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FLOOD AT MONTREAL, *On Saint Jay last, owing to the evtraordio.x-rjr ri»c of tho river, this city was -visited by an inundation, the most rxlnxirr and dio-trlt;-*sing in il» elfrets, of Anythin; of the kind that bat been witnessed for Iht I*vl ten year.*. On Thursday ant lt;b» wgtcr hadmuch exceeded it* nsohl boooitv, and considerable damage and ili»Un» wax the rrnlt, more especially in Griltmtpwn; bul all this w»lt; trifling, o.mparrd with whal took pface on Saturday irw.uing, Uae tlirrU and .duroUing* in the fawe/parU of the tyiy, bordering „n the river ,pa**seiilfd a piteous spectacle;. the water bad riven du.-in; tltp night, audtlrifSn-town showed Jn almost unbroken sheftof water from end to end. The water eonlinoed to it**, until ihr grcalrxt part of Wellington Street was about two feel under water, whilst in mc*t of the cruas streets Ibc depth of water average* from four to tie feet. The con JUion of the families av*s» ax may be easily conceived, sad in the extreme.' Some managed to extricate liwir furniture : others lr»* for-lu/rate,' tvera-V«4*lW to aKfct.0nn thrir dwellings and leave -nlt;*t of their lt;-!Trrt« behind. lo ioun of the lower partvof Gritfin-town, ro*ny families who, when thy lo ver atones hec.im- fln iArd, took n-i'ote in lh» aItice, were comps-ited to Irarc lb.** al'O.vni make their way lo a place of safety, as well ax they could in t* i»-s and sc'-as. St. F,ul and Commissioners Streets, were, to a great extent, under water, aud iMm»*r to a large eVent has been sustained by ihntnrc.kvrp rx and merchants in thivxe streets. M‘f*ilt Strrrt, was flooded a* far »a Coll. *e ■Stre.-t. which wax also inundaU-d. In Momiliin Street, the water extend-d up to Mr. Tor-raoce’a garden, and tbe Lechixe railroad, fence* au.l all wete out of aight. T ie greater part of the houses on the lower side of Bona-venture Street were Ituode-I to the great Ji— c-mfort of the inhabitants and the destruction of their furniture.Through all ihc streets enumerated, canoes and scows fan ml busy occup.ition all day in removing futpiture, good*. kc.or occaxinn.il-ly carrying passengers fiom one point to awrifcrr, where «Jl oir mean* of transit were out of ouestion. Saiot Anne’s market was atso flooJtd,1 to Hie great annoyance ofthe rats, \^o^We/erued to le^re what had hitherto, bo rfmrW, Seen lt;, comfortable quarters,with a- tolerable well supnlird cnmmiix'rftft. Rats, however, true tn their prrfverhis! Instinct, will, invariably, make their exit from a ainkin; ship, a falling ministry, or a flooded market. Tbe particular rats in question, however, were rot to lucky a some of their brethren ; for, although on their first bolt from their domestic hearths, rioh |lt;orchanee with old associations, they looked conscious enough of having made a false move, ye| were they In cost tin* tly - despatched-hy-tb* cleavers of tho botchers’ ■ hoy*, by whooSy'ia absence of easterners, it was voted exorHent sport.Tbe Emigrant Shed at Point St. Charles were nearly all ffoodedj'and a Urge number of the sick had to be transported to a place of safety. Wear* glad to see that rrery possible attention wav paid to these poor people'. Sornvr apprehension, we understand, was entertained, at ope period of tbe day, that some of the shrdx wry: in danger of being carried otf by the force*of tbe water ; but wc did nol heo', p to Saturday evening, that any1 oj them had been moved. JThe state of thing*, cs detailed 'abare, continued tv a tale hmir cm Saturday evening and raort probably iloea vo at tbi» momrot.— If so, an almort mcaleofaWe amonot.of dis-Ireit wiil of neevssil^ ensue t aud we -hopetbe authorities will be prompt to adopt every possible measure lhal will alTuJ relief.lo the sudrrers, very many of whom are in the icost indigent eiicuavstanee*.—Caictlf,
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Kingston British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Sat, Jan 22, 1848
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