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CHARLOTTETOWN. cannon, Mommy. laminar 9. 1956 Prince" County Disaster Area
Storm Damage Reported Worst Wiihin Memory
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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew
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Widespread disruption of com- munication and power services. on I scale unprecedented in recent times, has resulted in Prince Ed- ward island as a result of the sleet storm which began at 11 gun. on Thursday and continued Friday and throughout Saturday. Late ro-
.ports coming in after last mid-
night left no doubt as to the gra- vlty of the situation in respect to
A, the public utilities, telephone. clac-
THIS IS THE FIRST NUMBER OF THE
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Spacious New Building
The Guardian renchiugt 1sub- soribers today is the firs ssue to comeofrom the new Guardian Building on Prince Street, where
-4 ' 'Il”fR” urc. Willie installation work is still win! on, the wssk-long moving op-
..ss-ation. has been completed and more than seventy employees an- gaged in the daily production of The Guardian have over their assigned duties -Q-.,4l.IAe new quarters. They will noyg-ll!-., lng under the most males dltions enjoyed in any new aw
-plant in Canada 3 't
The site fu: the new building was cleared in November, 1954. and construction work was begun early in 1065 by M. F. schurmar Com- pany Ltd. The building has total floor area of approximately 17,000 square feet and is of two storey. construction, built in such a man- ner that a third storey may be added. The building has a frontage of approximately 100 feet and ex- tends 04 fast in depth. The total frontage area is 120 feet.
The modern design of the build- hg will greatly faciliate newspaper bpcratlons and provide ample Dloo for all activities. The front
of In ground floor is taken with the business and advert- ising departments. while the news
and floor. The balance of the space hcludss g gs ares. private of- fices. re-1! s. we
Isl Issrlss with accepted pract- ice in the construction of modern business buildings, natural and art- Mclal light is stressed throughout, with both the Prince Strict front- ass and the roar of the structure. practically faced with glass.
Banks of indirect fluorescent lights run the -full length of the main space on both floors and are
brooch and opens on a spacious lobby with an immediate entrance as the left to the
wide inviting ap-
floor lends itself particularly to an atmosphere of quiet concentration
virtiilili tnQnllIr's and 5 coasomng room also 'sdd to the effective Ollrlllol of this depart-
'l'iIs right side of the business area is limited by the accountanfs office. a large vault and the use- cssary storerooms used by the do- plartrnents concentrated on this
our
, The press room and the mailing room extend the full length of tho building immediately to the rear of the business office. Entrance is from both north and south ends to facilitate operations without re- sorting to the main entrance. Con- tact with the buslness office is made direct. Provision is also made in this area for the carrier boys who make the daily Guardian de- llverles to residents of the city. A well hosted room with adequate seating will permit the boys to pro- psra for their morning papor route in comfort.
Nearly two carloads of news- print may be stored in this area which is provided especially in view of the difficulties in obtaining this olsontlal in winter. One and one-half tons of newsprint go into the production of The Guardian every day.
The Job Printing Department stores are also contained in this area.
NEWS ROOM The-second floor has been de-
nscassaryilnr such work. 'rlre.sd- the
lgned to deal effectively with news handling. At right entrance,
ii p; "id, xaarmlt easy access -in strum c spacious news”ro?aEi”tildiT-lanai desks for mortars. night advertising clerks. news editor. women's editor and the sports department are centered in this area.
Flanking it are the direct wire tcieprinters bringing world news as compiled by the Canadian Press and the direct private telcprinters ranching out to the Guardian branch offices at Summersrldc. Al- berton and Montague. A new feat- ure ln connection with the "mor- gue" or files of The Guardian is a library where records of persons and events chronicled will be easily available for reference at any time.
The dark sum ant" tll0i0.Slui'll0 is another lnnovstior Here pict- ures are prepared for printing and full cilitles are provided for art work peculiar to effective news- paper production. A consulting room where correspondents may discuss matters with reporters is also located in this area.
On the west side of the main area is the proof-reading room where the necessary isolation and quiet atmosphere for the correct- ors of the press is found. Another room is assigned to the teletype operators who punch the tape for feeding into the typesetting mac- hlnes.
Probably no improvement in tlie
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STREET outintitc ICE STORM -'-.-::.":.".l."?.:.."'--1.'&:..r:::'.. hlw '""
trio power and teiegraphs, especi- ally from Hunter River to Tlgnish with Summerslde and vicinity blelzring the brunt of the catastro-
p .
Gordon H. Nliiligan. general manage at the Maritime Electric Company said last night that an emergency exists which finds its crucial area biween Eu er and Tignish.
, WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
Atlantic Coast
HALIFAX (CF)-Seas described by mariners as the highest in a
decade battered the Atlantic coast also
Sunday for the third straight doy.
