A TERRIBLE DISASTER.
BURSTING OF A DAM. FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. United Press Association —By Eleotnu Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, June 24, A dam, burst at Pocahontas, Virginia, in the middle of the night, devastating a track twenty-five miles long, and wrecking Elkhorn, Vivian, Keystone, and other .towns. It is estimated that five hundred persons were drowned.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12536, 25 June 1901, Page 5
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56A TERRIBLE DISASTER. Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12536, 25 June 1901, Page 5
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