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Crews continuing to work at the massive Johnsons Landing landslide found a second set of remains on Monday afternoon. The body of a young woman believed to be either Rachel or Diana Webber was found 10 feet from the possible location of the Webber home’s foundation. “The remains of the young woman were found at approximately 1 p.m. this afternoon in fairly close proximity to where the male was found yesterday,” said Lisa Lapointe, chief coroner with the BC Coroners Service. “Both of them were in fairly close proximity to where the residence was located; not in the At least three homes were destroyed and others damaged when a landslide came down at Johnsons Landing Thursday. Two bodies home but close to where we believe have since been pulled from the debris, while two others remain missing Bob Keating photo the foundation is.” The Coroners Service is work“We had the house on the lake barely escaped when a second slide Resident who lost home ing with 24 remaining people from shore at the bottom of Gar Creek,” came down the Gar Creek valley to second slide still the Vancouver-based Heavy Urban she said. and washed her home into KooteSearch and Rescue team to recover considers herself fortunate “When the first slide came down, nay Lake. the remains. it came down in two directions, “It was obliterated and just finCrews were focused on the Web- MEGAN COLE but the main part of the slide came ished off the job and now there ber home as of Sunday, but an up- Nelson Star Reporter down and crushed the house se- is nothing except a muddy slope date from officials said they are exverely but didn’t wipe it out at that where the house was,” she said. cavating the Frehse house as well. Mandy Bath said she is “lucky, point. There were timbers and it was Bath was supposed to be at the Lapointe shed new light on the very lucky.” crumpled but it still looked like it house. Her husband, Chris Klassen, magnitude of the debris field crews On Thursday morning, when might be possible to salvage things, was in Oregon visiting his mother. a massive landslide came down that was after day one.” the Kootenay Joe Range at JohnStory continues to On Friday morning, Bath reStory continues to sons Landing, her house was de- turned to her home in hopes of ‘Community’ on Page 5 ‘Crews’ on Page 4 stroyed. • More coverage Pages 2-6 finding her cat, but instead she
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