AMERICAN FLOODS.
,viB,OM PEOPLE . HOMELESB. / TOTAL OF 500 ; BERTHS. ( MORE TOWNS INUNDATED. By Telegraph — Press ABBooi«Ltion.~CqpyriK*U J Nuw York, March 30. . The situation' in regard to the flood - at Dayton is still improving: The ] bodies that have been recovered . have been buried, and the relief ia; i adequate. ? It is now estimated that the total « of the flood area victims does not 1 exceed 500. ' A telephone message reports an outbreak of fire and devastation at i Portsmouth, a small town near Columbus (Ohio), which was flooded. ' A total of 15,000 people are homeless in Ohio. In Kentucky several towns were flooded and some lives were lost. Army Patrols are protecting the i floodbankß on the Mississippi Riveir ■ wherever they are threatened. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 7
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122AMERICAN FLOODS. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 7
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