«tian, received a. 12 ,000-volt shock in a con-

struction accident ‘which |

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after pumper
arm strikes
power cable

_ member, Paul

-who——had—been

‘North | Vancouver truck volts’ to ‘the ‘fhetal lever he
“driver . “Doug. .Giyen..was__was.holding to control the
unlonding | concrete. which ‘ flow of concrete.

as being pumbes © onto the ~The driver was standing i in.
wet: -oncrete at the time and’
tothe ground.”
“ ‘George's “Workmates rushed forward
/sAvenue ‘when the: ‘pumper: and lifted him to a ‘nearby
oe atm - struck - ‘an ~ overhead grassy area, where he was
. bydro cable, sending 12,000 attended by a North and

a Two men are in custody in West Vancouver
awhile police investigate their activities in con-
‘nection with three recent bank robberies on the
w North Shore. And it is thought they may well be
“wanted for bank robberies In Montreal, Calgary
and other parts of the country.

og Pt wo Fiat
unt me tren were,
Friday after bei
acting suspiciously in the
area of the Canada Per-
manent Trust building at
Park Royal.

The shopping centre had
been under suiveillance by
detectives arc uniformed
officers because of two
previous look-alike rob-
berries of financial] in-

TODAY: Sunny} stitutions there — one of

; which had been at the
pera y mee font. Permanent Trust building.

Ore of the men, the police
allege, was found to be in

h,

Fhe.-current was con-
ducted. through the entire —
pumper truck, the front end
of which burst into flames
‘and was burned out, while
. the entire truck glowed red.
But the: pumper- ‘operator "~

ho ‘was. standing on top of ©
the truck at the .time also
escaped injury. .

CONTINUED ON PAGE A4

holdup
2cts held in we

grabbed in Park Royal stake-out

possession “of two loaded
pistols — a 357 Magnum and
a .32 Baretta.

As well as being under
investigation for the West
Van robberies at the Canada
Permanent and the Canadian...

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the two men are suspected as.
being responsible for the
robbery at the Royal Bank at
Capilano Mall in North Van
June 30.

Police think it likely that
all three holdups were
committed by the same bank
robber, an agile man whose
style is to walk into the mall
banks, produce a handgun,
vault across the counter,
rifle through three cash
drawers, grab the money and
yun. .

CONTINUED ON PAGE A4

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BURNED OUT after being in contact with the overhead hydro lines, the pumper
truck was glowing red. North Van City firemen were quickly on the scene of the
accident, just two blocks from thelr fireball, and extinguished the blaze which made

the truck

perable. (Terry Peters photo)