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FOl'K INCHES OF RAINStorm Here. Saturday and Sunday, Worst in Memory of Oldest Inhabitants.Tli*? rain storm of Saturday and Sunday was the heaviest within the j memory of the oldest inhabitant of the Delta. Xot as much rain fell here as in other parts of British Columbia, that are closer to the mountains. but even at that four inches fell in the 4S hours. East Delta resembled a large lake, with water lying all over the land. At the Lad-j Her school house the wind tore away | part of tie* roof and the rain wet all ! the ceiling so tnat there was such danger of ‘he plaster falling ithat school as dismissed until repairs j were effected. Generally speaking, i however. Utile damage was done on ! the Delta; 'but such is not the ease elsewhere. Much damage was done iin the streets of New Westminster, many bridges and long stretches of track on the Great Northern were | w ished away. Vancouver city will be called upon to expend much tlt; repair htr streets; the Voddcr river, from Mount linker to Lake Sumas. ran away and lost its bed. and elsewhere 011 the lower mainland great damage was indicted. Sundaymorning, just outsi 1lt;- of tin* New\ Westminster city limits, a GreatNorthern work train crashed through a bridge and L’_ Japanese were killed.For three days Great Northern and , C. P. R. ‘rains to the Coast were be-nind schedule time, mving’to washouts ami no Eastern mail was received at Ladner from Saturday to, Thursday.
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Ladner Delta Times
Ladner, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Dec 04, 1909
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Samantha M.
CA 18 Nov 2021
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