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Ice-choked credit river overflowed its banks at Glen Williams yesterday and sent a wave of gigantic ice-floes, logs and other debris racing through a (...)
Ice-choked credit river overflowed its banks at Glen Williams yesterday and sent a wave of gigantic ice-floes, logs and other debris racing through a (...)

Ice-choked credit river overflowed its banks at Glen Williams yesterday and sent a wave of gigantic ice-floes, logs and other debris racing through a (...)

Date3/8/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ice-choked credit river overflowed its banks at Glen Williams yesterday and sent a wave of gigantic ice-floes; logs and other debris racing through a section of the town. Hydro and telephone lines were knocked out by the water. Here the swollen river sweeps along almost at bridge level.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106427F
The spring runoff, combined with yesterday's downpour, has turned the Credit River into a swollen, ragining torrent that has overflowed its bank in ma(...)
The spring runoff, combined with yesterday's downpour, has turned the Credit River into a swollen, ragining torrent that has overflowed its bank in ma(...)
4/13/1972
Swollen river: Residents watching the tugboats manoeuvre had to leave in a hurry when the river overflowed its banks, leaving much of the area under a foot of water
Swollen river: Residents watching the tugboats manoeuvre had to leave in a hurry when the river overflowed its banks, leaving much of the area under a foot of water
2/16/1984
Fighting floods: Firefighters' hoses carry water from basements in the tiny village of Churchville flooded when the Credit River, blocked by ice floes, backed up Saturday night
Fighting floods: Firefighters' hoses carry water from basements in the tiny village of Churchville flooded when the Credit River, blocked by ice floes, backed up Saturday night
3/8/1987
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
7/7/1994
Lifting a huge log in clearing Debris from the Humber flood basin today are three members of the 48th Highlanders
Lifting a huge log in clearing Debris from the Humber flood basin today are three members of the 48th Highlanders
10/23/1954
Huge driftwood logs are tossed ashore on a beach at Pacific Rim National Park, where, as the writer says, the waves have come 5,000 miles to slam the shore
Huge driftwood logs are tossed ashore on a beach at Pacific Rim National Park, where, as the writer says, the waves have come 5,000 miles to slam the shore
5/16/1990
Police and investigators from the Ministry of Transport sort through personal effects and debris at the site of yesterday s airliner crash. They ident(...)
Police and investigators from the Ministry of Transport sort through personal effects and debris at the site of yesterday s airliner crash. They ident(...)
6/26/1978
Kim Fobert holds her dog, Brandy, after debris landed on its kennel in Bramalea
Kim Fobert holds her dog, Brandy, after debris landed on its kennel in Bramalea
6/10/1979
Work crews clear ice from roadways in Glen Williams near Georgetown after flood there Friday
Work crews clear ice from roadways in Glen Williams near Georgetown after flood there Friday
3/21/1980
Condo life: Blue Birds Castle, by architect Janis Kravis, with its tiny logs and copper roofs, is delighting children at the Royal Ontario Museum's Art for the Birds show
Condo life: Blue Birds Castle, by architect Janis Kravis, with its tiny logs and copper roofs, is delighting children at the Royal Ontario Museum's Art for the Birds show
10/6/1987
Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
Debris litters yard of $150,000 home owned by William Kirby, a promoter of a bankrupt chinchilla company, after dynamite explosions yesterday. No one (...)
9/25/1971
Ice Has Choked off the major part of the flow of the main falls but a small part of the Bridal Veil falls, foreground, was still flowing. Ice directly(...)
Ice Has Choked off the major part of the flow of the main falls but a small part of the Bridal Veil falls, foreground, was still flowing. Ice directly(...)
2/6/1947