, 1870-08-27
STORM AND FRESHET IN CAN
ADA.

The Thames 0serflowtng-d:rcns
WcAtcxnTsnck swept A<SaY-<irent
Hchti ttction OF Property.
ST. MAYS, Ont, Aug. ~
4 great freshst took rlace in st. Mary'n
last night, After = heavy rain storm tho
Thames overiowed its banks in Ill directions,
tho torrent reaching height unknown for
t.c past eighteen or twenty years- One
building was swept away, also three bridges
Oh Trout River; urge number Of live stock
WAS drowned, aud great destruction Of pub
lie and 1tivate property was sustained. Loss,
aLout 5000.
Woops1ocz, Aug. 81.
hero last night During tho storm tire
broke ont in the rear OF Col Richardson's
uihce. used a. sture.room for spare supplies
Of the Twenty.s econd Battalion. Con-
TSe r0 sapsf r,p Tss Sy e
iyinr VIZ as.iust @ tic buillins md heating. n An
| seciuent occurred At Beacnyille, On the ureat
Western Railway, caused By the Thames over
flowing ard breaking culvett. A portion Of
tho ttack was swept away. Some of the cars
Ct tic steamboat express going west were
thrown oN the track. No oi.e w1s killed, aud
| AEly tAo pezsous were Injured. The dam OF
lii. NiIe1's cloth factory vas swept awAs:
One Of the most extraordinary f:e-hets
hat We haye had for years OCCURRED here,
This morning, doing immense damag,. Il
lsintd necessarily, Last hight, rA,sing the
| azttz 10 IN alarming extent in Mud Creek
at al early hour. this morning, the fire
aia1m vas sounded. and the fire companies
TUNED out to save the bridge and property.
BY great efforts they succeeded in breaking
the jam against the bridge across the River
thames, and saved the bridge. The wate1
| iu tie creek, however. continued to rise
steadily, taking aNay Mr. StuArt's m,il-lam
about o'clock. This gave such An impetus
to the water tlat It swept away the next dam,
belonging TO air. James smith, aud the moat
Of the etone foundations Of tho mill. and all
the machinery, doing yerp great amount Of
damage II also swept Away the Ereateat part
Vt the roadway Of cue Of the principal streets,
leaving al immense charm almost In the en-
ing belonging to Z. Robinson aud Mr. Nc
Intyrc. The former had to move ont nearly
all his stock. A little further down the CT go
two-etory house. belonging to Nr. Pool. vas
undermined, and Was carried xw1y. The
wateri. now spbeiding. and there Is no fear Of
Any further jamage; tut that alreaoY done 10
public and private property is at least s2o: 90.
Tie River Thames has zitenssnca1ly ten Zee.
since ,estercay, in consequence OF the heavy
:lats a1ound tho city are entirely submerged,
,.rl III tie houses along the banks OF the
| river tie water is several feet deep. Pc
,essyilo is flooded, the wster being TWO or
| three feet deep IN tome OF tho streets
Ert.. are emplo. ed e tale people .s,m i4ss hi :
% .neFt Of, and tlatfis in lbat direction is Co. n
rte.elv stvpped. Ii is slso reported thst the
Adtlside s:zcet bridge is gone. Reports coHae
| ,n Of ether eetious damages slons the north
rrp branch, and in the matter Of the crops,
terc:ug, b,ideee, &c, the loss will be- very
lsyge. 1t the present time it is impossible u
! ,srertsin what the total loss will be. 1t is the
| greatest fresbet We have had in this neighbor'
hood for seventeen years.