FLOODS IN U.S.
MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, ' AND lOWA WATER TEN FEET DEEP IN ONE TOWN (Rec. 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 9. The swollen Mississippi and its lowa tributary, the Des Moines river, presented a major picture of death and destruction to-day. One town was completely inundated and other comunities from Ottumwa, lowa, to Louisiana, in Missouri, were partly submerged. It is belidved the death-roll in Ottumwa will reach 20. Levees between the mouth of the Des Moines river and Saint Louis gave way, resulting in the submerging of the Missouri town of Alexandria. The I water was 10 feet deep in the streets a few hours after the inhabitants were evacuated.
More than half of Canton, a township further south, is inundated. The Mississippi left its bank in Quincy, Illinois, and the damage to farmlands is expected to be high, but the water is falling, after reaching a record level.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25206, 10 June 1947, Page 7
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