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     l was walking home last Thurs- 
     
     day afternoon. the 17th. by way of 
     
    

    
     t the Blanchard Hall field. As I pass- 
     
     ! ed through the Marian and Bernar- 
     
     ‘ dine Hall parking lot. I noticed two 
     
     lpropane ,trucks' parked there. 
     
     ‘ That's it. I kept on walking. Little 
     
     ‘ did 1. or many other students who 
     
     i walked by those trucks that after- 
     
     ‘ noon know that their lives were in 
     
    
   
   
    
     i danger by doing so. 
     
    
   
   
    
     . At approximately 1:00 pm. that~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ; afternoon. a Speedy Propane 
     
     truck with about 750 gallons of 
     
     propane in its tank. whilefilling the 
     
     residence’s tanks, experienced a 
     
     propane leak. Security was notified 
     
     immediately about the leak. 
     
     however. no evacuation from the 
     
     Bernardine and Marian Hall 
     
     residences took place until after 
     
     4:00 pm. that afternoon. The fire 
     
    

    
     ‘ department was not notified until 
     
     approximately 4:30 pm. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Speedy Propane employees at. 
     
    
   
   
    
     tempted to burn off the propane 
     
     left in the tank.‘ two Speedy Pro- 
     
    
   
   
    
     pane officials from Waverly. Nova} ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Scotia. who had travelled to P.£.l. 
     
     when they heard of the gas leak. 
     
     plugged the leak in about an hour 
     
     and a half. ' 
     
     The same type of incident . 
     
    
   
   
    
     took plaice ‘on August 8. 1982. 
     
     causing an exoiosion in back of the 
     
     Ponderosa Steak House on 
     
     University.Avenue. The 1982 ex- 
     
     plosion resulted in about 3 blocks 
     
     of the city. both businesses and 
     
     homes. being evacuated. At this 
     
     time. experts from Moncton had to 
     
     be brought in to Charlottetown to 
     
     plug the leak. 
     
    

    
     The truck was rumored to have 
     
     been confiscated after the U.P.E.l.' 
     
     incident. however sources say that 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Moncton undergoing a company 
     
     inspection. The Fire Chief. Fire In— 
     
     spector. and Fire Marshall. were 
     
     unavailable for comment on this 
     
     matter. 
     
    

    
     The students who were even— 
     
     tually evacuated from Marian and 
     
     Bernardine Halls were housed at 
     
     the Kirkwood Motel for the night. 
     
     Director of Administration and 
     
     Finance. Dennis Clough. said in an 
     
     October 22 phone interview that 
     
     the university was u not really sure 
     
     yet." who would foot the costs of 
     
     the motel bill. because they had 
     
     “just got the invoice in yesterday." 
     
    

    
     The scene has sparked criticism 
     
     throughout the university about 
     
     how the situation was handled. 
     
     The major concern was over the 
     
     fact that 'were not 
     
     evacuated and the fire department 
     
     not called 
     
    
   
   
    
     students 
     
    
   
   
    
     immediately upon 
     
    
   
   
    
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     f ” e | s 
     
     knowledge‘offie’pro'blem by the 
     
     Security Department. In a phone 
     
     interview with Chief of Security. ‘ 
     
     A.J. MacLeod. about the incident. 
     
     he replied that there “is a meeting 
     
     going on this morning about it." 
     
    

    
     Students are upset over the oc- 
     
     currence. and are demanding a full 
     
     investigation. At the regular 
     
     meeting of the Student Council last 
     
     Sunday. a motion was brought 
     
     forth for Gordon Cobb. SU Presi- 
     
     dent. “asking fOr an explanation of 
     
     the events." said Carolyn Ryan VP 
     
     Academic. Ryan further added 
     
     that Cobb. “is going to be looking 
     
     into it." 
     
    

    
     It is rumored that the University 
     
     is conducting its own investigation 
     
     into the propane leak and the way 
     
     in which it was handled. In a recent 
     
     phone interview with UPEl's Presi- 
     
     dent Eliot. he stated that “the Fire 
     
    
   
   
    
     Marshall is conducting an irivestiga“ 
     
    
   
   
    
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     riticism. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     tion." adding to his statement. “H. L' 
     
     are cooperating with him ” Presr 
     
     dent Eliot felt that cooperation with 
     
     the Fire Marshall was the best way 
     
     in which the university could get to 
     
     the bottom of the matter. The Fire 
     
     Marshall is currently “interviewing 
     
     staff members who have anything 
     
     to contribute to his report.” Eliot 
     
     The litre 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ron Kennedy. “$0.5 unavailable for 
     
    
   
   
    
     commented Marshall. 
     
    
   
   
    
     comment on this ma‘ter 
     
    
   
   
    
     As this week goes on. there will 
     
     be many more discoveries about 
     
     the cause of the propane leak and 
     
     how the situation was,and should 
     
     have been handled. The Netted 
     
     Gem is currently worknig on .. 
     
     follow-up story concerning Ili-‘ 
     
     concli'siom ol the reports. and 
     
     meetings. uhic'n am; taking plat 
     
    
   
   
    
     this week about the incident 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Sheila Lun 
     
    
   
   
    
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