ANOTHER COLLAPSE.
Exciting Rescue of Marooned
Inhabitants.
BOATING W THE SUGAR BOWL.
<By Cable.—Presa Association.—Copyright) (Received 10.30 a.m.) NEW ORLEANS, May 17. Another barrier against the floods has collapsed marooning 500 inhabitants at Merville. The victims rushed to the tops of the levees and awaited rescue. A relief train loaded with food and twenty boats ran through the water toward the town and will proceed as far as is possible, on the tracks. Thereafter the boats will be unloaded to rescue the sufferers. The railroad embankment at Merville is also crowded with the automobiles and household goods of refugees. _ Boats are being sent in many directions across the flooded Sugar Bowl lands to rescue the townspeople. President Coolidge has announced that he has no intention of calling an extra session of Congress to deal with the flood situation, believing that the work of rescue and reconstruction is proceeding with sufficient impetus and care for all necessities.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 7
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