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THE STORY OF JOUXSTOWX.<br />

naked rock to point out the site <strong>of</strong> the eliminated suburb. On the soutli<br />

side <strong>of</strong> the creek, the row <strong>of</strong> tenements aliove the t.iunery iiridge, the brewery<br />

and a couple <strong>of</strong> shanties art' stantlin.u. <strong>The</strong> street-car sheds and stables were<br />

swept a\\a\. with all the cars. eiL;lil\ -nine horses and thirty tons <strong>of</strong> hay <strong>The</strong><br />

strip <strong>of</strong> land \\\\v^ on tlie north side, known as Clark's ("iro\e." was covered<br />

with sand from tuo to six feet in tleptli. <strong>The</strong> Conemaui;h chau'^ed <strong>its</strong> course<br />

and, dividing into two branches, so continued to the lower end <strong>of</strong> the town,<br />

where it reunited.<br />

Wood vale had ceased to be!<br />

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