GROWING MENACE
FLOOD SWEEPS ON NEAR NEW ORLEANS By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright NEW ORLEANS, Wednesday. The force of the swollen Mississippi River now bears most heavily on the Bayou at Des Glaizes. A break in the levee is expected at any time and should it occur some of the richest sugar-growing areas in Southern Louisiana will he flooded. Twenty-five thousand men are working day and night in an attempt to strengthen the river embankment for a distance of 70 miles. The flood waters from Natchez to New Orleans have risen to a poi.t one-tenth of a foot higher than the latter city. The Red Cross organisation has established 64 relief stations in the newly-threatened area and is making preparations for the evacuation of all the inhabitants.
The contributions received by the Red Cross Society now total more than £2,000,000, and the collection is being continued. Every day more members of the Senate and House of Representatives petition the President, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, to call a special session of Congress to deal with the situation.— A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 43, 13 May 1927, Page 9
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