ALASKA'S NEWSPAPER

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High winds toppled an American President Lines container crane  Dec. 4, 2009, in Unalaska-Dutch Harbor.

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High winds toppled an American President Lines container crane Dec. 4, 2009, in Unalaska-Dutch Harbor.

High winds topple tall crane at Dutch Harbor

DUTCH HARBOR -- Winds as high as 125 mph toppled a 110-foot gantry crane at a shipping facility in Dutch Harbor.

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A spokesman for American President Lines Ltd. says no people or other structures were damaged when the crane fell at 8:45 p.m. Friday evening.

Mike Zampa says the company is still assessing damage to the crane, which fell onto gravel at the shipping terminal. APL is the world's fifth-largest container shipping company.

Unalaska city roads chief Jim Dickson described the storm in an e-mail Saturday. "A few roofs were blown away, a mud slide across a road; but generally most of town made it through with only minor damage," he wrote.

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