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An excess! Sydrochloric
acid bemg*pumpéed to an
area .in-thé“middlie of. the
~ERCO’ ‘plant was lamed for
‘the spill,

-Plant manager William
Keir said that too. much
acid was pumped through a
pipeline to the: plant, where
it is used to control ph levels.

The acid overflowed onto
the ground and Keir said
gas, some of it chlorine, was
released in the process.

Kier said the gas was
released “over a short period
of time” because some acid
got into scrubbers which are

aie

supposed to-. _gonitrol
spills. 9 ~" *

This gas was carried by the
wind to where the fumber
employees were working and
one person said _ that

‘chlorine” gas could: be
smelt as far away as Cates
Park.

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Kier described the gas as
“an irritating gas.”

The lumber yard was
closed down but the ERCO

"Tel. 985-2131

He sa that ERCO tells
the supplier how much
hydrochloric acid they
require and this is pumped
across.

“We were monitoring it as
it was pumped over,” Kier
said.

CONTROLS FAILED

For some reason too much
was pumped across and the
controls which are supposed
to stop gas leaks apparently
did not work.

“We've spent a lot of time

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guy on the tad:

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Tope sti ended up hanging

managed to se ‘after being:

be hauled up by. stretcher.

Both “victim” and. rescuers were members ofthe North and

West Vancouver Eimergency Program on a training exercise. (Terry. Peters photo)

Neighbors win battle against geese

The geese have gone
and a_ guilty couple
have been fined $100
after a 1945 West
Vancouver bylaw

prohibiting the keeping
of geese was been
upheld in court on
Thursday.

The offending geese have
been exiled to Surrey and
Norman and Jane Neeld, of
1210 Taylor Way, were fined

'$50 each for breaking 3

bylaw that probiibits the
keeping of geese, ducks, fox,
skunks and other animals.
Before Judge R. Gran-
dison and a group of sym-

pathizers and reporters, the
Neelds appeared in West
Vancouver Provincial Court,
Thursday, to answer to two
counts of breaking
municipal bylaws.

Crown counsel Armand
Petronio outlined the events
beginning on October 25
which led to the charges.

Petronio said that Lucille
Karadontis, of 1160 Taylor
Way registered qa complaint
that geese belonging to the
Neelds were trespassing on
her, property “fouling the
ground and making
disturbing noises.”

After more complaints,

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SUNDAY: Sunny and
warm. :

MONDAY: Becoming
cloudy, some showers.