i LF..GEgLAT£VB LIbRArY, COMP. 77/78 pARLIAMENT ~.UILDIN~S, VICTORIA, ~.C., ~bl r TERRACE-KITIMAT VBV-IX~ RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGELTD. we buy COPPER BRASS ALL METALS & BATTERIES MON.- SAT. OPEN TIL 6 p,m, Location Seal Oovo Phone624-6639 Volume 72 No. 212 Thursday, November 2, 1978 n It' s water, water every , here i1~.~/~, w~ ~ "~. w~ .," : ~ . ~.~~ ~11[1~. ." ~, ~..: ..~" . .~ ~ ~,..w~*~-.~=' Highway 16 East was closed Wednesdey due to In some sections of the highway, streams Ti~e Copper River was a rushing mass of responding to a motor vehicle accident further a wash out about 20 miles east of Terrace. rushing along the ditches of. the road are . brown water littered with the debris of trees down the highway. Copper River showed signs of spilling over into erroding the shoulders of the highway. being washed into the Skeena River. Although highways crews were out working ~he highway closer to Terrace late Wednesday Rivers in the area are quickly rising as heavy along the highway there was no work activity at afternoon. rains create similar conditions to snow melting Highway conditions are too poor for driving. A the washout which cut the highway. The creek Waterfalls, spilling ~into ditches along the side suddenly in the mountains during the spring police car and a tow truck were stopped at the which is creating the washout is apparently too of highway, are a common sight along the road. months. washout on Highway 16 East while they were high for the bridge over it. PO IVER AND TELEPHONE LINES DO WN All major• roads are. washed. , out. ,. , . , • ,.,~.,~,--., ...... .. : ,~. ::. ", t~....... :[lly'~reg Mlddleto~ rain, about 190 "One end of thecarries the main gltimat citY works high waterwhileHigh- A B.C. Tel been cut off. Crews millimetres or six bridge collapsed," feeder line into Alcan An all-time record superintendent Bob way 16 was cut off spokesman said trees were, however, inches in two days, Maitland said in a and Kitimat. He said Hoel said there wasn't about 21 miles east of were down across working to repair that. high overnight winds ranged in the 70 telephone interview, the water was still 40- rainfall, combined muchdamage there. Terrace by a slide. telephone lines and the In addition to to 80 kilometre-an-hour "It backed up the feet from the pole and He said water was Highway 16 West washouts in the telephone links being with melting snow, range with gusts up to water which flooded a crew hadbeen able to which resulted in high and some was under water in Lakelse Lake Road cut, telex and the 90 and and took down the homes. If the get to the site by basements were places but the water area were adding to Herald's Canadian exceptionalrun-off, telephone and hydro b r i d g e h a d n' t bulldozer. The crew saw most roads in this flooded. Kitimat River was expected to recede the problem. He said Press wire was down. poles and hampered collapsed we wouldn't had been working all was high and a high as low tides take he expected more Planes didn't land in area cut Wednesday by attempts to deal with have had the problems day on erosion either rising water or tide in the Douglas pressure of the rivers. poles down in that area Terrace Wednesday the flo0ding. we have." protection. Channel was expected Highway 37 North was but the company would m o r n i n g a n d washouts. The native village of Maitland said the Maitland expressed to back water up even closed by washouts. keep some kind of passengers, including George Blakey of the Kitimat was com- considerable concern more. Wednesday The washouts were service even if it was a Highways Minister Atmospheric En- pletely isolated power was out and the over the possibility afternoon the water north ofKitwanga. The mobile unit. Alex Fraser, were vironment Service at Wednesday morning floodwaters were threatening the Alcan that rising water would was into Radley Fark • Nass River Road was The phone service bussed to Terrace .