STORMS IN AMERICA
BURST DAM FLOODS A TOWN. | HOW A GLEIIK SAVED THE INHABITANTS. (Received July 26, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 26. I A dramatic story is told of the storm 1 in West Virginia. In the town of Dunbar, a elcrfc i working in the quarries, two miles dis- j taut, was warned by telephone that a J great iiood was coming, the dam eon-' taining the town's water supply having burst. The olierk telephones to a friend in Dunbar to warn everybody. The latter rushed into the street, calling ®n the residents to flee for their lives. Instantly the people, numbering several * thousands, fled to the hills, escaping in the nick of time. The water submerged the streets, and did much damage to buildings, but no lives were lost. The railway bridge was carried away, and the telephone lines are down. If the warning had not been given hundreds would certainly have perislied.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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156STORMS IN AMERICA Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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