ALABAMA AND FLORIDA
FIFTEEN LIVES LOST ENORMOUS DAMAGE REPORTED lies* Association —By Telegraph—CoDyrijht. NEW YORK, .March 17. News from Troy (Alabama) slates that i’U.UOO persons are homeless tonight in Alabama ami Florida as a result of tho Hoods, which took a reported toll of fifteen lives, and caused damage estimated at over Io.UUO.UUU dollars, witlx further reports of death and damage expected. As the waters .subside the 1 swollen rivers are gradually sinking in most of the places, leaving scenes of utter desolation. Stories of suffering, misery, death, privation, and disease are beginning to biter into the rescue camps. The Red Cross and other organisations are working at top speed to aid the refugees, uhi It; aeroplanes are dropping food, medical supplies, and preventive scrums over districts where landing is impossible. The Alabama National Guard is in control. The town of Elba is wiped off the map according to witnesses, and Geneva is practically in as bad a condition. Guardsmen are hurrying to remove and destroy carcasses of cattle, dogs, swine, and other animals which have been drowned in uncounted numbers.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20128, 19 March 1929, Page 6
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183ALABAMA AND FLORIDA Evening Star, Issue 20128, 19 March 1929, Page 6
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