DISASTROUS FLOODS IN THE UNITED STATES.— An air view of the waters of the swollen Ohio River pouring through a gap dynamited in the levee at Cairo, Illinois, at the junction of the Mississippi, to flood the lowlands in an attempt to save the city from inundation. Before, the crest of the flood reached the Mississippi on January 29 it was estimated that more than 750,000 persons had been made homeless and properly damage had occurred estimated at as high as 300,000,000 dollars.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20668, 5 March 1937, Page 12
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83DISASTROUS FLOODS IN THE UNITED STATES.—An air view of the waters of the swollen Ohio River pouring through a gap dynamited in the levee at Cairo, Illinois, at the junction of the Mississippi, to flood the lowlands in an attempt to save the city from inundation. Before, the crest of the flood reached the Mississippi on January 29 it was estimated that more than 750,000 persons had been made homeless and properly damage had occurred estimated at as high as 300,000,000 dollars. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20668, 5 March 1937, Page 12
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