THE CANAL DISASTER.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright. ) NEW YORK, August 29. Twenty bodies have been recovered. Thq captahvotthe stteanler states that he saw 25 bodies "floating 'dow n t^ river, these being, mostly, Aegroes. The damage is estimated, at"£sOb,OOQ'. " ' "■ The floods are .sutwiding.
, The .City of Augusta, stands, on the Savan^Ji'Viyer, a<rid/ tlie'Augustai Gaiiaj, iJ - wliicli has r c«ius?d- sncli. . damage, <;onduots r the waters of the NSavannaljsto' the town,' where they are useji \n large cotio'n milk, Augusta being ' one Vioif . the chief seate of tire. Soutliern_ cotton^ mamufactoiires.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11369, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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91THE CANAL DISASTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11369, 31 August 1908, Page 5
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