Driffield, in Yorkshire, has been the scene of a terrible flood,'which took toll of one life and spread derastation broadcast. Tho disaster was the result of a cloudburst or water-spout upon the wolds, four miles outside tho town. Of the six bridges across the stream in tho centre of the town, four were washed away, tho cattle markot was,partially destroyed, and hundreds of houses were flooded with Gl't. of water in the lower storeys. A large number of inhabitants were rendored lomporarily homeless, and many sheep and horses were drowned. The one victim, a little girl named Dora Whitehead, had been rescued from her parents' house and taken to ii neighbour's, which was almost immediately flooded. In tho confusion tho child was left behind by the residents, and drowned. The flood was accompanied by a hailstorm, (he hailstones being solid pieces of ieo as large as walnuts.
She (complainingly): "You said I had a silvery voice before we were married." He: "Well, I admit it's metallic still." LET IT BE KNOWN. The widest publicity should bo given to the fact, that summer diarrhoea and dysentery can be cured by the judicious use of Chamberlain's Colir, Cholera, and Diarrhoea "Homody. It never fail?. When reduced with water and .sweetened it is plratant to take, which is important when t\w medicine must b« trivcii tn srjiuil cliildren.—Advt
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 5
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225Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 5
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