This is a newspaper article from 1940 about the blaze that destroyed the Bond Head United church and a row of sheds and which took William Jardine's life.
Taken from Charlie Davis' yard. In background, Hwy. 400 rises up hill. Houses from Springdale floated (from the west) until they reached Hwy. 400. This was the height that the water reached after the rain when the dyke broke. A car plugged the culvert, restricting the flow of water.
This photo was taken soon after the the flood caused by Hurricane Hazel (Oct. 15, 1954) of Charlie Davis' house, with Hwy. 400 in the foreground, facing north. The white house in the background is the De Peuter home which floated, with the family aboard, to land near the highway.
