FRANCE'S FLOOD
SEVEN HUNDRED DEAD
HEROIC RESCUERS
TRAGEDY OF SACRIFICE
Uaited' Press .Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received 7th March, 10 a.m.) PARIS, 6th March. Flood devastation continues throughout the South-west. It is estimated, that seven hundred are dead. A family of seven were found dead beneath the ruins of their home. A peasant, seeing his house collapse, whipped out a revolver and committed suicide before the horrified spectators could prevent him. A husband and wife were clinging to the branches of a tree together when their strength failed and they dropped into the flood. The population praise the Senegalese soldiers for their magnificent work in rescuing the sufferers, some remaining thirtysix hours in the chilly waters. Two German youths are credited with saving more than a hundred lives. A group of cavalrymen, who set out to rescue screaming children marooned on a diminishing island, met disaster. Three horses and llieir riders were drowned.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 56, 7 March 1930, Page 9
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153FRANCE'S FLOOD Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 56, 7 March 1930, Page 9
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