FLOODS IN KENTUCKY
HIGH DEATH TOLL
RESULT OF CLOUDBURST
(Received July 6, 2.30 p.m.)
NEW YORK, July 5.
A cloudburst which resulted in floods in Kentucky took a toll of at least 38 lives among communities in north-eastern parts of the State and rendered many thousands homeless. Streams which are usually small, such as the Triplett and the Tygart, which flow from the picturesque hill country, in a few moments became raging torrents which swept all before them, trapping inhabitants in their homes and destroying much property.
It is feared that a further check will disclose a much higher death toll.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 July 1939, Page 10
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