A TOWN FLOODED.
BURSTING OF A CANAL. New York, August 28. In consequence of the bursting of the canal at Augusta twenty thousand people have been rvndcred homeless, Many of the citizens arc lodging and sleeping in trees. THE DEATH-ROLL. DAMAGE, lIALF-A-MILUON STER- . ' LING. Received 30, 8.24 p.m. New York, August 30. In connection with the Hoods in Augusta, the captain of a steamer states that he saw 25 bodies floating in the river, mostly negroes. The damage is estimated at half amillion sterling. The floods are subsiding.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 214, 31 August 1908, Page 2
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88A TOWN FLOODED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 214, 31 August 1908, Page 2
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