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Hope fading for 40 missing in Quebec train disaster, officials confirm five dead
National Post ^
| July 7, 2013
| Graeme Hamilton
Posted on 07/07/2013 3:19:54 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. About 40 people are considered missing after the spectacular blaze and explosions that razed much of Lac-Megantic, increasing the likelihood that the number of fatalities could soar from the current official death toll of five.
I can tell you that we have met a lot of people
.and what I can tell you is that about 40 people are considered missing, Quebec provincial police Lt. Michel Brunet told a news conference.
We have to be careful with that number because it could go up or down.
It is the first time police have gone public with an estimate since the derailment of a train carrying crude oil triggered Saturday mornings fatal events.
Brunet said two bodies were found overnight and another two on Sunday morning. The first body was discovered Saturday.
Police say a higher death toll is inevitable.
About 30 buildings were destroyed after tanker cars laden with oil caught fire shortly after 1 a.m. One of them is the Musi-Cafe bar where dozens of people were enjoying themselves in the wee hours of a glorious summer night. Most of the missing are believed to have been at the bar.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: lacmegantic; quebec; train
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:22:45 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Squawk 8888
But ... moving crude by train is much more enviornmentaly friendly and safer than pipeline .. odumbo says so.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:24:06 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:24:17 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:29:58 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: Squawk 8888
Couple of large pics.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:31:16 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
Oh Lord .. I hadn't realized how close to a living community that is.
Father, I don't know how to pray ... bless o Lord the survivors and have mercy on those that may get angry at You.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:33:51 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: cripplecreek
Looks kind of like Philly after the MOVE massacre.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:34:08 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:34:20 PM PDT
by
TEXOKIE
(We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
To: cripplecreek
It looks like the bar was about where the middle of the bottom picture.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:35:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
All day Sunday, not a mention in the MSM.
2 people die in SF plane crash and wall to wall coverage.
60 people die in oil train explosion and MSM silence.
We cant report on any story that makes the king obama look bad. i.e. oil pipeline avoidance
To: cripplecreek
Damn. Looks like photos of Berlin at the end of WW2. From what I’ve read in Canadian media, the bar, the ‘Musi-Café’, was pretty much right at the hypocenter of the explosion.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:42:38 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: knarf
Lots of small communities are built right up against the tracks all across the country. Here is Grass lake just north of me. The dashed line is a working rail line and virtually every town along it is the same way all the way across the state.
Folks need to think long and hard about moving oil and gas by rail through populated areas.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:44:55 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: George from New England
I’m amazed they haven’t had more coverage of this for the purposes of advocating “green” energy such as wind mills.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:50:43 PM PDT
by
matt04
To: Squawk 8888
Just horrible. Prayers for our friends up North.
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posted on
07/07/2013 3:50:53 PM PDT
by
SueRae
(It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
07/07/2013 4:03:55 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
07/07/2013 4:09:17 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Squawk 8888
Leaving a train of estimated $8,000,000 value unattended seems like a poor carriage of fiduciary responsibility.
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posted on
07/07/2013 4:13:36 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: George from New England
60 people die in oil train explosion and MSM silence.Well, it was in Canada. We Americans are famously immune to news of the rest of the world -- even when it's about 10 miles from the border.
We should really get over that. This was horrible.
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posted on
07/07/2013 4:50:10 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(The imposition of a duty on the importation of a commodity burdens the consumers. --Ludwig Von Mises)
To: BfloGuy
I read in the WSJ that the oil was from North Dakota and the RR was headquartered in Illinois. The refinery to which the oil was headed was Irving Oil of Canada, in St John New Brunswick.
If this was anything other than an oil train, this would be top headlines across the USA and Canada.
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posted on
07/07/2013 4:53:52 PM PDT
by
Eva
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