ONE OF the seven boaters aboard : a cabin cruiser’that ex-

-ploded Sunday: off. Fisherman's ‘Cove in West Vancouver. .
ce © heavily.) he said; but because the®

Says. the blast threw him into the air.

Glen. Jackson, sof
Vancouver, said: alter ‘the explo: |
sion he ran to help his girlfriend,
whose hair was on fire:
ce ey just: went over, ‘there
“s- dumped her into .the ‘water

and
She

' kept saying that her leg hurt, he

‘said.
Jackson's. girlfriend “Ban
Cowan). 35, “of Vancouver,

‘leg iand arms. She was treated and
» released from Lions Gate Hospital :
after the 3:10 p.m. accident..

! Jackson, who ‘suffered : ‘second |
1 degree: burns on his left arm, said
“he wasn’Useriously injured because
‘friend Hans Von Loess! had” just:
stepped between himself’ and {the :
engine at the time of the explosion.

“Mon Loesst,. 35, of. Surrey,/suf-

' fered third degree burns to. his face !

“-and‘armis,’ He-is listed “in:/good |”
condition... at» Vancouver’ General
Hospital’ s burn unit. 2 | :

FULL IMPACT

‘Hans took. the full ‘impact of
_athe blast;’* said Jackson.)

‘He had gone :io put. the cover:

“back on, the, engine: We

* had : just
‘y revved up when it blew

i

«Jackson said the gas tank of the by
Jconcern:,
because

-20- foot boat was full of, bout 200

and:

Lo esl, who”

‘burns. to hi hans ‘and face, : nd

North -

a suf:
aps feted: second degree -burns’ on her:

Gernian :

“Svendine Mathiesen, also with, se-
cond degree burns.cAll are in their
thirties. ,

‘Jackson “said: they ‘planned 10;

fish’ in’ the Capilano! River before: :

“visiting Expo later that day. .
“Jackson said everyone wi 1s ‘able
to swim to shore, except Hans Von

. Loesst who was pulled to safety, by

“crew from a passi
-* guess he:

‘Jackson:

Gea

“He was trying 10 go back to the
‘boat. ‘TL kept hollering at. hin 10. gel:
_ away, get away." :

Bruce | Falkins, owner “ol

: Esso station,

you get off. ae were, fortun

‘he said,

"Falkins: “who?
‘boaters. out of the: water; said the:
was evacuated “because the
bout was: drifting towards ‘the
‘barge: Bas

‘SLOW DRIFT.

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of: the &
the boat:
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Hé said two firefighters boarded.”

al dinghy. at the

abin | cruiser. Seven ee we
one man to Vancouver Geneéat Hospital suffering from third

“Association ‘of
four Brey squirrels’ were

he ‘mother had been killed by:

threes da s earlier. « And,

ny
Q nnel Speck. was unable to, help
extinguish the blaze

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August 2( North Shore . WW:

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° Since January Douga We'll; take any:
‘squirrels, : including “these: nine, ‘can "tL _we know” people!’who, can,’
ave) been; brought .to,
“Rescue Association in Burnaby
| “She: said« Af wild vanimals:

abandoned. baby: :
Suis people should put/a_ bell