M.O.T. Investigates Twin Otter Crash
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.... /LI,,[:".L L Zr~RAR'/ :~ARLIA "[~,; ' L:,:033 'II~TORIA 3 ~" ?. Terrace 1927-1977 Y 50 Golden Years the WINTERTIME ON THE STREETS of Terrace. (E.T. Kenney collection/) " r~ VOLUME,..o,• • , - • ' , .o c.:.,.. PIRK. .AVENUE ....i REALTY LIMITED..... r • Skeena AHto Fifty years ago his week Metal Shepl ~td. ED'S NoTE:As part of. Rebecca Lodge met at the 635-657~ the celebrations of the home of Mrs. F.S. Mills on • ) Golden Anniversary of ' Friday of last week when a Terrace becoming in. miscellaneous shower was Terrace new Mazda corporated as a village on held, the hostess.receiving December 29, 1927 we will many useful .gifts from her prices start at 'Serving Terrace and area since July 11, 1908 publish the highlights from sister members. the Terrace Herald• dated Mrs. Jarmin, who has O.oo~9,A *3,311" WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1977 TERRACE, B.C. exactly fifty years•ago. The spent the ,last few months REALTY WORLD ]lerald began publishing here with her daughter, many years previously, with Mrs. Downing, had the the first issue hitting the misfortune to fall on Sunday 12 PERISH. street on July II, 1908. noon on an icy walk in front of the house and break her LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT leg. She was removed tothe READY FOR BIG WORK Prince Rupert hospital on M.O.T. inveStigates Twin Otter crash Most of the time of the Tuesday accompanied by Legislature thus far has her danghter- Ministry of Transport Prince Rupert before at- were at the scene when he! been taken up with a debate ..... ~ still tempting, to land at the •arrived at 8:45 a.m. on the Speech from the Tuesday-" for in- airport.here. There were 18 members of i Throne. Fortunately Wednesda: Twin Two men, one from the localsearchand rescue members are not confined to Terrace citi~ which Dawson Creek and one from team at the site and they the contents of the' speech one of the wm terman Oregon, decided to drive to were involved in gathering itself, but are permitted to that has beet ~t 5:30 Terrace from Prince Rupert the bodies. According to one ramble as they will. For the number of ] instead of continuing on the source there were nine most part the time is taken and paper ro4 led are Northern Thunderbird Air bodies outside the airplane. up ~ith charges: by the block was rs, 31; Ltd. flight. One of the men Joinson said his search opposition and replies from directions; t] the government. ' But as on Park Hill there was d0thing in the others had i were not w!sh to be diverted back were prepared~to handle the Speech from the Throne to permnce.. '0, her to,P.Pr.~mce.Ge°rge',,-.. ^-- ,. emergency. The last major discuss there was.~othing ~mOr.sn~nrgedt~¢ "-t~ew ~"~ ~°m=' ~'~ m~ ,~, eventthe men were involved. for the opposition tb'do but~::~'egm e l~,.e=~ remains' a mystery, The in was the slide at Mile 9-8 debate questions ~that had.,.~d. 1.5 b~ ,o,, r~ vilot~,xel)orted'snow out::,, two vears-aao ,A, .......... , ..... apR~red:in:the!cl~.~p~ess, _.~umxatum_ [Z,~t~-q"'~mdi~od:~oo~otherprobiems• t ' .......... * ....... ..... ':~'-'-~EONtWtl., ____ ION_.,:.:: S ........ .... ~.....: i~n~r~/u~ds to the. liquor Lawrence ~m.:ot ", and'the;plane"continued sts " ::~ r SAFE:" , .i question ~in ~ .B.C.,./the~. i~,~,.t a~,,u awaro.,, • approach to the runway . Although~ the condlt,ons. at government said that could.'!:~f~'~',:,~'.~71 :Lance Reports from sources at the .~..qn ,nm Frida~ were be handlednicely in future if w'~l~s,~he ~ Orville airport indicate the lights of ~fe"for" the regular CP the 'opposltibn,'!~:would be o~,,;ao,,, z.~ez~u, the plane were seen nut AirBoeing 737, a Ministry of wdhng to have the liqu ....... -- Prince disappeared soon after. " Transport spokesman has question taken out of politics "6e'oLittle Doug George Blakey of the said there is no fair corn- and full power given to the prairie to g~ luesnel. airport weather office parison between the jet and liquor commission.:. : horses for his lumber.'.:.':' FOUR HOURS AFTER THE CRASH the plane was spotted and search Tne plane was enroute reports there were ob- the Twin Otter because from Prince "George to The timber-deal with the camps, lie may also pick up !.