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- 1908-08-06
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"Return Open Verdict in Accident Which Caused Fireman's Death"
Relates to the Grand Trunk Railway derailment on July 15, 1908
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Part of Local History Collection
"Return Open Verdict in Accident Which Caused Fireman's Death"
Relates to the Grand Trunk Railway derailment on July 15, 1908
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Building Plans and Fire Losses Estimated
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"Owners of businesses destroyed in last Wednesday's fire are making arrangements to carry on business in temporary quarters and are planning a building program. According to present plans, a fine new business block will rise this year on the site of the stores destroyed in last Wednesday's conflagration." ...
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"The Witness surely expresses the feelings of all residents of the district in extending sympathy to those who stood helpless last Wednesday afternoon and watched their flourishing businesses destroyed by fire." ...
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Photo - Keith Stevens from "Mail burned in post office blaze"
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Photo of Keith Stevens sifting though identifiable mail from the Post Office fire which occurred on April 29, 1981.
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Ontario Premier Frost Pays Second Visit to Bradford
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"After visiting the scene of the marshland flood here on Monday, attending an organization meeting and promising $100,00 to start the work of clearing and rebuilding, the Premier returned again yesterday, this time accompanied by Ontario Minister of Agriculture Thomas. ..."
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Ontario Premier Authorizes $100,000 Credit for Marsh
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"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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Rich Garden Lands Flooded When Water Overflows Dikes
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"Holland Marsh residents and everyone living in this district will always remember "Hurrican [sic] Hazel" and the worst storm in Ontario's history, a storm which inundated the rich Holland Marsh gardens, ruining all crops yet to be harvested, sweeping buildings away in the water currents, and submerging some of the most beautiful homes of the district under feet of dirty water. ..."
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Mobile Houses Offered in Telegram to Witness
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"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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Police revert to former phone numbers
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Article about the Bradford Police Department changing phone numbers. At this time, the Police Department was moving from the Town Hall to 1 Holland St. West.
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G.T.R. Penetanguishene Station improvements
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"The G.T.R. authorities are digging up ten maple shade trees from the Aurora station grounds to place in the grounds at Penetanguishene, and the citizens are very wroth."
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