THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS
THE COUNTRY INUNDATED.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. New YoTk, May 3. News from New Orleans states that the flood conditions in the lower Mississippi are appalling. Over a hundred thousand persons are reported to be homeless. Water rushing through a breach in the levee in the Torres district at the rate of twelve miles an hour. Steamboats have picked up hundreds of marooned persons, and preparations have been made at Baton Rouge to care for them. Several towns are inundated, and the people have been rescued in boats.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 202, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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93THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 202, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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