“Mud Storm Is Phenomena At Quebec Town,” Border Cities Star. April 14, 1931. Page 12. ----- MONTREAL, April 14. - The weatherman turned sportive in the Province of Quebec yesterday, sending a miniature mud-bath over the Lower St. Lawrence and the Saguenay, a high windstorm and a heat wave to Montreal and winds and mud to Quebec City. A boy was killed here when a flagpole was blown down.
The most interesting phenomenon was at the city and district of Chicoutimi. Early in the morning an inch of snow fell. At 11 a.m., the sky turned yellow and not a breath of air stirred. At noon the sky was almost black and the town was in practically pitch-darkness. Then ran began to fall. It was soon noticed the rain was muddy, staining the newly-fallen snow and dirtying clothes hanging on lines. Handkerchiefs and papers held up to the skies were visibly blackened. This continued almost three hours, by which time the dust in the air had been washed out and the rain was clear. A strong wind and falling temperature followed. The mud storm came from the north, following the Saguenay River to the St. Lawrence. Quebec was visited with a light display of the same conditions.
William Merson, 16, a student was instantly killed when the flagpole on the Baron Byng High School crashed into the campus, striking him on the head and fracturing his skull.