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Community Support during the Aftermath of Hurricane Hazel

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-08-04-02
Unidad documental simple
1979-10-10

"Feeding refugees:
Marsh refugees enjoy a hot meal in the Bradford town hall after their flight from the flooded Holland Marsh. Most spent the winter in an emergency trailer camp set up where the community centre stands today."

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Hurricane Hazel - Bradford Witness

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-09-22-05
Unidad documental simple
1954-10-20

Parte deLocal History Collection

Front page of the first Bradford Witness paper after the Holland Marsh flood due to Hurricane Hazel on October 15, 1954. See Related Descriptions below for individual stories of this edition.

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Ontario Premier Authorizes $100,000 Credit for Marsh

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-09-22-05-2016-09-23-02
Parte
1954-10-20

Parte deLocal History Collection

"Immediate credit, to the extent of $100,000 by the Provincial Government, was promised by Premier Leslie Frost within a matter of minutes after his arrival by car to attend a meeting with the Holland Marsh Emergency Relief Committee, held in the Township of West GWillimbury municipal office on Monday. ..."

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Mobile Houses Offered in Telegram to Witness

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-09-22-05-2016-09-23-06
Parte
1954-10-20

Parte deLocal History Collection

"Toronto - The Canadian Mobile Home Association has announced an offer to provide more than two hundred mobile homes at cost price to victims of the Ontario flood. The C.M.H.A. has pulled its dealers from Winnipeg to Quebec City. Mobile homes can be made available on twenty-four hours' notice and hauled immediately to the stricken areas. ..."

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Trailer Town to be Established Here

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-2016-09-22-05-2016-09-23-07
Parte
1954-10-20

Parte deLocal History Collection

"To help solve the housing problem for the thousand or more people made homeless by the flood a trailer town is being planned.
Bradford Rotary Club members are in charge of this project and the objective is 100 trailer cabins to be located on the ball grounds. It is proposed to install showers and toilet facilities to serve this big trailer camp.
The search for a sufficient number of trailers is already underway."

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