EAT ROPE TU SEN SE I SPE SUPT ITT ETT TR “Stn la and. ‘ote homes ‘in. ‘thé ‘Horse Shoe area below the". * ° hauies, * areas. The Skeena River rose * George Blakey speaking from the’ ‘weather. station~ al -: Terrace airport told the Herald - Tuesday «morning . thal. the... ’ than “the - unusually _ DEALER Lic, p8273 Water- water everyw High water levels, power culages and rain, rain, rain. That's been the situation in the Terrace area over the past weekand it appears things could better. Heavy ‘rainfall’ at high water levels in many dramatically and flooding was reported, thrayghout ‘the. Nass the, week; levels aropped bench..." black-out- ‘Torning:.’ Major: ttansmission difficulties between Terrace and. Rupert led to the problem |. hi h: left. both-Terrace and south end of Lava Lake, ap- parently -took out a. tran- smission tower and has left the: entire Nass area without power, Terrace aréa weatherman weather will remain wet in the near future, “The. long range forecast does. call for some clearing towards the end of the week, but Blakey is- not hat sure. ~ ‘We're not losking: for any sunshine for a While at any rate, " he said, . The problem ‘Is apparently , wave .after wave of. storm clouds thal :are: invading - the. Pacific Northwest.. But, other ‘heavy rainfel for the leng lengths of lime Blakey says the weather pattern is near normal for this- lime: of year. : ‘That rain has raised the water level. in tha’ Skeena and other Greeks ©- Ap. rivers and; preciatively, and'if it keeps up - well that! 8 anyones guess, ' Por some residents of, the: ; horse-shoe: area, it can’t. get much worse; Anarea of Sparks .. Street, around Soucie and Tuck Aventies, is’ underwater and basements ‘in houses. along - those three streets ‘have taken © in-considerable water. . Low lying fields in that area and on, the north side of Kalum Street -- have alse flooded... There is also. a gveat.deal of water flowing across Kalum Street below the Terrace Arena. ‘As well. bath entrances to. the Senior Citizens com plex “on. Tack are being lowly washed away. * Orie thing Terrace residents don't have to worry aboul Is snow, ‘According to Blakey. tha flow pattern of the [ronts is blessing this area with mild air: from, the south-west and there ls little chance. of change. * Conventional . Engines by MAZDA ‘New & Used Vehicles SKEENA AUTO Metal Shop Ltd. 635-6572 get worse before they gel - - the ‘beginning of last week led. to > area and as far north as Allee’. - Armvand Stewart. Then later ini ; the. whole: picture” “impraved, the rain fell off and’ wat aa “Terrace was also hit by ahalf - -yeaterday ‘A inlidlidb, reported atthe the. ‘Volume 68 No; 42 .PRICE 15 CENTS TROVIIDI Hee fs ! at SOAR QP BLOS. toit awe WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974- These are but’ two of the many houses in New:Remo induated by. flood waters yesterday, The water level ean be established by the car ‘parked i in. the front vane Log. jams. contribute to New Remo flood The gentle himour thal sees people «through the hardest’ limes was evident at New Remo, west of here, yesterday - as Scores of people were driven from (heir homes by high waier levels from the Zimacord:River, .But that humour only cayered an underlying hitterness lelt by “many of the residents who were flooded out for the second time in the past three years, : The flood, according to the residents, was at least partially due tolog jams an the Zimacord: River, log jams the residents of New Rema have been trying to, pet rid of since -1972,.~ Apparently’ after ihe 1972 flood which caused much waler damage to the smail settlement, the residents banded together to forward a. pelition for’. the ‘removal of the log jams to the” us Regional District,» . ‘According ta several. people , . at the site, no action was evar “taken and:. the received no explanation, _ Regional. district: mitistrator John “Pousetle achnowledged the petition and said it had been passed on to-the Water Righis "Branch and. the. Federal Fisheries, the the . i. branches --whleh:. have © jurisdiction. | . “They, in their wisdom,” Mr. Pougette said. yesterday . “deaided to do nothing’. -A trepresentative of : the provincial government's Provinelal Emergency branch was (o have visited Remo late _ residents . ad: yesterday’ afleraoon, If he came, he came in secrecy: and did. not, make. his presence: known to those at the site, The waler has cunsed con- siderable damage, - Walter damage ta furnishings and ‘the Roads. out ~By yeslarday afternoon heavy raltifall had’ isolated Terrace, cutting road links: north, south, , east and west, The Nass: Road was closed earlier in the week ‘by raad wash-ouls in a number of locations, Kalum Lake Road suffered a ‘wash-out at Mile 14 and the Department..of Highways, was working toward getling. a-, | Residents warned The Skeena Health Unit in Prince Rupert has warned all area ‘residents, not’ on the Municipalities water supply to boll ail water before using it, The -warning came today “from Dr. Bolduc of the Health Unitin light of high water levels. and flooding currently being experienced throughout the . _ Yaa. Remember, i you are not on the cities water supply boil all water before It Is used for any purpose, TERRACE, TRUCKS - B.C. [ Riverside 633.8475 ' here A flotilla of ‘small boats, manned by RCMP officers and the citizens of New Remo took to the flood waters to evacuate several the same problems as the " of the families’ threatened by the waters. such i is all put permanent, - A number of residents have lost much, One man visited