EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. Sat., Oct. IS. 1962 Page 88
Winds,
Damag
Officials at five Eugene area lumber mills Saturday were
still assessing the damage from fires started during the height
of Friday's storm. Wind and fire damage seemed likely to
pass the $150,000 mark.
The five mill blazes were among an estimated total of 115
calls handled during the storm by Eugene and Springfield area
fire departments.
Outside of the mill fires, most blazes in the area .were ap
parently relatively minor. Many were home fires, started by
electrical shorts, damaged meters or downed power lines.
In some eases one or two rooms were damaged, but no homes
In the immediate Eugene-Springfield area were destroyed by fire.
Countless runs by the various fire departments were simply
for downed "hot" wires, trees on houses and the like, with no
actual fire damage.
Dispatcher Jack Douglas and Battalion Chief David Boggs
said all eight pieces of Eugene Fire Dept. equipment were in
use almost constantly for an estimated three-hour period. About
ou-auiy liremen were called
lne department was also kept
busy through the night and
early Saturday morning with
more short-circuit and downed
wire calls.
23 Calls
The Springfield Fire Dept.
answered 23 calls between
3:11 p.m. and 4:51 p.m. Friday.
After that, calls slacked off.
There were no reports of major
fires in Springfield.
Eugene's fire box alarm sys
tem was knocked out early in
the storm and was still out Sat
urday. Much of the system's
wiring is carried on utility
poles, which were down by the
score.
No injuries were reported in
any of the fire runs, cither to
firemen nor to others.
Several of the mill fires
started when scrap burners
those tepce-shapod symbols of
the lumber industry were
blown apart by the hurricane
force winds, hurling sparks into
lumber piles, electrical control
panels and the mills themselves.
Burner Caved In
Jim Rutherford, dump man at
Camac Veneer Inc., 199 N. Ber
tlescn Rd., described the scene
there:
"The side of it (the burner)
just caved in, and the next gust
of wind that came along over
she went. It took the conveyor
with it."
No official damage estimate
was available, but there seemed
no question that it would run
into the tens of thousands of
dollars.
Many Spot Fires
President Donald R. Barker
of the Barker Willamette Lum
ber Co., 743 Lawrence St., esti
mated total damage at his mill
between $40,000 and $50,000.
Barker said the mill's burner,
valued at $25,000-$30,000 col
lapsed, and the resulting
showers of sparks started spot
fires through the mill.
Damage at Jones Veneer and
Plywood Co. on Irving Road
was estimated at between $25,
000 and $35,000 by Ted Lang
ton, treasurer. He said a burn
er partially collapsed, with the
resulting sparks apparently
starting a blaze that heavily
damaged the "business end" of
the veneer plant.
Planing Mill Hit
At Cuddeback Lumber Co. at
Third and Garfield streets, the
burner also was partially blown
down, as was a lathing shed,
causing a fire in the planing
mill. No damage estimate was
available, but it seemed likely
to run into a $10,000-plus fig
ure. The veneer plant at the B. J.
Veneer Co., 90 Foch St., suf
fered an estimated $25,000 fire
damage, according to Eugene
Battalion Chief Pete Hansen.
Hansen said the cause of the
fire hadn't been determined,
but may have been an electri
cal short.
There may have been other
mill fires of a relatively minor
nature during the storm, but
only these five were reported
to area fire departments.
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Register-Guard delivery boys
were able to get all but 1,000
papers delivered in the Eugene
Springfield area Friday evening.
Most of the remainder were de
livered Saturday morning when
weather conditions improved.
Along the motor routes an es
timated 1,500 papers did not
get to the customers. Dick Lane,
assistant circulation manager,
said papers which were missed
Friday would be delivered with
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Farm Crops Among Hardest Hit
By BOB NEWCOMB
Of the Register-Guard
Farmers, fruit and nut grow
ers and ranchers throughout
Lane County were still rubbing
their eyes Saturday trying to
size up the damage done by Fri
day's storm.
Apple, walnut and filbert
trees were toppled. Corn crops,
whipped into the ground by the
wind, were feared badly dam
aged. Some farm animals were
killed; others probably hurt.
The experts were advising
citizens to check downed trees
to see if they can be saved and
to watch foods stored in freez
ers during prolonged power out
ages. Paige Hall chief of the Lane
County Extension Service, said
it was still impossible to assess
the damage done to crops. Many
crops, such as green beans, al
ready have been harvested.
But the harvest of nuts is
barely under way, according to
Alton McCully, research direc
tor for the Eugene Fruit
Growers Assn. He said there is
still an estimated 1,500 tons of
corn in the county yet to be
processed by the Eugene plant
"if it can be harvested now."
Tree Damage Extensive
That processing plant was
back in operation Saturday at
5:30 a.m. after more than 12
hours without power. Power
went off in the midst of process
ing of 25 tons of ripened pears
valued at $2,000, he reported.
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Storm Had Its Lighter Moments
'It's a Bad Omen Said the Young Sign
By DON BISHOFF
or tb Register-Guard
The "Repent" signs op Will
amette Street . . . The water
show that went on as scheduled
. . . the man picking up walnuts
among the fallen tree giants . , .
These were a few off-beat as
pects of what will probably go
down in history as Eugene's Big
Blow future election cam
paigns excluded. The incidents
provided some lighter moments
'midst the chaos although they
weren't always amusing to those
involved.
