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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 2004)
U.S. experts search for cause of Paraguay blaze An official says an ignited gas leak likely caused the fire that killed 426 people DEBORA REY ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ASUNCION, Paraguay — A forensic team that included U.S. experts exam ined the charred interior of a Paraguayan supermarket Wednesday to determine the cause of a weekend blaze that killed more than 400 people, 019446] r/* hair coloring styling Specialist: Kim Braun magic straight perm digital setting perm Specialist in Asian hair: Sanghee Park tanning• nails TANNING SPECIAL $5 off 5 Tan package (regular $25) 119 Commons Dr., Eugene, 97401 (541) 342-7661 GIVE ME 5! Run your "for sale” ad (Items under $1,000) for 5 days in the ODE Classified Section. If the item(s) doesn't sell, call us at 346-4343 and we'll run it again for another 5 days free! many of whom were trapped inside by locked doors. As the specialists took bum samples from the building, Interior Minister Or lando Fiorott said the investigation “clearly points" to an accidental gas leak that ignited. He said that it didn't look as if Sunday's blaze had been intention ally set, but cautioned that the findings were preliminary. The death toll was revised to 426 on Wednesday, down from 464 a day earlier; 520 people remained hospi talized with burns and other injuries. 492 E. 13th 686-2458 For the week of August 6th! Sign-up for our weekly WebPage Update! www.bijou-cinemas.com •Jim Jarmusch's anthology of vignettes is a celebration of caffeine, nicotine and the indolent pleasure of sitting around and consuming them .” • -AO Scott. NEW YORK TIMES COFFEE and CIGARETTES A NEW FILM BY JIM JARMUSCH 5:15, . Sat & Sun 7:20 & 9:25 Nightly [g Mat 3:10 (also playing LateNIte) NEXT: BEFORE SUNSET Eugene Premiere! The all-time most successful Hong Kong production evei Eye-popping action, crazy special effects and wicked humor! 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"One of my best friends was killed in the fire and I miss her terribly," said 12-year-old Ana Benitez. "She sat next to me in class and it's going to be painful when school resumes and 1 see that empty chair next to me." Paraguayan officials said they've begun reviewing leading shopping centers in the capital and their emer gency preparations. Angel Villalba, the president of the Paraguayan Association of Supermar kets, told a radio station that initial findings have been alarming. 'Almost none of them have emer gency exits," he said. Deborah Rey is a writer for the Associated Press. DETOUR continued from page 1 Jeannine McIntyre, senior Spanish and education major, said the con struction is poindess. "I don't see the purpose of doing that part of the road," she said, com plaining about the lack of explanation from the University. McIntyre said she has to cut through Friendly Hall to get to class in Lawrence Hall. "It's a minor annoyance," she said. Ramey doesn't feel that the con struction is too much of a problem. "I walked through the construction two times today," he said. Taking the narrow path that goes by the EMU post office might be annoy ing for some, but the handicapped have to take a special route to get where they need to go. [—--—1 Stamm said there are disabled access routes open and available, with signs posted, directing handi capped individuals. In the case of an emergency that may require vehicles to get around the con struction, Ramey said the vehicles could just drive over the fence, if necessary. Stamm said depending on where the emergency vehicles needed to go, they could "workaround it." He said if they needed to go down East 13 th Avenue, the vehicles could go by Johnson Hall or down East 18th Avenue and University Street. Stamm said he expects construc tion to be finished by September 15. "(The 'Heart of Campus') is taking a key intersection and making it a very inviting area that will be something we can all be proud of," he said. omiedrawhom@dailyemerald.com 1 CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION Tim Bobosky Freelance Photographer ‘Heart of Campus’ construction crew member Larry Moser cuts rebar Tuesday afternoon to allow for removal of large blocks of concrete and the buried rails of a trolley line that once ran through campus. Builders unearth remnants of historic trolley system During 'Heart of Campus' construction Monday at the comer of Uni versity Street and East 13th Avenue, construction crews unearthed two steel rails that were once part of Eugene's trolley system. The Eugene and College Hill Street Railway was built by H.W. Holden and began operation in 1891. The original route ran along East 13th Avenue and over the hill south of campus on University Street. A branch was built later that ran from College Hill to West 19th Avenue. At its height, the trolley system cov ered just over three miles. The first trolley car was pulled by mules and driven by a man named Wiley Griffon. In 1907, the Eugene City Council granted a franchise to the Willamette Valley Company to convert the system to an electric trol ley. In 1927, with the automobile becoming cheaper and more prevalent, the Eugene trolley system closed down, and was replaced by the bus sys tem that is still used today. Ben Brown
