TRAGEDY AS TREE TOPPLES ONTO CAR A MOTHER died and her two daughters were injured when a tree toppled onto their car in the gales which ravaged the North Shore Saturday. A hemlock measuring tvo feet across the butt crashed on top of a car being driven by 28-year-old Mrs. Gloria Rasmussen at the in- tersection of 22nd Street and Larson Road. Her husband, -Bjarne Rasmussen, was following behind in another vehicle when the tragedy occurred. A team of nine North Vancouver City firefighters used Jaws of Life prying equipment, air chisels and chainsaws to remove the victims from the wreckage of the car. Mrs. Rasmussen, who lived at 2412 Chesterfield Avenue was pronounced dead on arrival at Lions Gate Hospital. Her three-year-old daughter Nina was hospitalized there and later reported to be in satisfactory condition. A second daughter, one-year-old Mindy Lynn, was taken to Vancouver Genera! Hospital with head injuries and her condition was tiater described as poor. The gales brought down many trees, particularly in western areas of the North Shore, blocking roads and cutting out hydro power to many areas. : Damage estimated at being in excess of $1 million was caused at Neptune Terminals when a_ giant loading system collapsed onto the dock. The conveyor section of the coal loading system toppled over shortly after | p.m., when workers were By CHRISLLOYD and AVISHOPKINS still at lunch. Had it been Operating at the time, one man would have been on the equipment. It is one of two identical loaders used together so coal can be loaded at both ends of ships at the same time. At the time of the collapse the Weddell Career mooored there had taken on more than half a total load of about 40,000 tons. The loading was being completed early this week with the remaining loader system, while engineers assessed damage to the shattered system. Neptune says it could take anywhere from three to six. months to repair the coal loading system and that the company will be operating at a reduced capacity throughgut that time while just one loader is in use. The violent wind-storm, with gusts of up to 90 kilometres an hour, uprooted trees and huried them onto power lines Saturday, causing the worst blackouts in the lower mainland in two decades. The damage caused when trees brought down power lines on the North Shore has not yet been estim - ated. The storm kept North Shore Hydro crews busy all weekend: repairing lines while the office received 200 calls from people who were suddenly left without power. Worst hit was Bowen Island which was “devastated”, according to Bill McCaveney, District line supervisor for B.C. Hydro North Shore. The main power supply on the island was shut down at noon and the backlog of individual calls was not The North Shore Winter Club will be making ma- jor changes to tts initiation tee structure effective January 1. 1982 “There is only a limited number of memberships available prior to the new schedule The Winter Club offers the most complete family sport and social program tn Western Canada. tn cluding hockey. tennis. racquetball skating. curl. ing. swimming. ringette keep fit and weekend social events. We invite you to contact Marie Ward, our membership coor- dinator, to arrange a tour of our facilities or to provide further infor- mation Take advantage of this last Opportunity to join tomorrows club today at yesterday $s pices 1325 E. Keith Road at Mountain Hwy 985-4135 dnesday, November 18, 1981 - North Shore News A3-We cleared up until 9:30 p.m. Other areas, particularl in the western portion of the.- North Shore, lost power for periods ranging from two to eight hours on Saturday. Fisherman's Cove in West Vancouver was without power for about six hours . and the south-eastern section of British Properties was without power for eight hours. Horseshoe Bay, Norgate.. :: and the Highland area all lost power for a couple of hours, while Indian Arm lost power for about five hours. Power had still not been restored to about 200 homes in “small pockets” at Langley, Surrey, Abbotsford and along the Sechelt Scholarship winner PAGE A21 TWISTED WRECKAGE of a coal loading conveyor at Neptune Terminals may take months to straighten out. Damage to the equipment caused by the gale is estimated at more than $1 million. (Eric Eggertson photo) Peninsula by early Monday. PERRAULT, SMYTH & COMPANY Certified General Accountants Duck power Bookkeeping & Accounting Auditing income Tax Consulting Management Consulting 102 - 1975 Lonsdale Avenue North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2K3 987-8101 Nationally: EVANCIC, PYPER, PERRAULT, BARCLAY & DILLON Showdown looms | PAGE B4 End of an era PAGE C1 Automotive Ciaasified Community Round Up NORTH SHORE 986 5201 Int. Plaza Hotel Entertainment B10 i . Food C13 OPEN 7 DAYS Hayden Stewaen Cb AWEEK Mallbos a? fon tu Pay Waa to TO gon Set We Sun Wham ty Sports 6 Travel TV Time hoy What 'e Going On fitness centre