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<br /> hed in Halt of a duplex is shattered after a Douglas fir fell on It Saturday. Neighbors, who said the tree had been leaning, speculated that the tree toppled under.the weight of snow.
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<br /> e pro- Fatality: A giant fir crashes into a three-story duplex, the Eugene hills over the ys. " was ildren g out her
<br /> instantly killing a 33-year-old on the second floor. cra tike ge this ov
<br /> this looks ear like a But plane oath• Iront window watching wh she heard sleddin the crash.
<br /> her y g y crash;' he said. "I heard what I thought was an earth-
<br /> is has Birr said it was unclear whether the quake, and then I saw the limbs falling in
<br /> ime to By JENNIFER PINKERTON friend, Jamie Knox, 30, who was not home weight of snow from Friday night's front of me;' she said.
<br /> faces The Register - Guard when the tree fell. snowfall was a factor in the accident.
<br /> Legis- About 5 inches accumulated in the south- Kotford said she and her roommate,
<br /> ter op- A 33-year-old Eugene woman died in- The force of the crash, which neighbors west hills near Shelquist's duplex, the Na- Dave Ritter, ran outside and called 911 on
<br /> o scantly Saturday evenirg when a 90•foot- said sounded like an earthquake, scattered tional Weather Service said. a cordless phone. Before firefighters ar-
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<br /> ma k• tall Dou fir slammed through a three- splintered wood and debris at least 20 feet rived, she and Ritter circled the wreckage
<br /> story duplex and crushed her as she was from the house, at 2641 E. Wilshire Drive. Shelquist apparently was napping or and called out to see If anyone was Inside.
<br /> lying on a living room couch on the second Yet objects on shelves inside the house watching TV on a couch at about 4:30 p.m.
<br /> i since floor, police said. were undisturbed. when the accident happened, Birr said. About a dozen firefighters tore through
<br /> Tts has , Rebecca Coleen Eugene Neighbor Carolyn Kffd, who lives in debris, tossing pieces of wood and sheet
<br /> Police said the woman, g police spokesman Tim Birr Nel or aro oor o
<br /> anon:. ' Shelquist, lived at the duplex with her boy- said he had seen numerous fallen trees in the opposite half of the duplex, said she Turn to TREE, Pat 8A
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