TROUBLE SPREADING.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOMEL__S3. TOWNS UNDER WATER. (Received XHjcomber 4th. 11.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 4. The Dallas floods are spreading. Fifteen thousand people are homeless within an area of ?00 miles by 100. Scores have taken refuge on tree tops and floating houses. ■:■ The railroads have been forced to suspend operations on whole sections. The town of Vaco is under water. Troops have.been ordered out to prevent looting. The town of Hetty is flooded. Th© inhabitants, fearing further inundations, are fleeing. There is little suffering as yet. Charitable organisations in the surrounding cities are caring for the homeless.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14841, 5 December 1913, Page 7
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100TROUBLE SPREADING. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14841, 5 December 1913, Page 7
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