Disastrous Floods in British Columbia.
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE DROWNED. [PER PBSSS ASSOCIATION,] Victoria (B.C ). June 6. Floods, resulting from the Fraser river overflowing its banks, drowned one hundred people. LATER PARTICULARS. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. WHOLE VILLAGES DISAPPEARED IN THE FLOODS. Washinotok, June 6. Floods in the Fraeer river are increasing, and the towns along its course are in danger. The gasworks are being flooded. The devastation is appalling. Whole hamlets have disappeared into the raging torrent.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 333, 7 June 1894, Page 2
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81Disastrous Floods in British Columbia. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 333, 7 June 1894, Page 2
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