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FLOOD AT MONTREAL. *On SatnrJay last. owing to the extraordinary ri»e of tto river, Oii* cily was visited by an inundation, the most extensive and di*-treating in its elfcets, of anythin; of the kind that bii been witnessed for the Uvt ten year#. Oa Thursday ant F(.i«Uj; lh» water had much ftcffirJ itt n»n»t boflmU, and Consider-able damage and distress was the n-jolf, more ejpccrolly in Gnffintown; bul all this was fritting, Cumpanrd with what took pUee on SalnMay morning, Ujg aitrrU and derailing* in the lower pari* of the fjjy, bordering or the river presented a piteous spectacle;, the water had risen during the night, ood Griffin-town showed Jn almost unbroken sheft'of water from end to end. The water continued to itae. until Jhe greatest part of Wellington Street was about two feet under water, whi 1st in mo*t of the cross streets the depth of water averages from four to ux feet. TheccnJuio.s of the families seas, as may be easily c«n-eeivcJ. sad in the extreme'. Some managed to extricate their fiyniluie : others Ira* fortunate,' «re»tscH^nW to abandon thrir dwellings and leavo mo-t of their effects hr-hind. lo iooje of the Inwer part* of Griffin-(own, many families who, when th; lo.ver stories Jsecam- fin idr.t, took n in th» altice, were cvmp-.-ilnl to lease this» al-oaun make their way to a place of safety, as well as they could in c« m-\ and scows. St. P»ul and Commissioners Streets, were, to a great extent, under water, and Damage to a large eVent has be*n sustained by 1he»tnrc-lvrp rx and merchants in those streets. M'Gilt street, was flooded a* far as Coil. *e Cat fret, which was also inundated. In Mountain Street, the water extend-d up to Mr. Torrance's garden, and the Lachine railroad, fence* an.l all were out of sight. T ie greater part of the house) on the lower side .f Bona* venture Street were flooded to the great di*. c-.mfort of the inhabitants and the destruction of their furniture.Through all the streets enumeral,-I, canm-s and scows hvinj Ihisy occupation all day in removing furniture, good;, Ac., or occa«inn.il-ly carrying panrngen from one point to •mdhrr, wh4u mJI #tr mean* of transit were out of oueation. Saint Anne’s market was atvO flooded,' to lire great annoyance ofthe rats, vjioawr/ortrd to lt£ve whal had hitherto, ho rfmrW.Seen lt;cnmfrrt5ble quarters,I supplied eommiss'aMr. to their proverbialwith a- tolerable wellRats, however, true to their prtSverh..-! instinct, will.lnvarisbly, make their exit from a sinking ship, a falling ministry, or a flooded market. Tba pabular rats in question, however, were rot so lucky a some of their brethren ; for, although on their first bolt from their domestic hearths, rioh porchsnce with old associations, they looked conscious enough of having made a false move, yel were they meouthivhtfy despatched.hy-th* eleawes of the botchers’■ boys, by whotrs*'*ui absence of customers, it was voted exarUent sport.The Emigrant Shed at Point St. Charles were nearly all fioodcdj’and a large ntttabeh of the sick had to be transported to a place of safety. We are glad to see that every possible attention was paid to these poor people. Snafr apprehension, we understood, was entertained, at one period of the day, that some of the sheds wry: in danger of being carried otf hy the force*or the water; but wo did not heo', op to Saturday evening, that any *o| them had been moved. IThe state of things, tx detailed above, continued tu a late bmu o» Sate/-tty evening and most probably iloev so at tbi» moment.— If so. an almost mcaleolaWa amouot.of distress will of necessity ensue t and we -hope the authorities will oe prampt lo aJnjit every possible measure that will afTnrJ relief to the sufferer?, very many of whom are in the most indigent eucusnstinee*.—Gate! It,There sverv txio alarms of fire onSatnrdav.were any p cared suflicii to destroy h •Jackaon war being afloat, also cutre nr, called for a i said so. V reason to tal Mr. Willia* other suffer* (■rocecd. xim no note*.of to memo*y. infnfmal on on oalli ; nei nation. Mr had to say, ; tans to cotta fully v.-rittcr and aflrrwai Thomas Writn line,. ; |agation (at le occupied In and putting i Mr. Ro»-premises 'h. night, harm r»-j. at wl.ic its the stove h.nger in tin c stlage in au :tke0*d n iujj him up, !i:c. Wlict was to save •tpper story. I.xdder Con luirning ruin the witness spring* of It and the hoi heal of the Safe,destroy Receivable, sum in Daub The gold t valuable rid the premitM Miss JireV Mr. McCm roborated b ^til-ncne of the, origin i 4s«d said.1l came lo the oould'not fr in Mr. Rube of bis neig! the upper rt witness first pcrty, and Hobart Jock Mr. R-bert vtwre plied, L'|ion which “ I mean, a “over the I Mr. Ajar Hi- boarJed cloac at ha»* ly before si:
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Kingston British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Sat, Jan 22, 1848
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