| Comments | Timmins ON, August 31, 1961. A severe thunderstorm moved across the Timmins area; hail was reported; storm runoff from the Town Creek basin and runoff from streets and storm sewers of Timmins caused Town Creek to reach flood stage; Timmins was flooded resulting in road washouts, smashed houses and undercut foundations; a mother and four children drowned in a house along the bank of the creek. |