And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Avalanche kills 9 in remote Canadian town http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/02/quebec.avalanche.01/ January 2, 1999 Web posted at: 1:38 a.m. EST (0638 GMT) KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ, Quebec (CNN) -- An avalanche slammed into a school gymnasium full of hundreds of New Year's revelers in a remote village in northern Canada early Friday, killing nine people, including five children, and wounding 25 others. Six people died shortly after the avalanche struck the Inuit town of Kangiqsualujjuaq, 950 miles (1500 kilometers) north of Montreal on Ungava Bay, off the Labrador Sea. Two other victims -- a mother and her young daughter -- were discovered several hours later, buried under tons of snow. The body of the woman's son was found soon afterward. Police said they had accounted for everyone and were calling off the search. "The search is now completed, and we are protecting the scene. Tomorrow we are going to start the investigation and try to find out what happened," said Luc Harvey, chief of Kativik regional police in Kuujjuaq, about 186 miles (300 kilometers) west of Kangiqsualujjuaq. Snow and extreme cold hampered efforts to evacuate the injured and to bring in additional emergency workers, officials said. Shortly after the stroke of the new year, a wall of snow roared without warning down a steep hill, punching through the school and burying it under as much as 10 feet (3 meters) of snow. "It was a little after midnight, when 400 to 500 people were in the village gymnasium, when the avalanche struck," said provincial police spokesman Constable Francois Dore. Residents dug frantically through the snow in minus 4 degree Fahrenheit (minus 20 Celsius) temperatures and 60 mph (95 km/h) winds. Police said about half of the wounded suffered serious injuries, mostly broken limbs and respiratory problems, and were evacuated to a hospital in Montreal. Ten of the 25 injured are children, including a 6-month-old baby, said Minnie Grey, executive director of the Ungava Tulattavik health center in Kuujjuaq. The remote community, formerly known as George River, has only one doctor and two police officers. It is situated in a region of some of the highest peaks in Quebec, and it has experienced avalanches in the past. Authorities did not rule out the possibility that another wall of snow could hit the town in the next few days. <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
