FEARFUL FLOODS.
X HUNDRED THOUSAND UOMB-. ; less.
; United Prcis A«ociation—By E'ettri* j Telegraph—Copyiichf. ' ' NEW YORK, May :J. News from New Orleans states tfea* J tho flood couditioiis in tho lower 3Us- | .si.v.si;ij)i basin nro appalling. Over » luindroJ thousand persons aro rtpoi't"! to' be homeless. Water is rushing through a broach in the lovees in tho Torr:s diitn'cfc at ;l r.i:-3 of twelve mil* , * i>er hour- Swaiaj , boats !:ave pic':c<l up hundrc-ds <?t jnarooiicd and ■■ prcparatKT* have been made at Baton Rar.C'. , to care for them Several io-wna arc innndateJ. a«d *K« people aro being rescued in boats
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14347, 6 May 1912, Page 8
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