NIGHT OF TERROR
FLOOD MENACE AT CAIRO HOUSES COLLAPSING (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) MONTREAL, Feb. 3. Six thousand weary workers at Cairo spent a night of terror behind the river wall. Sand boils burst, geysers spouted in the streets, gas mains broke, side walks subsided, and houses collapsed. All this added to the difficulty and danger of the work of attempting to keep the slowly-rising waters from inundating the city. The bitterlv hard work has caused considerable quarrelling among the men, resulting in one being shot dead. THE RELIEF COMMISSION NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (Received Feb. 4, at 11.55 p.m.) Members of the President’s Flood Relief Commission arrived in Cairo after a tour of the flooded area. They stated that they believed the dykes and levees in the Lower Mississippi Valley would not give way, and said that the conditions at Paducah, Kentucky, were the worst they had seen anywhere. Many residents in the upper portion of the Ohio River have returned, and business on a limited basis has been resumed in Cincinnati and Louisville.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23107, 5 February 1937, Page 9
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