The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-03-25, Page 11Flood
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KEEP OUT—Local police keep pedestrian and auto traffic
off Highway 4 south on the weekend after the banks of the Maitland failed to keep the
river in stride and the pavement
with river water. OUT OF PLACE—The ski jump
XL -7' ' dated
of the highway became inundated
seems
after the upper dam and snow drives in to be badly misplaced as fl
the wind to cool
short time Tunes The ensuing flood caused warm te Ood waters Pour into the
a ance much damage
water d pdv ,alers* mPprature enraged run-off waters.
red %N% der an ilooding .I,n the area.
ve PleOnl jt%e
was co hack
towr% dam d Reeve darnage done by
lower oeeven - I the
.OtAE_-The (flood on iihe N koov, a
G a close
an to tave
...,,,and beg Wenger
Publisher Barry
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waters
solo— NNIng t;,, tlood r float
residents of s and othe
to Out
Ir
We .1c and bringlng
complete tcati
I but no' a topping
-k 1nu51J3., -4 tnwn S
OA'O OU 5ouj"
bwaY A
cross VAIg
ing trail.
CLEAR ---"maw
VlEW—A look South Ir?m the Fro
which damaged many homes,in the f sty Queen
ends shows the extent
nger0 1 f the
lood ed areas Of the Community flooding
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A few days of unseasonably pond was breached, allowing a
warm weather, the residue of now of water, mud and gravel to
mounta inous snowbanks and a pour through back yards in that
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heavy rain in the early hours of area.
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Sunday morning combined to The Canadian Tire Store on Jo -
produce flood conditions in the sephine South was flooded, but
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valley of the Maitland River- sandbags prevented extensive
Wingham, as usual, took this damage. So far the owner, Lloyd
been to as
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brunt of the run-off from UP Gilroy, has not able
stream with the result that hOrAO sess the complete damage to
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owners and business people had merchandise. Chris Gosling
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is 4swift
to take action. Chev-Olds also had water on the
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Although the crest did not main floor. The basements of
reach the same Nigh levels as last some Josephine Street stores at
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year, all the homes in the flood the south end of town were flood -
pressure
in the south end of the town ed, due to back -press in the
plain
and in Lower Wi ngham were in- storm sewers.
families Damage in the upstream vii-
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undated and about 14
had to be evacuated Traffic wa, a lager, Wroxeter, Gorrie and
routed away from a stretch of JO - Fordwich was not extensive, al-
sehine Street between the Joe though a few homes in the flood
p
Kerr building and the intersec- plain areas were affected. In
tion of Highway 86 at the town Harriston, however, there was
limits when water crossed the extensive flooding, chiefly in a
highway. The crest of the flood mobile home park and a few
was not reached until late Sun- permanent residences near the
day, and only the advent of Plum- Maitland were also inundated.
meting temperatures prevented In Listowel, where flood dam-
more extensive damage, age is usually very high, the
Lower Town dam, which water level approached about 18
The
the main streets
only last year fol- inches along
was replaced
lowing a disastrous washout in However, merchants there are
1974, fared better than was well aware of the hazard., and
originally eii :pected.'Although most of them take precautions to
water levels below the dam were sandbag or remove stock before
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almost equal to those in the the water enters their places of
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above, when the waters receded business. On this occasion the
it was found that physical darn- water did not reach the levels ex-
age to the dam was limited to the perienced last year.
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erosion of some portions of the The danger of flooding is not
gravel capping on the dykes" over by any means. A consider-
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adjacent to the concrete str(kc able amount of snow remainsroadsides and in wooded
not be Pro- along
tures. Repairs should
hibitively expensive. -areas. A heavy rainfall could
Gravel shoulders On streets create a second crisis, but at
take
UDDER—The Maitland extended into the town on the weekend as the water, rose
near the river were also washed least the weekend flood did
FLATS
into the main street area of the town, stopping all
boat was a welcome visitor to home owners
out and a portion of the dyke with it most of the snow which
to high levels and flooded property
CANOEIST WELCOME—Anyone
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along the banks of the Maitland
with a
River on the weekend. The driving winds and cold
ects Lower. Town had accumulated in open areas.
which prot west bank of the
homes 'on the
travel.
temperatures made evacuation of
homes extra difficult.
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KEEP OUT—Local police keep pedestrian and auto traffic
off Highway 4 south on the weekend after the banks of the Maitland failed to keep the
river in stride and the pavement
with river water. OUT OF PLACE—The ski jump
XL -7' ' dated
of the highway became inundated
seems
after the upper dam and snow drives in to be badly misplaced as fl
the wind to cool
short time Tunes The ensuing flood caused warm te Ood waters Pour into the
a ance much damage
water d pdv ,alers* mPprature enraged run-off waters.
red %N% der an ilooding .I,n the area.
ve PleOnl jt%e
was co hack
towr% dam d Reeve darnage done by
lower oeeven - I the
.OtAE_-The (flood on iihe N koov, a
G a close
an to tave
...,,,and beg Wenger
Publisher Barry
�A
. . . . . . . . .....
waters
solo— NNIng t;,, tlood r float
residents of s and othe
to Out
Ir
We .1c and bringlng
complete tcati
I but no' a topping
-k 1nu51J3., -4 tnwn S
OA'O OU 5ouj"
bwaY A
cross VAIg
ing trail.
CLEAR ---"maw
VlEW—A look South Ir?m the Fro
which damaged many homes,in the f sty Queen
ends shows the extent
nger0 1 f the
lood ed areas Of the Community flooding
.4& e