Take those high school stu
dents, for example. Nobody
knows whether they were seri
ous or not.
They appeared on Willamette
Street between 4 and 5 p.m. The
storm still raged.
They said their names were
Jim Agnew and Terry Kenccr
There were scattered reports
of crop damage from farmers.
Hardest hit, it appeared Sat
urday, were filbert, walnut and
apple growers. Cherries heve
been harvested, but damage to
dormant trees could be exten
sive. In Pleasant Hill, orchardist
Lyman Tinker said Saturday he
estimated his crop damage at
$14,000 to his fruit trees and
another $3,000 in the loss of un
harvestcd pears, apples and
prunes. He said 80 per cent of
his prune trees, covering five
acres, were toppled by the
wind. Damage was general
throughout his 30-acrcs of or
chards, he said.
Rodney Chase, owner of
the Royal-Dell Ranch near
Springfield reported that near
ly 25 per cent of his filbert and
walnut crops were down and a
20-acre block of pie cherries
was badly hit. He reported the
loss of two pigs.
At Goshen, Howard Mcr
riam, an orchardist, said about
3.000 bushels of apples fell to
the ground in the windstorm;
about 60 trees were uprooted.
He estimated that overall, he
lost about one of his 20 acres of
trees to the storm. His loss will
probably run about $6,000 in
fruit, $2,400 in trees, he esti
mated. The storm was the
worst seen here during his 60
years in the area, he said. .
Fruit growers generally
agreed that it is not feasible for
commercial growers to attempt
to prop up toppled trees once
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and that they attend South Eu
gene. They wore fur coats and
sandals.
They carried signs. "Repent,"
urged the signs.
"People don't realize how seri
ous this is," they told one who
stopped to inquire. "This storm
is a bad omen."
Up on the University of Ore
gon campus, Don Van Rossen,
swimming coach, was earning
for himself the title of World's
Bravest Entrepreneur. He bade
the Dolphin Swim ' Club, of
which he is advisor, go on with
Its water show.
And starting at 7:30 p.m., on
it went before an audience of
500 persons, by Van Rossen's
estimate. How many of' these
came from heatless homes to
get warm is unknown.
"We felt that we had planned
their larger roots are broken or
badly damaged.
But a Eugne nurseryman, Ed
ward Cross, advised that if trees
are not badly damaged if their
main roots are still intact that
they have a good chance of sur
vival if they are propped up
again and given a firm brace.
Any Kind of Tree
That would apply to almost
any kind of tree, he said, be
cause most trees in this area
have already entered dormancy
even the decidous trees with
their leaves still green. If small
er roots have been broken, he
advises, cut them off with a
sharp, clean cut before replant
ing. Then keep them from wob
bling further by the wind.
It was not known Saturday
how all Lane County farm ani
mals fared in the storm, but
some reports indicate light loss
es. 11; was reported that a valu
able Hereford bull, owned by
Harry Simmons of Creswell,
was killed by a falling tree Fri
day. Sixty or more dairy cows
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Benlcr of Creswell escaped in
jury when the barn they were
it was badly damaged Friday
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it, we had electricity," he said.
"You know, the show must go
on. We didn't know who would
turn out but the audience was
real receptive."
The show's title incidentally,
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Water."
The walnut picker was spot
ted by KVAL's Keith Gebers,
calmly picking up the nuts on
W. 11th Avenue during the
height of the storm. He had
acquired part of a bucket full
and was still going strong when
last seen.
Etta O. Hopper, who lives at
448 W. 12th Ave., was on her
way to the bank to pay a bill
Friday afternoon. In her purse,
she said, was some $420 in as
sorted cash.
At Tenth and Olive, Mrs. Hop-
afternoon.
Hall said he thinks the great
est loss suffered by most farm
ers will result from damage
done to structures.
A word of advice to persons
who had foods stored in home
freezers during the extensive
power outages was issued Sat
urday by Virginia Houtchcns,
Lane County extension agent in
home economics.
Cook Thawed Meat
She urges that fish, meat and
poultry be examined to see if
it thawed. If so, she says, do
not attempt to refreeze it with
out first cooking it. If power
has not been restored, keep the
freezer as well insulated as pos
sible with newspapers or blan
kets. If possible, pack the freez
er with dry ice to keep foods
frozen.
Fruits containing acid are not
apt to spoil quickly when thaw
ed and may be rcfrozen without
danger, she said. But starchy
vegetables such as peas, corn,
beans and squash should be
cooked before refreezing.
Of all frozen foods, fish, meat
and poultry are most apt to
spoil quickly once thawed, she
warned.
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Her purse flew open and the
contents including the cash
were buffeted about the intersection.
Mrs. Hopper said she recov
ered $70, but some $350 was ap-
parenlly still blowing, floating
or lying somewhere around
Tenth and Olive Saturday.
Friday was Don Allen's birth
day. Not particularly a news
worthy event in itself, but Allen
didn't have much time for cele
brating. He's Hie City of Eu
gene's director of public works.
Lucille Vaughan Payne, Eu
gene short story writer, went
on with her planned speech at
the Oregon High School Press
Conference Saturday despite
four storm-inflicted stitches in
her jaw.
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