~i and rescue members and • police beg~n the long search for the bodies of scarred weather conditions weather conditions that Powell River Paper Co. was a few head of stock and [[~ Terrace .but st.opped at at 5 p.m. Friday with a would turn away a 737 might not much of a bone of con- some pigs for ^'^"':': the 12 persons killed in the wreck. ceiling of 1800 feet and oc- still be safe for the smaller, tention as a number of the residents of the distt casional snow. Visibility lighter Twin Otter. Conservatives were in was P/4 miles from the "The final determination accord with the deal and the Miss Florence Va • airport, would be up to thevilot," the price received. From the was an afternoon tea • By 6:15 p.m. when RCMP spokesman s~iid. "Who speech of P#emier Oliver, on Friday last. A nm received the report of the knows but that he was all hope of disposing of the, friends enjoyed ". missing ~plane from Bill making an approach to the P.G.E.' was scattered. The pleasant aftern__.__~n. Mitchell, airport manager, airport to see how the Hon. Premier stated that the ceiling had lifted to 1800 conditions were?" nothing'could be done at this Miss Hallowill h; feet with occasional, snow. According to Keith time, either with the C.N.R. misfortune to rec~ Visibility was three miles at Iaihrecque who was co-pilot or with private parties. The nasty cut on her he this time. in the helicopter which expectations were that• this Wednesday ew Keith Labrecque said found the plane crash the main period of speech- January 12, when th~ Okanagan Helicopters was' Twin Otter was on its flight making would wind up this turned suddenly m alerted at 7:55 and had path. "We knew ap- week and next week the buggy .upset. and bc begun the air search by 8:55 proximately where to look House would get down' to and her mother were p.m. He said it took about 20 for it," he added. bus!ness. Some important out. They were re minutes to find the wreck According to pilot Dave matters • are promised by from the social garb( and,about another 15 Newman the wreckage was supporters of the govern- PrOgress Hall..The.. minutes to pinpoint its "spread along a straight ment.- ..... taken to the home of I location. He said there was line over about two acres of TERRACE NOTES ........ Mrs. Bishop, but we: blowing snow during this brush right on the edge of a Mrs. W.H. Burnett en- to proceed home tL time. • .' rocky, logged area. tertained 30 guests to a day little the worse fq According to one source at [¢ It looked like hod delightful afternoon tea on experience. the scene of the crash the dropped his wings fwst and Friday.last. During the 'plane was difficult to see the engines and finally the afternoon .vocal solos were Jack Sparks was even with the helicopters fuselage, whic5 was plowed given by Mrs. R. Haney and at the home of his floodlights.' into the snow at the nor- Miss :Hallowill and Miss the end of the week When search crews first thmost end of the wreck," Sibary delighted the com- Sunday for Shamer arrived at the scene and he said. pany with a number of piano charge of the realized there were no Newman estimated the selections. The hostess was station at.that poi: survivors the decision was plane would have been assisted by Mrs. H. Brooks, ST.' MATTHEWS made to post two policemen travelling at least 100 mileb Mrs, .E.T.. Kenney, Mrs. SOCIAL at the crash site overnight to an hour when it struck. The Sam Kirkaldy and Mrs. A most successf~ keepwild, animals away. tolP of the mountain near social was" held W.H. Wilson. .SEARCH AND where the aircraft struck is nesday evening, Ja RESCUE about 300 feet above the Lester Taft has been under the auspice Dong Joinson, an RCMP runway. temporarily incapacitated vestry of St. 1~ officer in charge of search Newman says the pilot as a result of an accident on church in Progrt and rescue, reported he was would have been "coming in Friday last while ~driving which was kindly J alerted to the plane crash at on instruments, wouldn' : down the Colthurst hill. The Mr. Bishop, 2:30 a.m. Saturday. He said see the mountain until about team slipped on the !co and The hail was RCMP, Air Search and a mile from it at the most, overturned the sleigh which decorated by Roy. Rescue from Comox, two but -- well, who knows what . skidded down the hill. The Robinson and r happened?" driver received several cuts resemble a ~aramedics and two doctors about the eyes and cheek as drawing room. A he hit the ground but the over 13o people a doctor soon had him patched from far and near t up.The team was uninjured, varied program; . ' The program Gus Muelser, a logger in follows: pial R.C.M.P. notice GoD. Little camp met with a Kathleen Burnel nasty accident on Wed- trio, Canadian B~ nesday last when he was Mrs.