CANADIAN STORM.
SEVERAL DROWNED. Large Apartment House Buried In Landslide. NIGHT EXPRESS FATALITY. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) QUEBEC, September 1. The Portneuf River, swollen by rains, washed out a farm house, drowning a mother and five of her 10 children. A message from St. Gregoire (Quebec) says that a landslide occurred during the storm and buried an eight-family apartment house. One person was killed and 10 were injured. Forty are missing. An engineer and a fireman were killed when a C.l'.R. overnight express plunged into an open culvert. Several were injured. The engine, two luggage vans and a day-coacli were derailed.
A terrific storm flooded the district, making the work of the rescuers extremely difficult. The wreck occurred less than an hour before the train was due at Quebec.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 7
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