THE LOUTH DISASTER

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 128, 2 June 1920, Page 5

THE LOUTH DISASTER

ROADS AND RAILWAYS FLOODED.

TERRIBLE DESOLATION.

[Press Association.!

■'Australian and N.Z. Cable Aawmation (Received June 1, 10.5 p.m.) ../.. LONDON, May 31.. Horncastle, twelve miles south" of« ,:-,jLouth r was isolated from Saturday mntir to-day, the roads being flooded ,to a depth of five feet and the railways being impassable.

Great damage was done to property/but lio lives were lost. Pedestrians in the Manchester dis- „ iftrict saved themselves on the high .roads only by swimming with tlie ■ifiood Waters.

- There is terrible desolation in ;Xtoiith. Tons of debris are lying everywhere, amidst black/ mud, including motor-cars, pianos, and bedding. ° ' , Several children "were trapped on ■the ground floor of a house.. The another vainly tried to save them by piling "up the furniture and putting on top. #

\ In another case a mother made her <ihildren" climb up a high, drosser, and Hang on to "hooks in the ceiling when the dresser collapsed. Three children Jet go the hooks and were drowned. The mother and one child were saved.