Floods in America.
BURSTING OF Mi E^IBANJvMiE^T. ■-. 10,000 PEOPLE .HQMjEIiESS.. t United Press Association,— By Electric Telefftapja.— Copyright. < l ; , J ; - New Yotjk, June 11. . A torrent '2s feet/deop and 100 feet wide burst through the Illinois , Cen-^ tral Railway enibankmen'tj flooding- the ■ southern, half of eastern St. Louis, w^iere 1000 labourefs were engaged in strengthening the em'ban&ment. The pae.n.fleH, but 30 were drowned. Tibo clamage by the floods at -St. Lfluisis estimated at £300,000,. and-1-6,000- persons h<tve . been rendered...homeless. '
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12280, 12 June 1903, Page 4
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79Floods in America. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12280, 12 June 1903, Page 4
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