ON THE MAIN TRUNK.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLIPS. | MM liisi mbHniirigp. ffiei-itash streetri&j&ere >: PiL«he j'were four qf water.’ ; AT Marten- function ifclevcU\aL back wards; there (ffere AVer five. ,;ieet of water. ' J: r On the Main Trunk line, near Cliff Road, a big slip caine down which is ■estimated at 20 feet deep and a chain wide. It will take eight hours to remove the debris, consisting of trees, mud and metal. 1 A small slip is reported at Fordell, and so far the - early trains have not 'arrived. During 24 hours up to 9 o’clock this morning, the rainfall was 2.3* inches, which is a record.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 91, 17 December 1913, Page 6
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107ON THE MAIN TRUNK. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 91, 17 December 1913, Page 6
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