Are already getting tired of the Winter storm 8rbu22aro Negm and ended about f yesterday did indeed qualify Bliz even if it didst teach november 1986 of March 1966 the wind stronger than 40 j Snow or blowing Snow reduces visibility to Era it lasts at feast How does to stack up Between the last three big Snow storms Winnipeg has weathered deaths two five none reported so snowfall centimetres pm More than 25 i hours hears about 21 maximum wind Kwh Kwh Jeff Deboo Winnipeg free press family and friends help Beaudry right dig path for his car so he can get to his mothers in trying to get it in the Lane so i dont get a ticket or a Redwood Avenue resident said As he tried to free his Van from the the storm int so bad in just frustrated that in going to have a hell of a time getting despite the the storm brought out the Best in besides Neighbours helped push out each others stuck strangers helped Terri Gilles got out of her Manitoba theatre for Young people rehearsal yesterday to find a Snow plow had buried her pickup on Princess Cam Grier happened by and helped her dig it its difficult to see someone in this dilemma and not help Grier Winnipeg ambulance Para medics and fire department first responders were kept hopping yester Day attending to weather related Jeff Debec Winnipeg free press Morier Avenue heart attack victim is taken to waiting ambulance on path Neighbours shovelled an elderly Man in vital apparently suffered a heart attack Clearing another Man reportedly got his foot stuck in a Snow yet another Man was partially impaled on his steering wheel in a traffic one Winnipeg Ger Happy to be work ing was John a private con tractor hired by the City to Clear i started at nine Oclock this morn ing and in going to be working straight for the next two he said As he drove his yellow front end loader at main Street and Euclid in going to work As much As i and Only when i need some sleep will i ask for a Tow truck Driver Ron Oran had worked More than 27 hours straight and planned to go through last this is my he its like picking there Are stranded and stuck cars As far As the Eye can the Snow storm also brought out the snowmobiles were in their glory buzzing Down Snow logged City streets Winnipeg police said the storm conditions did not warrant lifting the off Road vehicle so those caught snowmobiling within City limits face having their machines confiscated and a court crazy Newfoundland sailors heroes to family they rescued Canadian press Halifax Shipwreck survivor Tom Maclellan is convinced newfound Landers Are Why he would a shipload of them Volunteer to take a rubber raft into raging seas to save someone they never met i think there Maclellan said yesterday after Crew from hocs Johns saved his wife Peggy Seddon and their eight year old daughter Amy eight hours after their boat Sank in a storm off the i was already in but i didst have any if i had any id say not me in going to the Send someone leading Seaman Kerry George of Cor Ner master Seaman Chuck wind Sor of and Rod drugged of Lark followed the beam of their ships spotlight for 20 minutes Early eventually they found three shivering survivors cowering in the Bottom of a four metre raft amid three Storey Waves and 120kilometre a hour the raft had already overturned briefly separating the family in the it was said a wan Derer from fort they came skimming across the tops of the bouncing youve got to realize theres at least a 50 per cent Chance that these three Guys Are going to end up just the same As us hanging on to their wondering when the Guys Are going to come from the boat and pull pm the weather was so bad the Johns Crew was belted to the decks of the patrol which was Rockin n Rollin according to the 25yearold Bosun who piloted the fast Rescue Craft through Tricky we got the child into the towed the rest to the ship and they were George they were very the dramatic Rescue ended an incredible week for the Canadian military on two Canadian search Andrescu technicians parachuted into a dark Ocean off Baffin then swam through frigid Waters to give medical help to an ailing a Day a Rescue helicopter headed to the vessel crashed at her Crew escaped under water and swam to then hiked four kilo metres to an empty Cabin where they started a colleagues rescued them after 30 Canadian troops headed off to Lead an International 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