£2,000,000 FLOOD DAMAGE.
STEAMER^ PMING OVER FARM j X7 . . .'LANDS. ' i, •'"4 : 47t.- >n^ w YOfiK - -\pvil 12.THriiVsan^ r of volunteers engaged m st^erigtheninß .the banks of the Alissis> Ohio, aria,', Missouri River-6, which jare t^veate^jed\Vitn 'desti'uctibn at many \v(?W chpered "by the news that ftho' '%>rii-".;fallirig m thfe Jiipper; stTetClies 'bf Tj the flooded country', j Tli^'^j^ipdationl- [hmv cover -approxi-ijniatelv'-ltKQtgp -square- -thiiles, 'but only about a 'seio%'',oflives'M%rJia^ beeri Ibst:' More 1 im\\ 7000 peb|le'>'Kp& however, been rendered hdme'less,' 'arid the damage inflicted %robably amonhts to about £2,000,000.'* •>•■«■■. *
Steamers and launches have neei* cb,iu;ning up, . the .waters over the extepr ls).yei : ff»fm^ i*^.an*J^orjtiito save the floattu^'prHperty^nel rescue tlie cattle. The chief danger will probably come later, when the waters recede and thousands of square miles are left covered with mud and refuse to imperil the health of the homeless victims of tho floods.
Battleships of a novel type, .'having turrets containing four guns, are to be laid'tdown byjfrance.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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158£2,000,000 FLOOD DAMAGE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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