The floods: A public meeting, convened by requisition was held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening to take into consideration the great destruction of property now becoming of frequent occurrence, from the incapacity of the present narrowed channel of the river Lemon, to carry off water. The Portreve, Mr. W Lovas, took the chair. Mr. J. Vicary said the experience of the last three weeks called for some means to be taken to prevent these inundations; he did not think he over stated the loss from the recent floods in setting it down at £4,000 and the dwellings of both rich and poor had suffered severely; he thought the only remedy was to go to the Marsh, deepening it to the Newton Mill, thence through Mr. Pinsent’s to his own farm yard, the expense to be borne by both parties. Messrs. Milward, Branscombe, Bearne, Coward, Abberley, and J. Bealey forcibly addressed the meeting; there was a general agreement in opinion that some decided plan to remedy the evil should be adopted, but some difference as to what should be the scheme. It was resolved on the motion of Mr. Vicary that Mr. Dymond, of Exeter, Mr. Abberley, and Mr. Peter Bearne, should be called in to see what could be done, and he would guarantee the expense. Thanks were voted to the Portreve and the meeting broke up.
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