Page 4, The Heraid, Friday, September 14, 1979

Grounded ferry captain misjudged

VANCOUVER (CP} — The
captain of the ferry Queen of
Alberni made an error in
judgment, but was nol
negligent in the Aug. §
grounding of the vessel in a
narrow channel off Van-
couver Island, two separate
Inquiries concluded Thur-

'y.

The investigations, con-
ducted by the B.C. Ferry
Corp. and federal transport
department, found that the

esence of small fishing

tain Active Pass was not
a@ factor in the accident.

Captain Al Bahry, 51,
feared that by steering a
normal course through the
tricky waters of the pass he
might run afoul of another
ferry, the Queen of

Tsawwassen, which was
entering the channel from
the other end, the inquiry re-
ports said.

He sleered the Alberni
deeper than usual to avold
the other ferry, the tidal
current threw hint further
off course and. the vessel
slammed into Colfiston reef,

It was noted that Bahry
had piloted ferries through
Active Pass about 68,000
times, but was new to the
Alberni.

A separate report on the
issue of small boat safety in
the pass will be handed down
after Canadian Coast Guard
Officials hold meetings with
all interested groups.

. Charles Gallagher,
general manager of the

provinciallyowned ferry
corporation, said Bahry
would not be disciplined.
“It's not a question of dis-
cipline because he’s not
negligent,” Gallagher said,
Although Bahry had only
been master of the Alberni
for two days at the time of
the grounding, he had been
thoroughly briefed on the
vessel by other captains.
Ferry officials will go over
the incident in detail with the
captain tohsee if anything
further can be learned from
the mishap, Gallagher said.
A corporation spokesman
said Bahry currently is on
vacation, but would: soon
return to his dutles. He was
not available for comment
Thursday.

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The passenger, truck and
car ferry was sailing from
Tsawwassen on the B.C,
mainland to Swartz Bay on
Vancouver Island with 9
passengers, a crew of 22, and
74 vehicles on board when
she struck the reef at 7:10

am,
All on board took to boats

and were picked up by the
passing: Queen of
Tawwassen,

No one was injured, but
damage to the ferry was
eqtimated at more than $1
million. Damage to the.
vehicles on board, which
were tassed about on deck as

the grounded ferry listed,
was heavy.

The Alberni was pulled
free of the reef at late the
same day and was towed to
Tsawwassen where the
vehicles were removed. She
then went to Burrard Dry
Dock in North Vancouver for
repairs and will be out of

service until October.

* ‘Transport Minister Alex
Fraser, minister responsible
for the ferry corporation,
welcomed the federal
inquiry into small boat
safety in Active Pasa.

He said corporation of-
ficials would be discussing

course —

with coast guard officials
any corrective measures the :
ferries could take to ensure -
safe passage through the »
pass for ferries, pleasure |
aters and fishermen alike. 4
Fraser said the cor- -
poration has been worried .
for some time about .
congestion in Active Pass.

Hostages released and unharmed | |

SUDBURY, Ont. (CP)—A
five-hour nightmare for
three Lively, QOnt., bank
employees ended Thuraday
when a gunman who took
them hostage after a bungled
bank robbery attempt was
captured in Copper Cliff,
part of Sudbury.

Daryl Courchesne,
manager of the Royal Bank
in Lively, about 16
kilometres west of Sudbury,
and two women tellers were
released unharmed shortly
after 2 p.m. EDT when the
guninan was averpowered
afler being surrounded at a
police roadblock.

Sudbury Region Police
sald Leo Slivinaki, 23, of
Sudbury has been charged
with attempted robbery,

After releasing four
hostages, the gunman fied
from the bank with three
others in a pickup truck
owned by one of the tellers.

Police said he was armed
with a .357-calibre pistol.

Insp. George Rosset of
Sudbury Region Police said

Police said the gunman
held seven employees
hostage for three hours

Thuraday but released four ©

of the women when he left
the bank at about 12:30 p.m.
EDT.

The gunman had initially
selected three women ag
hostages but Courchesne

volunteered to replace one
who became hysterical when
told she would accompany
the gunman.

Police cruisers and
helicopters trailed the truck
for more than an hour before
overpowering the gunman.
Police blocked a bridge with

two cement trucks borrowed
from a. local company and
surrounded the pickup truck
when It continued to advance
toward them.

The incident began when
police answered an alarm at
the bank at about 9:20 a.m.

When confronted a ;
man leaving-the building, the *
man returned inside and
took the manager and six
tellers hostage. :

Peter Case, a Royal Bank -
spokesman in Toronto, said.

-he thinks the man followed

an employee into the bank as *
she was entering.

Alberta offering money
from their iund to Quebec

EDMONTON (CP) — Ina
surprising about-face,
Alberta has offered to lend
money from the Heritage
Savings Trust Fund to
Quebec — provided Quebec
stays in Confederation.

Alberta Premier Peter
Lougheed had, since the
Parti Quebecola came to
power, steadfastly main-
tained his policy of not
lending money to a govern-

$5-billlon energy nest egg,
built up with 30 per cent of its
resource revenue.
_ Last week, the Alberta
government told Premier
Rene Levesque that Quebec
will have to pay world-level
prices for Alberta oil if it
separates from Canada.
gheed told reporters,
after disclosing the change
of policy to the legislature's
trust fund committee,- that

line of two years ago ia not
nearly as firm today.”
Lougheed said his govern-
ment was advised by a
number of prominent
Canadians, whom he did not
identify, to reassess its
position on the issue, He sald
their uging, and his own
belief that he does not think
Levesque could win the
independence referendum,
Jed to the change of policy.

now about twice the level of
domestic oll prices of $13.75 4
barrel, if it leaves Con- :
federation.

Alberta has already made
toans totalling $270 million to
Newfoundland, New
Brunswick, Manitoba and
Nova Scotia. Provincial
Treasurer Lou Hyndman
says Alberta is also prepared
to Jend trust fund money to

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