NIGHT OF TERROR
CAIRO'S DEFENDERS
DANGEROUS FLOOD WORK
(Received February 4, 12.30 p.m.)
SAN FRANCISCO, February 3.
Six thousand weary workers ,at Cairo spent a night of terror behind the river wall. Bursting sand-boils, spouting geysers in the streets, breaking gas mains, sinking sidewalks, and collapsing houses added to the difficulty and danger of the work of attempting to keep the- slowly-rising waters from inundating the city.
The bitterly hard work has resulted in considerable quarrelling among the men, resulting in the shooting and death of one.
A thaw is beginning in Oregon. The rivers are rising and there is a flood danger there.
President Roosevelt has issued an Executive order permitting gifts of clothing, food, and supplies from other nations to enter the United States free of duty. The Minister for the Dominican Republic presented a cheque for 20,000 dollars as contributions from his country. t
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 13
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