Show A Frvekee Halifax 21The greatest freshet has occurred in the Cornwallis river known for years The Windsor and Annapolis railway is submerged and badly washed for two miles Half a mile of trackat Wizwells is three and a half feet under water All trains between Windsor and Annapolis An-napolis are cancelled Oxford Cumberland Cum-berland County reports the greatest freshet ever known Three bridges across the river Philip one at the head of Tidewater one at Oxford I and another on the road to the station sta-tion were all carried away The ice jam caused backwater flooding houses six inches to three feet deep Some families were removed in canoes ca-noes and rafts A number of small bridges are gone Communication is completely cut pff in every direction direc-tion The damage done to mills and bridges up the river must be very great There is a large I amount of debris floating down the river A lruro telegram says The ice in Salmon River and Lepper brook broke last night and a tremendous tre-mendous freshet followed The Salmon River bridge is in danger of being swept away The railway of Truro is submerged and it is still raining heavily The river is rising |