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. i EXTRACT from '' DOMINION," ' 1 .& JUNE 11, 1909. ■ V FLOODED I TROUBLE AT "C." SMITH'S." j _ Whonthestoromatl opened tho door of C. ' ■ >. Smith's drapery warehonso in. Cuba Sferoot at a few minutes- beforo 8 a.m. yesterday .. | morning, ho stepped into what ho might 1 \ \ have been, tempted to imagine l was an aq.ua- : ! ■ | rium.' lDstead"'of the cußtotnaty clwui dry . i | boards,;.the floor was covered'with:between ;• • i i two and■■ thrco;'inches of'wator, and from ~ 1 ' • a spot in iho coiling-a few 1 yards back: from • | - . . j ! tho main-door a' voritaible cascade •of 'the . | i "best.Wainui'.'.waß.'descehding,on the glad-.. . I - colouredpiles of materials: so dear to tho ■' i ' ( ■ feminine,eye. ■ Nor;was.it coming down in • j ■ S one direct stream. In a mad'morry mood / 1 j ! j the water traversed tho scams j. and l rail along ■ ■ ■ ■ j i | ' tho ceiling until it found a convenient drop- . j '■ •! ping place. What was underrioath'influenced i I ? it not, one way pr the other.' 1 , . j .> 1 £ No time was lost in : locating tho cause \ of tho flooding, which was a defect in a lava- : •! ; ! tory upstairs. Tho water affected the Man-' i chcstor and' dress departriicnts, saturating ■ i ■ '. i • piles of cretonnes; dress materials,' calicoes, ' ! sheeting, naper,v, and boxes of blouses with . j ij reckless, indiscrimination, As' soon. as. the ' j - i staff arrived, the. soaked goods wore conveyed : i | into tho backyard, and were hung out to'dry -i ; oil half a hundred lines rigged -up for the . ! 1 i purpose.. Anotlier lot was, dispatched per . -• | \ wagon to Mr. C. Smith's privato residence . j ' : i j! 'at Oriental Bay, in order that they niay bo ' ! : ■ > I J . dried as .soon as possible. Mr.'Smith esti- . "j j tho value of: tho damaged goods at I ' J between £700 and £800.' ■' ' i' : . .?• , ] : | FLOOD OF BARGAINS, '' j ; | NEXT SATURDAY, June 19, 1909.

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