ee. above water,” Brid:

of the slid Pe

Police roadblocks. were: set ~
up -on: Riverside: Drive’ and
- ten families were evacuated

for Monday night.
On Tuesday, a - police
spokesman said --all

evacuated families were.

allowed to return + to their

homes.

. But it -was fedred by some
officials that if rain started to

fall again heavily on Tuesday.

afternoon, other houses

could be sent sliding down.

the slope.

Another smaller slide ‘on

the lower levels road in
North Van, Monday. closed

the road for a couple of.

hours, but was cleared
“quickly by municipal em-
‘ployees.

From 10 ‘a.m. Sunday to ..
10 p.m. Monday when the.
three and a &
_ half inches fell on the North -

rain . stopped,
Shore.

In West Vancouver,.
Director of. Development,
Bob Collier, said that only a
brief letup in the rain around
noon Monday saved that

municipality from having |
serious problems’ with
overflowing creeks.

“We had the worst

problems we have had in five
years,” Collier said, but
added that the respite at
noon and the failure of real
problems to materialize with
the high tide at 3 p.m.,
meant employees could keep
matters under control.

_ Collier congratulated the
highways department
doing an excellent job of

keeping the roads flood-free |

me said, {Monday afternoon. .

: stream a bys creeks and

-and: ‘Fuesday pumping. ou

the © ,

for’

Kazama Free & Easy Skis Salomon Safety Straps
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North Shore fire.‘ é
ments. spent all day: Mond

ft looded basements.
a .
“Monday | morning, ~ the’
North Vancouver ‘District -
firehall at Lynnmour was > a oa mes . : a
swimming in about four feet Sn , . ; 4
of. water.-and many - ‘ .
residential basements were ”
reported to have two to
three feetofwater. -

The West Vancouver Fire
Department. reported an- »
swering close to 100. calls for.”
assistance and the North =.
Van District Fire Depart- .
ment responded to between -
40 and 50,

ORDEAL BY RAINFALL. Top. picture shows havoc
wrought by the mudslide on Riverside Drive in North.
Vancouver while picture below shows the smaller slide
that. closed the lower fevels road on Monday: Other
picture shows workman clearing: debris washed down
by a swollen creek.

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