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To keep ahead of the flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River while it threatens Lumsden, Sask
To keep ahead of the flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River while it threatens Lumsden, Sask

To keep ahead of the flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River while it threatens Lumsden, Sask

Date4/23/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: To keep ahead of the flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River while it threatens Lumsden; Sask.; crews work on the dikes around the clock. The great wall of dirt and gravel held firm yesterday but problem is erosion. Bill Johnston says: The river is moving so fast it is cutting away the dikes at the bottom. Since the fight to save the town began Friday; trucks have brought in 100;000 tons of earth.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007307F
The flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River surges through Lumsden, Sask
The flood-swollen Qu'Appelle River surges through Lumsden, Sask
4/22/1974
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
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Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
Flood danger: Keith Hay stands beside some of the ice from the swollen Humber River that threatened to tear apart of his home in the Kleinburg area last week
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On the shore of Lake Erie, Eva Malolepszy and Nora Srokosz fill and stack sandbags outside their home in Harich Township as the already-high lake threatens houses
On the shore of Lake Erie, Eva Malolepszy and Nora Srokosz fill and stack sandbags outside their home in Harich Township as the already-high lake threatens houses
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4 pix transmitted-lumsiten dikes rising to keep ahead of flood
4 pix transmitted-lumsiten dikes rising to keep ahead of flood
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2/16/1984
As the Credit River, swollen by spring runoff and heavy rain, rose alarmingly workmen abandoned a construction site south of Streetsville, building a (...)
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4/13/1972
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(...)
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(...)
4/13/1972
The Rain-swollen credit river engulfs Memorial park in Streetsville, where it swept away four footbridges, on of them where the youths are standing. [Incomplete]
The Rain-swollen credit river engulfs Memorial park in Streetsville, where it swept away four footbridges, on of them where the youths are standing. [Incomplete]
1/27/1973
Islington Avenue, bridge over Humber River, looking south showing river in flood
Islington Avenue, bridge over Humber River, looking south showing river in flood
1956
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
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