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Show DONE BY RAIN AND HAIL. Lives Thonshl in llara llean !.nst aad rroperty lslrey.l. MoNtkkai., Aug. (I. A cyclone tin-paralclled tin-paralclled iu tiolcnco lu this locality swept over l.nke St. Louis and St. Lawrence Law-rence In the vicinity of Montreal Mon-treal lat evuning, doing great damage on laud and on water At the moment the storm burst, the principal event of the canoe meet of the Isle Cadiuux Lake association trophy for first class yachts was being sailed. Light competing yachts were a mllnout on tho lske, when suddenly tho sky grew black and the wind swept clown thn lake with a terrific violence and instantly ins-tantly every yacht lu the race was upset. It Is not known how many, if any, worn drowned. At various points, J'oinla Clare, St. Anus and Durval great damage was done to property, flouixa were unroofed un-roofed and burns struck by lightning. Many buddings were swept completely away. At Lachine the greatest damage was dona. The immense building of the Dominion bridge company nnd the equally large structure of the Canadian Cana-dian Screw and Harbed Wire factories were unroofed. |