A Big Flood.
PAMAGE ATP. BLACK.WATEIR
MlNllNiG TIA.IL.IMtGS SWEPT AWAY
ROiAJDS 'EFFACED
©AMA'GiE DONE.
(Per United Vtjtm ,Acaooiattoo.>
BIEEIFTOiK 1,- Jaoiuiary 16
It is reix>rted fix>ni Blackspoint tha* the volume of water mi the riv-jp has rarely been eolipsed. The buirst of fhe ifeoom at Miuirray Ofeek carried mine debris, trees, etc., right before jt, ploughing through the miniiog tailings and causing :i guieait' stench from- the disturbed cyaoi'de. ' ■■' ■ ' - . . The rvdbite sainds. oppoaitei Recftni at Rosatownr rimy s'mply sluicel away strii>s of land! and road. All iract of tfoe road hws giome amd it ; s, surprisinjr that the_ traffic -bridge stood the weigh,t of"~tb.e flood.
From every Sid© comes news* of land slips. "No esf'mat© has yet been formed of the eixtent of. the dama«-\* but it must be canormd'us;
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10616, 16 January 1909, Page 2
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130A Big Flood. Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10616, 16 January 1909, Page 2
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