A CALIFORNIAN FLOOD.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE. HEAVY LOSS OP USB, ; By Cable—Press Association— Copjrljktt .'£ Received Jan. 30, 5.5 p.m. ' ■'** New York, Jan. 29. .Jj At.least fifty persons were killed t>t ■*j the bursting of'a lower dam in the South ;SS California Water Company's reservoir, , '-f; the burst releasing eleven million gal* *#j lons. I'ay.Valley was devastated for an ! ' area of fifteen miles long by two mile* ' .•wide. ' -' 'i The damage is estimated *t> ft million - dollars. One hundred families are cut , off from communication and ar> threat" encd wiiji famine.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1916, Page 5
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90A CALIFORNIAN FLOOD. Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1916, Page 5
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