IN THE TRACK OF THE FLOOD
A TIMELY WARNING. Bj Cab!»— Pres* Awo«fcieß^-€«pyjigkt. Washington, July 23. A dramatic story is told of a storm in Dunbar, West Virginia. The town clerk, who -was working in the quarries two miles distant, was warned by telephone that a great flood was coming, the dam containing the, town's supply having burst. The clerk telephoned to a friend in Dunbar to warn everybody, and the latter rushed through the ■tree'* calling on the residents to flee for their lives. Instantly tht people, numbering several thousands, fled to the hill*, escaping in the nick of time. The water submerged the streets and did much damage to the buildings, but BO lives were lost. The railway bridge T»9 carried off. and the telephone wires went down. If the warning had not been t'i'.'i n hundreds would certainly liav ji< ri.-hed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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144IN THE TRACK OF THE FLOOD Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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