NEWS photo Neil Lucenic A SIX-car CN train derailment Monday night resulted in a spill of about 14,000 gatlons of corrosive material, partly seen in the foreground, Authorities were concerned that three of the cars carrying chlorine could develop leaks and ordered an evacuation of the area, near the north end of the Second Narrows Bridge. WV DISTRICT MAYOR DEMANDS ANSWERS Train wreck spil dangerous cargo NORTH SHORE residents living near Canadian National Railway tracks just west of the Second Narrows Bridge were evacuated early Monday night after corrosive chemicals were spilled from a six-car train derailment. CN spokesman Al Menard said three of the derailed cars were car- tying chlorine, and authorities were concerned that the cars would leak as a result of the accident. Although there was no chlorine leakage, he said, one of the six cars spilled about !4,000 gallons of corrosive material onto the track near Main Street and Harbor Avenue. The car was carrying liquid caustic soda, and leaked after a valve underneath the cor ruptured. Menard said a CN crew spent Tuesday cleaning up the spill. A preliminary investigation, he said, indicated track failure as the cause of the derailment. RCMP Staff Sgt. Larry Yeske said the evacuation was ordered as a precautionary measure. “Initially they thought it was a much more serious tacident, but they (a CN emergency crew) munaged to get (the car’s valve) capped,”* he said. He said residents returned to their homes after an hour, and traffic was temporarily rerouted. District Mayor Marilyn Baker Weather: Sunny with cloudy periods Wednesday and Thursday. Highs near 22°C. By KIM PEMBER News Reporter said she plans to meet with CN of- ficials soon to to find cut what caused the accident. Baker noted there was a similar derailment in the same area last month. It also involved chlorine cars. There was no leakage. Lynnwood close to the water. This latest derailment isn’t on the same track, but it’s in close proximity,"’ Baker said. *'Fortunately our fire department was quick to respond and, seemingly, it has not done any damage,"’ she said. Added Baker, ‘right now 12,600 cars annually move through the Lower Mainland, and particularly North Vancouver. It's absolutely ridiculous that we have such a high percentage." The North Vancouver District Fire Department sent emergency crews to contain the spill shortly after receiving the call at 6:45 p.m, ‘|. 12,600 cars annually more through the Lower Mainland, and particularly North Vancouver. [t’s ab- solutely ridiculous that we have such a high percentare. North Cuncouver District Mavor Martiva Baker But she said a more serious inci- dent occurred last October when a chemical spill in the district sent three CN employees to hospital. Baker pointed out that) track failure was also cited as the cause of the derailment, “My concern is why we have these incidents of derailing. The last time there was work done on the track on the south side of Editorial Page Bob Hunter What's Going Qn... .30 Pools of caustic soda were con- tained with sand. Baker is a member of a Cana- dian) Transportation Commission commitiee dealing with the transportation of dangerous goods through the Lower Mainland. She believes long-term planning in the area is desperately needed, and said the committee's study should be completed in 15 months. 3 - Wednesday, July 9. 1986 - North Shore News Golfers killed in Squamish crash A 49-seareold North Vancouver man was one of four golfers who died last Sunday when their bus collided with a double-tanker diesel oil truck on Squamish Highway. Squamish police say Ronald Harey Dawson, of 2710 Standish Drive, was Killed sustanty in the acerdent that occurred ar 7:33 pam, There were 1) people in’ the bus that was returning to Van- couver ater a day at the Whistler Golf Club, Seven golfers were ine jured and taken to Lions Gate Hospital and three others were taken to hospital, suffering from shock. The driver of the Imperial Oil truck, which was carrying 40,000 litres of diesel fuel, was taken to Squamish Hospital. Also dead ate Thomas Robert Smith, 48, of Vancouver, fess Mellors, 70 of Vancouver and Robert. Joseph Augustus Min- chin, 38, of Burnaby. Potice report the truck's trailer had struck the side of the 20- Passenger bus just north of Lions Bay at an extreme curve, known us the ‘‘wraparound,"’ The truck flipped on its side, spilling fuel over the highway. It took three hours for crews from North Vancouver to clean up the spill. DORE T GOING Te took. TO va TR iat GRUB pe oF GARCEN AVENE ~ NEWS photo Neli Lucanto LOWER Capilano residents (front row) Pat Stevens, David Poon, (middle row) Dalia Gottlieb-Tanaka, Elain Cotter, Roshan Gavraj (back row) Murray Stevens, Sylvia Turton and Jim Fisher stand behind a victory olacard afler protesting traffic at Garden Avenue. COUNCIL TO HEAR COMPLAINTS Lower Cap residents win first traffic battle A GROUP of 30 Lower Capilano residents wielded protest signs in their neighborhood Sunday in an effort to keep commuter traffic off their streets. Resident Dalia Gottlieb- Tanaka said Monday that during rush hour about 4000 cars pass through Garden) Avenue, which is im- mediately east of Capilano Road and runs parallel to that thorough- fare. She said commuters use the street as a shortcut from Capilano Road to avoid line-ups to Lions By KIM PEMBERTON News Keporter Gate Bridge. Gottlieb-Tanaka said she is con- cerned that the problem will in- crease if North Vancouver District council accepts the recommenda- tion of a traffic study that suggests widening Garden Avenue. NO MORE TRAFFIC “This is it — we're marching on the street because we cannot take any more traffic,”* she said. “The North Shore is growing, but you don't resolve the problem of traffic by putting it on the backs of residents. The traffic in our community has to be taken out See Residents Page 9