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Inquest opens into
death of firefighter

A CORONER'S inquest into the electrocution
death of North Vancouver District firefighter
Daniel Vivian Williams began Thursday.

NEWS photo Terry Peters 3

PROVING. HIMSELF “handy with a paintbrush, Russell Dritry applies varnish to plant holders which will be on sale:

By BARR ER

The inquest is to establish
recommendations to prevent
a similar accident from hap-
pening again.

The 28-year veteran
firefighter was killed June 18
when he came into contact
with 230,000 volts of elec-
tricity from a live Hydro
power line 150 feet north of
Braemar Street in North
Vancouver,

Paul Degraaf, the
firefighter working with
Williams when the broken
power line arced, gave
dramatic testimony outlining
the proceedings before
Williams’ death. ~

‘“*[ had noticed the
transmission wires intact
upon approaching the

scene,’’ Degraaf explained,
“‘so | wasn’t concerned
about the lines above. Then
there was a fantastic noise
and I was physically elevated
and shaken. There were
flames and flashes around
my body, and in the bran-
ches — all around. As soon
as it stopped I yelled for
Danny. I crawled back to the
path and called for other
firefighters, but received no
response. I couldn't unders-
tand why Danny wasn't
responding. | couldn't hear
his radio.”’

Degraaf said he ‘‘crawled
all the way to the road. |
knew | was involved in an
electrical current. I was
afraid to elevate myself and
be a further conductor of

See Firefighter

PRELIMINARY hearing into a $1 million jewel
robbery from a Lynn Valley home began Thurs-
day in North Vancouver provincial court.

Twenty-seven-year-ald
Terry Singh and 37-year-old
Rajvinder Gill, both of Van-
couver, appeared at the
hearing faced with eight
criminal counts in connec-
tion with the robbery. The
two are charged jointly with
tobbery, unlawful confine-
ment, assault, assault caus-
ing bodily harm, and break
and enter. Gill and Singh are
also charged separately with
possession of stolen property
in excess of $200.

A court publication ban

has been placed on all
evidence being given at the
hearing.

The charges involving
Singh and Gill stem from an
incident that occurred Feb-
tuary 15 when a Lynn Valley
home was burgalized and its
occupants robbed of dia-
monds, gold, and assorted
jewelry worth close to $1