MISSISSIPPI FLOODS
REPORTS GROW IN GRAVITY^
(Received May 7, 2 p.m.)
WASHINGTON, May 6. Flood reports from Torras grwr in. gravity.
People were swept off tie roofs of houses, the water exceeding the heigjrfr of the telegraph poles. Several persons were rescued afloat on wooden houses. , A thousand tare known to be home-«& less in one district.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10630, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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57MISSISSIPPI FLOODS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10630, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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