NIGHT OF TERROR
RISING FLOOD WATERS ATTEMPTS TO SAVE (TTY (Heed. Feb, 4. 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Six tboiisaml weary workers at Cairo spout a night of terror behind the river wall. Sand boils burst, geysers spouted in the streets, gas mains broke, sidewalks subsided, and bouses collapsed. All this added to the difficulty and danger of the work of Attempting to keep the slowlyrising waters from inundating the city. The bitterly bal'd work has resulted in considerable quarrelling among the men, resulting in one being shot dead.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 6
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90NIGHT OF TERROR Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 6
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