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Everything but the kitchen sink is parked on the roof of this blood-besieged home on the outskirts of Morris, Men are patrolling the dykes here night (...)
Everything but the kitchen sink is parked on the roof of this blood-besieged home on the outskirts of Morris, Men are patrolling the dykes here night (...)

Everything but the kitchen sink is parked on the roof of this blood-besieged home on the outskirts of Morris, Men are patrolling the dykes here night (...)

Date4/14/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Everything but the kitchen sink is parked on the roof of this blood-besieged home on the outskirts of Morris; Men are patrolling the dykes here night and day in an all-out battle to keep the Red River from repeating the havoc of 1950
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007164F
Canadian soldiers ride on a farmer's wagon through flood waters of the Assiniboine river as they travel assists volunteers in plugging dykes in the Ba(...)
Canadian soldiers ride on a farmer's wagon through flood waters of the Assiniboine river as they travel assists volunteers in plugging dykes in the Ba(...)
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Rice paddies: Homes on the outskirts of Chatham, near Highway 2, are still surrounded by water from the Thames River, although the levels are subsiding
Rice paddies: Homes on the outskirts of Chatham, near Highway 2, are still surrounded by water from the Thames River, although the levels are subsiding
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A soldier relaxes at Morris, Halfway point between emerson and winnipeg, beside red river dyke
A soldier relaxes at Morris, Halfway point between emerson and winnipeg, beside red river dyke
4/11/1966
Island in flood: Aerial view shows flood-ravaged farm on the outskirts of Chatham
Island in flood: Aerial view shows flood-ravaged farm on the outskirts of Chatham
2/26/1985
Taken 15 minutes after this railway dyke collapsed at Hatzic Lake in B
Taken 15 minutes after this railway dyke collapsed at Hatzic Lake in B
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Two cars were trapped on the crumbling bridge on Friday night and one of the motorists spent an anxious four hours on the roof of his car before being(...)
Two cars were trapped on the crumbling bridge on Friday night and one of the motorists spent an anxious four hours on the roof of his car before being(...)
10/21/1954
Some lost everything: Huddled on mattresses at the old residential school in Fort Albany, homeless refugees from the flooded-out Indian village of Kashechewan wonder about their fate
Some lost everything: Huddled on mattresses at the old residential school in Fort Albany, homeless refugees from the flooded-out Indian village of Kashechewan wonder about their fate
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Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
Their night of horror over, this Holland Marsh couple wave to a circling plane from the veranda of their water-logged home. [Incomplete]
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There's no stopping 2 men with a thirst, Flood waters from the rain-swollen Nith River overflowed into New Hamburg Saturday, leaving the Brewers Retail store on a small island-but still open
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Henry Baldwin's home, considered to be one of the last great homes that once stood on the outskirts of the original village of Yorkville
Henry Baldwin's home, considered to be one of the last great homes that once stood on the outskirts of the original village of Yorkville
11/4/1989
Rising 17 feet above its normal depth, the Grand river is shown here at Galt
Rising 17 feet above its normal depth, the Grand river is shown here at Galt
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Large tank with dykes (concrete blocks) is the acid storage tank, toxic waste disposal plant. Bolton, Ontario
Large tank with dykes (concrete blocks) is the acid storage tank, toxic waste disposal plant. Bolton, Ontario
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