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Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river, The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters f(...)
Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river, The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters f(...)

Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river, The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters f(...)

Date2/21/1930
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  • Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river; The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters from the west branch of the Humber which broke up last night and formed a raging torrent of ice and water over nearly a mile of the roadway.
  • Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river, The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters f(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Motorist caught in Torrent has narrow escape as Ice Leaves river; The main highway from Weston to Thistletown is completely shut off by flood waters from the west branch of the Humber which broke up last night and formed a raging torrent of ice and water over nearly a mile of the roadway.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106530F
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    King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
    King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    2/1/1938
    Completely surrounded by water from the flooding Red river this farm is still able to carry on with work around the barns as they are elevated above the flood level
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    Goode, Jeff
    4/6/1966
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    Ross, Fred
    3/17/1973
    Residents leave for higher ground, More than 85 familys on one street alone had to flee their homes in the wake of flood waters from Lake St. Clair
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    Ross, Fred
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    Dutton, Don
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    Searching for residents in flood, Rescuers, walk through waters sometimes reaching three feet on the main street of St
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    Ross, Fred
    3/17/1973
    Searching for residents in flood, Rescuers, walk through waters sometimes reaching three feet on the main street of St
    Searching for residents in flood, Rescuers, walk through waters sometimes reaching three feet on the main street of St
    Ross, Fred
    n.d.
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    The spring runoff, combined with yesterday's downpour, has turned the Credit River into a swollen, ragining torrent that has overflowed its bank in ma(...)
    Norris, Dave
    4/13/1972
    There's no stopping 2 men with a thirst, Flood waters from the rain-swollen Nith River overflowed into New Hamburg Saturday, leaving the Brewers Retail store on a small island-but still open
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    Beaty, Keith
    4/20/1975
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    Flood waters released through the Shand dam into the Grand river at the rate of 18,276 cubic feet per second today led to the worst flood since 1929 a(...)
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    4/12/1947