MILLION DESTITUTE

Grey River Argus, 19 December 1930, Page 5

MILLION DESTITUTE

FAMINE IN ARKANSAS Effect of Drought (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, December 17. Reports received by Senators indicate that actual starvation has begun in Arkansas, wb?uh was the S.ate worst hit by the drought. Red Cro.-s statistics indicate that a in;llion persons are destitute in Arkansas alone, and thousands in other Stat s arc also suffering’ Senator Caraway received several letters, one of which wa-, from :.n Arkansas man, stating: “My. fanny is on the verge of s:arvation. I liav eight children. Il’ you can du anything for me, I am sure it would be appreciated. Nuniero.’jy other letters from b-.ink-vis, business men and prominent cit : - zi ns continued the stories of the serious situation. A grouer reported: ‘“Stoies are broken into, banks held eq. and robbed and cattle killed for food, by thieves. Fifty per cent, oi the farmer.-i are without food. feed and clothing.’’ A public scl’.-oo niaster s ates that rt le.e t two hundred grammar schoo children are on a slow starvation diet. A lawyer al o st.-’b-d: “ of our people will not be abV :•> sub- . -<st aneih r Hi ity days. ” A woman wrol‘ : ‘‘i!.- mor.:!,.' o. 'our rural populai on is brenk-i.ig ,<lown daily.’’ • The Country Re ief Chairman of [ Forrest City. Arkansas, wrote: “One • Hard of .he populat’on is in ne-ual wii..? food. the other two th rds iiirilue to help.' N.S.W. Tornado (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) SYDNEY. Dcc-'inbe- 17. Nearly a week’s rain left a trail of damage in We.'em and ;-reas of lhe State. Wheai ruine.l (•• , snil’cred serious deterioration. and ; i.-irve.-wing was delayed. Much laud ’s under wat T, rivers and creeks having oversowed th-ir banks. Two railway wash-aways occurred. A ie-jKido unperalled in fury, -trii'-k Taj iworth The wind was sixty m les an hour, accompanied by heavy rain. Roofs were lifted bodily. 'The bulk s’ore of Regan Limited was blown down. Fences a.id A Hying c.orrugured iron roof struck electric cables depriving Ihc town of light and power. A man was sleeping on verandah when the tor undo struck the hou-c. He was swept into tl’.e street, bed and 1. A Al udgee message states that a party of eighteen, including twelve children who are touring the country in search of work, were marooned in a strip of land between Cudgegong river a.nd Lawson’s Creek by flood waters. The police uU’ccted a rescue in the nick of time. Another Bad Fog SPREAD OVER ENGLAND. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Asan.) 1.0 ND ON, December 17. A dense blackish fog, spreading (•ver London and the Midlands, in adidition to causing many traffic aucid ents and delays, was responsible- for 'Jo‘l'l Cartledgje. ungnuc-driver, Fredi crick Walker, shunter, and Henry Wilkinson, tipper, being instantancI ously burned to death, owing to tbe overturning of a wheeled ladle con taining molten metal at the Old ApI pleby. Works, on a slag bank. An empty train, having tipped out the slag co'Jlided whilst descending lhe bank with an invisible upcoming train, hauling three ladles, the first of •which tipped into th ¥ ‘ engine cob, in which th*' victims were riding.