AMERICAN FLOODS .
(BY ELECTRIC TIJLKfiUAI'II — COl'VIIUllIT). Wki.i.ixcton, June I'p. Four thousand corpses havu been recovered fr<im the scene of tlio catastrophe, ;iri'l a regiment »f soldiers is engaged in biuymg them by hundreds, Out of one family of 20, only one survived, and lie has buried I I relatives. Many families are known to be extinct. The air for miles round the town is tainted by the diluvium from corpses. Petersburg and Alleghany Oily an) siilinring from poisoned water. Some of the locomotives on the railway lines were liiii'b i along 10 miles by the force of the do id. Floating debris carried away the bridge over the Susf[uehaunah at Williams' J'oinl, and drowned lifty spectators. Nkw York, June (i. The sum of 200,000fluls. has been subscribed in aid of the sufferers. The final estimate computes the, loss of life at Johnstown at 15,000. Sydney, .June ti. The Mayor has sent a telegram of sympathy to the President.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2683, 8 June 1889, Page 2
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158AMERICAN FLOODS . Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2683, 8 June 1889, Page 2
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