~e Terrace-Kitimat when the bridge across result in the now and Hirsch Creek also closed due to Wednesday was out in before the roads Airport said that while the Wahtle Creek power line on the other isolated village losing Park. washouts as was the some parts of Kitimat closed. Landings for the worst of the rain is washed out. Chief side of the creek from its water supply. Kalum Lake Road. as well as in most of the rest of the day and over, water levels will Heber Maitland said the Village. An Alcan The provincial'high- Closer to Terrace, Terrace at press time. Thursday will depend continue to rise as most of the 20 homes in spokesman, however, While Terrace city ways department said Old Lakelse Road, Kitwanga still had on the weather and it water comes off the the village had about said there was no works crews were out Wednesday that High- near Ollies Restaurant local service Wed- will be marginal a mountains. four feet of water in the immediate danger of in full force to battle way 25 was cut around was closed by nesday but the long- weather office official In addition to the basement. losing the pole, which flooding in the city, Williams Creek by washouts. distance service had said. A T OPEN MEETING . Residents Fraser hears complaints rescued from locals a out water Terrace RCMP and to Remo is closed because of members of the provincial washouts. Latta said Many homes in Greater poor service from the emergency program began residents were remaining at Terrace are quickly being municipality and this year evacuating people from their homes hoping that they Three injured, surrounded by small lakes his taxes went up 25 percent. Lakeke Lake Wednesday at would not have to leave and many residents are He has asked the 9 a.m: them. discovering the added municipality to put drainage Staff Sergeant Dick l.atta problem of flooded along the street but he was Kitimat RCMP asked trapped by water basements. refused, he said, said the police had two boats residents in the Vista Village on the lake and rescue Trailer Court to be prepared Thiee injured people were trapped 6~.ratluns were to be con- Cyril'Shalford, MLA for for evacuation Wednesday Wednesday night between two washed out Kolbjorn Eide, of 4214 Skeena, said his office is ued during the early hours night, The court is situated in North Sparks St,, says there this morning. sections of Highway ]6 East about 37 miles handling complaints from the lower city centre area. from Terrace. is a small lake that is 60-feet people living in Tuornhill Latta said ~lice were Corp, Herb Schmidt said concerned about' i three wide, 250-feet long and about and other unorganized ~ildren at Resswood who the main worry was the high Terrace RCMP said one.person is suf. four.feet deep encroaching areas. tide at about 2:15 a.m. this onto the south side of his may need to be evacuated. morning. The tide was ex- fering from head injuries, one person is One eldld was sick an~ roads property. There is another A department of highways pected to be in excess of 20 suffering from neck injuries and one person small lake that is 30-feet spokesraan compared the are closed, to the north and to feet. / • ,~.~% .:~...,~,,~:..~./: , ~.% ,~i ,~,.,, .- • , ,,~,,~:: ....... ~;:.,: ~., ., was knocked unconscious as the result of an the south beoause of heavy wide and 150-feet long on the 0roblem to a roof leaking. tail=. Polieei~locked off the automibile accident. Details are vague north part of his property, 'You cannot fix it while it's The people of Remo were Kuldo Extension Road as a because of communications problems, said Water is flowing through his raining; you have to wait front yard from north to ,mtil the rain is over," be standing by to be evacuated safeguaid against falling one police officer. Wednesday night. The road trees. south. said. Legate Creek, Chindemash Creek and lie said the water comes Alex Fraser, minister of Little Oliver Creek have washed out sec from other properties to the highways, heard two com. Relief promised tions of Highway 16 which made it ira. north of his and the problem plaints from residents living possible for rescue crews to reach the scene could be substantially n Thornhill and Coppsrside Estates during a Social Cyril Shelford, Skeena MLA, said Wednesday ° --- of the accident, a few miles west of Little reduced if the municipality would put a gutter along the 3redit luncheon in Terrace he will ask Victoria to send disaster relief to. .. Oliver Creek. road, Wednesday. Kitlmat Village. The road/io the village is Homeowners find new lakes Police said that although the people may Eide said he put a culvert A man living at Copperside washed out, power lines are down and basements have been in serious condition they agreed under Iris driveway to funnel Estates said his area floods Heavy rains created this lake in the front yard of are flooding.. to remain where they were until dawn this water from the north side to three to four times a year Kolbjorn Eide at 4214 North Sparks St; in Kitlmat Band Chief He~.er Maitland phoned morning when a rescue helicopter could get the south side of his and the department of high- Terrace on Wednesday. The rains have caused property. He experiences ways does not seem to act on local MLA Cyril Shelford/Wednesday to nolify to them.