Big Floods in Canada.
Montreal, April 20. As a consequence of the hot woather the snows of the past winter have suddenly melted and the rivers and streams in all parts of the province have become swolleu to an extent unknown in 30 years. Great damage has been done to property along the banks. Many villages and towns are wholly or partly under water, the inhabitants being compelled to move about in boats and on rafts. Dozens of bridges, including some of the largest in the province, have been carried away, together with numerous mills, farmhouses and other buildings, as well as logs, lumber and movable property of all kinds. Railway traffic in interrupted by wash outs and the carrying away of bridges. Sherbrooke, Quebec, April 18. The floods in the St. Francis River for 00 miles south and north of here still continue, and fears are entertained that the worst is still to to come, the ice in St. Francis Lake not having started yet. The Quebec Central Railway bridge, a half mile from here, gave way this morning. . •
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 278, 30 May 1896, Page 2
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