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47th Year No. 32
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Another quake shakes North Island Gazette staff The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Center reported no tsunami activity was expected after an earthquake
struck near Nootka Island, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, at 6:22 a.m. Sunday. Originally reported as 5.0 magni-
tude, the quake was later upgraded to a 5.7, Vancouver Island Earthquake watch announced. The earthquake took place at a
depth of 16 kilometres, about 107 kilometres south of Port Hardy. It was reportedly felt by residents in Port Alice, Port Hardy,
Port McNeill, Sointula, Alert Bay and other North Island locations, as a shaking or rolling for about 10 seconds.
The incident follows a 5.0 quake registered eight days e a r l i e r, approximately 190 kilometres west of Port Hardy.
• BIG SCREENING
Filmmakers prepare to highlight North Island attractions. Page 19
• CRAFTY COVE
Annual craft fair draws crowds to Telegraph Cove. Page 11
Members of Port McNeill’s Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue tow the partially sunken boat to the Port McNeill harbour boat launch after it exploded and sank at the fuel dock (in background) Monday afternoon. J.R. Rardon
Two injured in boat explosion
• WOSS TOURNEY
Highlights from the annual Woss Slo-pitch tourney. Page 15
J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Two people were taken to hospital following an explosion and rescue aboard a boat Monday afternoon at the Port McNeill Fuel Dock. The incident shut down the marina for more than
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an hour, the fuel dock for the day and the nearby public boat launch overnight while the partially sunken craft was prepared for dismantling and removal Tuesday morning. “It just sounded like a bomb went off,” said June Scown of Vancouver, who
was reading a book on the deck of her boat at the nearby small-boat harbour on a pleasant B.C. Day afternoon. “Then there was a lot of smoke, and you could see the boat sinking fast. I heard somebody screaming; they said somebody was in the water.
“It was chaos.” RCMP were joined at the scene by the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department, BC Ambulance Service and volunteers from the local Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 50. The marina was closed
to traffic for more than an hour while RCMP investigated. Boom was placed around the partially sunken vessel to contain any spilled fuel. Two victims from the boat were taken
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