A NEGRO NOAH’S ARK
TOO LEAKY TO FLOAT (A.P.A. and “Sun.”) •p, , NEW YORK, 14th May. • Exhorted by their parson, the coloured community in the Lowlands near Baton-Rouge emulated the example of Noah when they heard that the Good was approaching, They built an 'ark into which they carried all their worldly belongings, chickens, dogs, cats and and then waited an! prayed for the flood to come. The ark ref used to feTk. aS J at V poured ifi at a hundred leaks, and when the flood strained the craft, which was.covered by two feet of water, the occupants fled to tha safety of the railway embankment
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 9
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107A NEGRO NOAH’S ARK Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 9
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