A ROARING 1 FLOOD
MANY DROAVNED, AND NARROW ESCAPES. Frets Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. Alarch 12. Owing to the bursting of a dam in the Rhonnda Valley, many houses in Clydackvalo were flooded, and severe 1 collapsed, one killing a mother and her infant in bed. Six others, mostly children, were also drowned in .the roaring torrent. ’There were many narrow escapes. Nine hundred children in a schoolhousc were saved through tho teacher’s promptitude and tho playground wall withstanding tho flood. The children were passed through the windows to colliers, who were wading in 4ft of water. . The flood swept huge boulders on to the railway, blocking the traffic.
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Evening Star, Issue 14315, 14 March 1910, Page 6
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A ROARING1 FLOOD
Evening Star, Issue 14315, 14 March 1910, Page 6
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