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CA BWGPL GJ-SB 75-PH26984
Stuk
1975-05-28

"A freight train with 22 cars filled with gravel tore up 100 feet of track after it hit a spot on the tracks that was washed out by the more than three inches of rain that poured down on Bradford and Holland Marsh. Damages is estimated at over $1 million for the train wreck alone."

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Hurricane Hazel

CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel
Bestanddeel
1954-10-15

Part of Local History Collection

Contains items from the BWGPL collection relating to Hurricane Hazel and the subsequent flooding of the Holland Marsh
October 15, 1954

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Marsh residents recall Hazel's devastation 25 years ago

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Stuk
1979-10-10

Part of Local History Collection

Article on the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel, with recollections from Marsh and Bradford residents

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Community Support during the Aftermath of Hurricane Hazel

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Stuk
1979-10-10

Part of Local History Collection

"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 drowned marsh crops

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Stuk
1979-10-10

Part of Local History Collection

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Hurricane Hazel - Bradford Witness

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Stuk
1954-10-20

Part of Local 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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Rich Garden Lands Flooded When Water Overflows Dikes

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Deel
1954-10-20

Part of Local History Collection

"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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