RECEDED SLIGHTLY.
Worst of American Floods Thought Over. RECORD LEVEL OF RIVERS. XEW YORK, February i>. A message from Cairo, Illinois, slates that tlio Hood waters have receded slightly fur tlie first time since Hie confluence' of tlie Ohio and .Mississippi Rivers readied the record level of 5D.32 feet. The .Mississippi is Klisorbinu' an enormous quantity of the flood waters, and the Ohio carried its record load through the delta country under the vigilance of river men who predicted that it would ilow safely to the Gulf of Mexico.
Army engineers, ]:>n.n.(lO work-weary dcfcii(k>r.«, and thousands of refugees share tile view that tlie worst is over now that the levels of these two rivers are dropping.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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116RECEDED SLIGHTLY. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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