• <br /> 1 IC AL �1 (tronatit . � • <br /> k: <br /> Eugene, Oregon, Sunday, January 10, 1993 * $1.00 <br /> " 1 THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXPLOSION' <br /> 1 <br /> g , <br /> t is - <br /> • <br /> t <br /> hard ,1 . r l 4 _ ,. <br /> i I�., _ C .i..,....._ <br /> :,,,,,4.!, • . ,, le i' Yk d ,..., it,.,... <br /> ), .,..1, , <br /> S t,.t f w • , � \ 03, „.„ ..„,,,,,,, ., <br /> , . 't-, ..... <br /> ., . <br /> .ii.,,,,, ,Akii,,,. .._-._;--..i,;.,,,,..%,00, ,,,,,.5 .,, ,., , . ,, <br /> .. . ,. <br /> . . , . . <br /> . . <br /> •.,.._ . . , <br /> ....., . <br /> , ....,. . .„ . .,.,.., ,,,, :,...,.,•„.....„.. 4. „d: 7 ,, ‘ ; 0 001 111 k, ' ' ' , . , ' .4- ",,,,,”, 4:- , <br /> , . .• + „. T.,. <br /> • "it s, ° - - --,ri; � <br /> 4r _ rt ; 14 ,a • <br /> ugh • mac A ' 4 / ' <br /> i, ' 4 ' <74 t. t i , ,t`,,•, �y ? R • y, p , y .s - w+ 1 ... jy `� <br /> ./..11 4'` ' a'„ ' .c... 4 t <br /> w. l *Iir> $ y t + . <br /> � � :.r •gig A , -e <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. <br /> inside • <br /> am T ree crushes woman in h ome <br /> an im- <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- <br /> w r <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 <br /> ,' su±'4 <br /> votes <br /> .egisia- ij - iii: ";: - <br />