GIGANTIC LAKE.
I GREAT INUNDATION.
Further 2.000.000 Acres Under Water.
ANOTHER LEVEE BREAKS.
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NEW uKLEA-\>. Slav :i. In spite of desperate effort* lo sar« it. the levee at MeCrae on ;be AlchiAfalaya River bruk<« suddenly, followin~ several day* of hard work. Point CoKpce perish na« and 2.900,000 m-jv a«-res of fertile Louisiana larni land; have been doomed. Xo lixes were 10-t. '.>it :t in believed y."00 inhabitant* of the pan»h. will e%dcuale before it i? completely inuadated. This in-west break mean- ;hr inundation or six more parishes and the complete transformation of the rich bowl lamis into a gi~antir ]*'».<•. -while it al*o necessitates a total ■.; IUi.OW tnvnc per-ons leaving their home*. Tb« break i- already |«<.Ui«O feet -wide ami i« exacted to extend a further 200". Tljf water? an- at present rushing through at a sjured of :?» mile* an hour.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1927, Page 7
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143GIGANTIC LAKE. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1927, Page 7
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