FRESH U.S.A. FLOODS.

Grey River Argus, 23 June 1927, Page 5

FRESH U.S.A. FLOODS.

Wheat Crop Losses.

25 PER CENT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, June 21. A massage from Kansas City states that a fresh outbreak of floods heavily damaged sections in the Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas wheat regions. Kansas is the most heavily hit. Tho damage is estimated already to have, exceeded two hundred thousand dollars. Production throughout the section has slackened 25 per cent. Reapers have been forced to quit with the crops naif gathered. The Cottonwood River is steadily rising. Several towns near Emporia have been cut off, and flood warnings are widespread, as the lesser streams rise threatening to inundate more fields and towns. Lakes had overflowed causing heavy damaga to summer cottages and homes. Tiny streams have assumed mile-wide proportions, covering hundreds of acres of farmlands. The smaller towns arc isolated.