his home by boat to, find the basement of the structure, worth’ $18,500, had collapsed under the pressure of he water. everywhere. temporary. bridge installed. Highway by high. water, when Williams Creek, eight miles south of here, flooded ils banks and spilled onto the road, covering the black-lop with up.to 2 feet’ of waler. . Old Lakelse Lake Road was closed again’ because of Williams Creek, . This time the water. had ereded the ap- _ pProachway to the wooden bridge spanning the creek. _ A the final road link Highway “16 wesland west was also cul, Between here and Rupert a number of major culverts - between mile & and-13 were plugged: with debris and the waler spilled out over the High- way, 32 miles west of Hazelton _ the Highway was also washed oul : Water levels: end logging Flodding conditions in Nor- Uhwest forests have led to the closure of all logging operations in the area. 25 was ‘also closed ° The residents of Remo have -beeh evacuated and maved to higher and drier ground, They are not happy ‘te leave their homes, They are not happy to see years of hard work and many ‘possessions permently damaged, And they are not at all certain that the provincial -zovernment's emergency fund wil put up any money, After the 1972 flood there was al least one resident who was not re- imbursed for Mood damage. In Terrace, this Municipal employee found himself ‘leg deep in dirty watér. He’s working to clear a storm drain op Kalum Street below the ‘Terrace Arena, ee ee ee meeting appointment of Superintendant. Paul Bogelund Fears that Terrace would be without a Returning Officer for the Novemberi¢ elections went out the window during the course of last night’s council Returning Officer for Terrace. Mr. Bogelund is a long time citizen of Terrace. He is presently a licenced appraiser. He is a former President of Branch 13 of the Royal Canadian Legion and a former Village Mr. Paul Bogelund as kS Nass Road. Stewart And you think we have problems in Terrace? The people of Stewart are feeling the pinch even more than we in Terrace. That community has become all but totally isolated with wash-outs and high water levels along the Last week they recorded nine inches of rain and it's still raining heavily. Stewart is that it lays al sea level (the elevation of the . lown's air strip If five feel). They are situated on the lidal ‘Canal ‘dnd “the: Hear™ River ’ spreads’ cut across moat of the ‘and creeks, - Hazelton According to Neil: Sterrit -of * the ‘Ksan Historie Indian Village In. Hazelton, they're keeping (heir eyes on the river, The river has risen quite a bit over the last few days and Is now higher than levals reached during heavy run-off this spring. Kitimat Kitimat is experiencing much Terrace area, wilh flocding of basements reported In at least one sector of lown and the Kitimaal River on the rise. The area that has ex- perienced the flooding is ther Kuldo Boulevard area in the Kilkala section of Kitimat where storm sewers have ap- parently been unable to cope with the heavy rainfall. Municipal manager Art Curry lold the Herald that there wasn’! much that could be done The biggest problem with: plain at the head of the Portland: . ° ¥ galled ‘the’situation The Worst In” past 40.years.. Alleyes in. plain... ~ Run, off from the mountains | through Bear watchfull isolated River, can only, get. through. Stewart.to the sea in two ways. The first is ..through. two culverts, The second is to over- ‘run the town-sile, Many residents haye already had to replace such furnace parts ds blower motors due to high water levels in basements. The: garden of .our Stewart ~ correspandant, Mes, Jon Spires, isunder water and a board walk . leading ‘across her. yard . is afloat. Jon Spires-is the editor _of. the Stewart Sentinel. - According to Mrs, Spires - “stewart mayor “lah “McLeod the ‘Stewartare on the rain, And.the [BEY itstill has locome up four feet or 50 before the 'Ksan grounds would be covered." According to Sterril the rest of Hazelton is dry ‘allhough there is. waler reported from some basements in hauges along the river, hit too but thal the municipality was keeping it's eye on the municipal dyke system and the _ possible effects from a high tide expected yesterday afternoon, It hag .been reported ‘that. several roads in the Kitimat area are under some water including the road leading to the ‘- Alcan smelter site, . The road from Kllimat to the, : Kitimaal Village. has been rendered impassable with one- - bridge under waler and other . apparently in danger of being swept away. Gas interuption, .” Flow of gas in Pacific Nor- thwest Gas pipeline between Terrace and Smithers was interrupted yesterday marning, | yet another effect of the lorrential rainfall that has hit the Terrace area, An offleial of the company in Terrace sald early yesterday afternoon the fault had iv lerrupted gas service . ‘to’ Terrace, Kitimat and Smithers. Atthat tlme a hellcopter was up trying to search out the fault. _ The company offlctal was sure the fault was somewhere =~ hear Terrace based on pressure - ‘readings laken at both Smithers: and Terrace, Pacifie Northern Gus. also . - experienced. probiems throughout this week ‘and last with wash-ouls which exposed their pipeline, A crew of men: - Was kept busy aver the weekend todeal with the wash-outs and It looks like they may be at il “again this weekend if the rain : keeps falling. 1974 Election Dates. Civic. - ‘School Board Nemin atior “October 28 ‘Election’ Date November 16. Bi eT ated IML Tey Mala rota pai “residents don't like what they so!