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CA BWGPL GJ-SB 75-PH26984
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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."

George Jackson

Marsh residents recall Hazel's devastation 25 years ago

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1979-10-10

Part of Local History Collection

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

Bradford Witness

Hurricane Hazel drowned marsh crops

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Item
1979-10-10

Part of Local History Collection

Bradford Witness

Rich Garden Lands Flooded When Water Overflows Dikes

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Part
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. ..."

Bradford Witness