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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

October 22, 1980 Tel. 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

Cost may
be $3m.

By CHRIS LLOYD

A $3 million repair
bill from flooding of the
Queen of Coquitlam
after the ferry toppled
over in Burrard
Drydock Sunday was
the price of protecting
workers’ safety. And

the shipyard says it was
worth the cost.

The only alternative to
dropping the ferry into the
water while the engine room
hull halves were still open,
flooding the giant turbines in
20 feet of salt water, was to
send in men to seal the hull
first

As it was, workers were
scurrying down ropes as
soon as the BC ferry keeled
over inexplicably and
keeping men on the badly
hsting ship was the last thing
the shipyard wanted to do —

in spite of the damage that
LEANING PRECARIOUSLY, the Queen of Coquitlam listed overtoa35 reason of the accident will not be known until after a thorough Ib-
degree angle when It slipped while in drydock at Burrard Shipyard. The — vestigation. (Ellsworth Dickson photo) CONTINUED ON PAGE A2

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By AMANDA KING, Sentinel Sccondary School first otfenders
on Thursday November 20 Dhiersch said the Sentinel
West Vancouver acting sehool board parents request had tn part
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a first cautious step announced Monday night eOth mecting but she
towards tackling the Two weeks apo a group of emphasized that there iwooae
overall problem of Sentinel parents asked the CFUSES
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tougher action against Instead of the presently ine ng atal THURSDAY,
offender. Customary five clay sus Ttiersch captained that Morning log. afternoon
Behasior an West Nan pension the parents: wanted the meeting would be one of sanshine with gradually
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