Sightseer. who braved flooded roads and rain were rewarded with what a Loulsbourg resid "one-'-ofvntiie-"Iuos8".i' ' lar sights I've seen in many a year."
- Surf 20 feet high rolled onto Kalb ma
fax county beaches Saturday Sunday.
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"More that 2000 power line poles are lying flat throughout that area
thorough survey is made, what the enter of the damage is on the rural lines fanning out from the mains. Several days will lapse before this information will available. A complete rebuild job is indicated from Hunter River to Tignish," Mr. Milligan said.
More than half the power poles in Summsrslde were snapped off under the weight of the heavily iced wires with the result that all light and power services were completely shut off.
Mr. Illlllgan reported that an auxiliary dalscl engine had been rushed to Albcrfon yesterday af- ternoon with s view to providing power in-that vicinity in tho event of the wires being restored. He reported having been access- ful in reaching Fredricton. N. B. with the assistance of amateur radio opdtjators and arranging for
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Seven NB Children Lost a in Two Weekend Fires
STE. ANNE vD!l MADAWASKA, N. B. (CP)-Two weekend fires in northwestern New Brunswick vil- lages near Edrnundston look the lives of seven children.
Six were burned to death after a Christmas tree broke into flames in this community 20 miles south- east of Edmundston. All were chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Pelieticr. .
The other fire, at Green River. 10 miles from Ste. Anne dc Mad- awaska, caused the death of three- year-old Gisele Soucy.
The Pelletier victims were Re- gina. 8 months; Gerald and Ger- aldine, two-year-old twins. Jac- queline. 3: Rhssl, 4, and Lucien. 5.
Their bodies were found huddled in one bed.
PARENTS AWAY
The father was at a barber shop and his wife was shopping at Van Buren, Me.. 10 miles away, when the fire started about 9.30 p. In. Saturday.
A 12-year-old baby sitter said he saw sparks fly from the Christmas tree. She ran from than house, and when ths alarm mrcad it was too late to save the children.
The Pelletlers lived on the top floor of a large. two-storey wooden building. The ground floor con- tained the store of Alphio sirois.
The general store and building represented is life work of Mr. sirois, who estimated the loss at more than 3100.000. including stock worth about 822,000. only rubble was left at the site.
Mrs. Pclletisr, 18. is a daughter of the owner. overcome by the loss of all her children, she was taken to hospital at Edmundston. Her husband is so. she is expecting an- other child ln April.
Sleet Plays Havoc With Communications, Power
and we are unable to say until a so
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to restore powers.
lN- CIl'TOWN '
Mr. Milllagan said that the in- terruptions in the city were due entirely to damage caused by tall- lng tree branches, which began at daybreak on Saturday. During the day and night the working ct-mvs were called upon to witness many discouraging situations as time af- ter time the streets which they had patrolled and patched up, de- velopcd new breaks behind their
advance. All the main circuits were in
the city reported working by noon on Duuday while the men continu- ed durintz the afternoon and own- ing to work on the leaf in circuits to homes and iihe nore
Rlv- Isolated servicu. No poles were
broken in the city.
Minor troubles which developed on the power lines East and South were easily overcome except for
urls.
Mr. Miiligan spoke appreciative- ly not only of the working crews but also of the wholehearted co- operation of power plant and of- fice personnel "Even the girls in the office took on the additional chore of keeping the city crews well supplied with hot coffee and sandwiches during the long hours of the day and evening", he said.
TELEPHONE EMERGENCY Mr. D. M. Gass. manager P.E.
of the highway from Charlottetown
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and return via Borden said last Continued on page 9. Col. 5
theinhomes Saturday and Sunday. Scores more were marooned as heavy rain and melting snow from
a January thaw sent: a dozen rivers spilling over their banks.
Thousands h N ova Scotla, Prince Edward Island and south- eastern New Brunswick were with- out hsst, light in telephone after siset carried down power and com- munieatlon lines.
New Brunswickers floundared in up to 10 inclicsi of snow and slush dumped by the some freakish weather.
A Bermuda storm centre stalled in the Atlantic I00 miles south of Halifax caused all the trouble, the weather office sald.It was still there Sunday, kicking up a 45-mile gale over the ocean south of Nova Scotia.
FLEE RISING WATER At Shsrbrooks. N. I.. 15 miles
lord Plunkel New Companion For Princess
By El)l)Y GILMORE
LONDON MP) - Nobody has dared whisper romance, but Prin- CGSS Margaret's constant after dark Comnamnn these day.-Iis Lord Plunket-a handsome young bacil- elor.
He's a 32-year-old gliardstnnli who possesses an aristocratic title that goes but-k 129 years. He's been Margaretls steady escort since the showdown last October in the romance of the princess and Group Capt. Peter Townsend.
”It may be an association born of her rebound from the Townsend affair,” said one Londoner who knows the princess and Plunkct, ”bul they are coins! out a lot to- gather.
