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m I 10 rote 8, No. 5 Wednesday, February 1, 1978 Wman ildi torm l factory ,roof rippedoff SIDING ItIPPED OFF LUPIN DRIVE. HOME >A, traffic fatality, a house, blown off its foundation,and a factory stripped of its roof were the.most serious resuits of the violent storm which ripped through Whitby Thursday. Described as one of the worst snow storms of the century,' with winds reading 85 mph. it reduced visibility to zero and played havoc with traffic, and pedestrians. The storm a rsonsible for-the death of a 64-year-old Uxbridge women, who was killed on Highway 12 at Myrtie when she stepped frorr ,,her-,car 'and was struck by a- transport truck. Elva Ilene Rynard of 43 Balsain Street, Uxbridge and her husband Milton had been involved in a minor accident. Mrs. Rynard was standing at the sie of the road awaiting assistance when she was struck by a northbound trans- port, driven by Lawrence Hutsrnan, 34, of Lindsay, the Whitby OPP detachment re- ported. According to Const. Brian Dunham of the Whitby QPP, Coq>. John Arnold had to be deputized as an acting coro- ner by Dr. M. J. Moffat of Oshawa because the poor road conditions prevented the doctor froni reaching the scene of the accident. The high winds ripped the corrigated metal roof off the McCormack Blades plant near Dayton Tire at 1 p.m. causing an estimated $75,000 damage. Pieces of the roof flew about in the wind and damaged some employees cars. Twelve men were work- ing in the plant at the tume, but none were injured. Five layers of concrete blocks were removed along with the roof and light fixtures were pulled frorn the ceiling, but the wooden ceîiing of the plant remained, intact. TwoC cars were extensively damaged, and a camper on a haif ton truck was smashed to pieces by, flying debris. Deputy Fire Chief Ron Hawkinsý reported an un- fmnished house at the north end -of the Otter Creek sub- division was' tippec it its foundation by the high winds, and was leaning at a 45 degree angle. '1 Aluminurn siding was rip- ped off houses in the Otter Creek subdivision and on Lupin Drive. The siding was torn off one side of the home of Robert Sehorno at 262 Lupin Drive, and badly 1oosenej-.'on another sîde. Three pieces of the slding bit a passing car said Mrs. Schorno.' Six children and five aduits assisted in le.an- ing up the debris,,she said. Shingles were ripped fromn the roofs of the town houses at Burns and Armes Streets, and -the windows of the. 'Mercantile Department Store in the Whitby Plaza on Brock street were smashed. The OPP closed highways 12 and, 7 froni noon Thurs- day to 8 a.m. Friday and diverted traffic through Pickering and Oshawa. Con- stable Dunharn 'reported,50 abandoned cars between Myrtie and Thickson Road on Highway 12, and 150 cars on Highway Y from Brooklin to the York County Une. Staff Sergeant Jini Barter of Durham Regional Police 18 Division said there were 100 stranded cars between Manchester and Port Perry. Highway 401, however, was fairly clear and free of ac- cidents, police said. One police officer in- vestigating the fatality at Myrtle had bis cruiser struck by another car. Staff Sergeant Barter said bis division investigated 17 accident's during th.e storni, one of which învolved seven cars at Garden Street and Rossland Road. Hit & run driver jailed A 21 -year.old Whitby man was sentenced Friday to a month ini jail for a hit and rua accident in which a ped- estrian was knocked uncon- scious into a dîtch. William J. Foskett, of 116 Green Street, pleaded flot guilty to a charge of leaving tlii soene of an accident Nov. 10 on Scott Street,but offered but they didflot tcnow what. They lookcd back to sSe but found nothing and left, she said. The victim was treated for minor injuries and later re- leased from hospital the court was tol4. Jucige Donald B. Dodds said "there are ve»' senious overtones to this cau"', and 16