”l)on't forgot, timuyzh-she's still got a lot of affection for the group captain. who'll probably finish up his tour of duty in Belgium this month ”
Lord Plunket's full name is Put- rick Terence illiam Span Plun- ket. He has e same sort of job Townsend had when constant as- sociation around Buckingham Pal- ace and Balmoral Castle led to the Margaret-Townsend romance.
Plunkct is an equerry at Buck-
T ingham Palace and a deputy mas-
ter of the Queenis household, which means he is always avail-
Island Telephone Cc after a tour.
east of Halifax, 100 persons fled
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able to squire the Queen's sister about London night spots.
A distinguished officer in the Sec- ond World War, Plunket is a grad- uate of Eton and Cambridge.
STORM STALLED IN ATLANTIC
Hundreds. Driven From Homes In N.S. By Floods
HALIFAX (OP) - Floosk drove their homes along the flooding St. hundreds of Nova Icotlans from M811”! "Ver-
One-ihird of the 'own, including the main street. vas under water.
in northeastern Nova Scotla the turbulent Antigonlsh river over- llowed four blocks in the east and of Antigonish town. driving out-70 persons.
A navy " " rescued two hydro plant workers marooned by floodwnters for 15 hours in an abandoned house at Liscomb Falls N. S.. 15 miles west of Sherbrooke.
Sixty families were isolated for a time at Upper Onslow, near Truro. where the North and Sal- mon rlvers burst their banks. Ris- ing water drove out six families kl the town itself.
VILLAGE SURROUNDED
The 200 residents of Eldcrbank, 40 miles northeast of Halifax, were suIlOllflde(I by water when the ris- ing Musquodobolt river flooded roads leading out of the village. At least two families had to leave
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The worst sleet storm ever recorded in the area ended Sunday morning leaving Smimerside and most of Prince County staggering under enormous damage caused by the freezing rain which continued from Thurs- day until early Sunday morning. Almost complete de- struction to electrical and telephone services through- out the town and County was reported. Many thousands of people were left Without electricity and several
hundred without heat. The storm necessitated
the evacuation of numer-
ous families to homes where best was not dependent on electrical energy, and an emergency disaster committee was organized in Summerside with various sub-com-
mititees handling matters
clothing, transportation, electricity,
water, fire, police, volunteer Following two meetings of these committees on Friday at- ternoon and evening an emer- ency bulletin was prepared and copies were distributed by vol- unieera yesterday morning to ev- ery homc in the town. This bulletin, issued jointly by the authorities of the town under the chairmanship of Mayor Henry Wedge, and the Red Cross Dis- aster Services Committee, under chairmanship of Mr. Ewen Nich- olson. informed the citizens of the seriousness of the situation, and advised them what they should do to receive assistance in the event of emergency circum- stances which might be beyond their control.
WEEK OI! MORE
This bulletin pointed out that it will be impossible to have pow- er and electricity restored until poles and wire are received, and
that this might be from one week llnl
to several weeks. Householders depending on elec- tricity for the operation of their
heating units were urged to pro- vide other sultable means.
Fog "thick as tar." as one oop- tain put it, smothered the Nova
Scotia coast. A boiling surf ,
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A Halifax fish trawler ran onto rocks and sank at the mouth of Halifax harbor in the fog Friday. Twenty crew members reached land through the surf aftu the mate swam ashore with a lifeline.
Thousands of weekend motorists were stranded. Nova Scotia's main highways were cut by floods and washouts in every direction. Ice coated many roads in Prince Id- wsrd Island. how and slush slog- ged them hi New Brunswick. '
Rail travellers waited long hour in trains and depots. Trains were stalled by washouts, Hooded tracks and telegraph failure. CNR main line trains moved at snail's pace between Moncton and Truro on or- ders passcd by amateur radio op- erators. Regular railway commu- nications were cut by sleet.
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in regard to shelter, food, communications, workers. etc.
The public were warned. and parents were requested to in- struct their children not to inter- fer with broken lines because of the danger of live wires. Motorists were urged to refrain from driving through the streets so as to give workmen an oppor- tunity to repair broken lines and also avoid the danger of falling poles and trees.
Householders were requested to conserve on the use of water be- cause the auxiliary pumps were unable to pump such large quanti- ties of water as the electric pumps. and in the event of fire large quantities of water would be required.
Residents were advised that if circumstances amsc that were, beyond their control, especially? through sickness
gancy patrol cars will be ts-avolfv the town continuously from 6.00 pm. to 8.00 an. opera North and South on the streets Northumberi d. Duks, Central. Spring. Eustane and King. so that contact could be made quickw with these esnorsency patrols.
Bx'l'RAPol.lcl.llnEMEN &pcllsoIIdfinsn have beenplsoedosaroundtlsclock
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or.fin they" should contact the Police Offlco. To assist in any such emert A
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