AMERICAN FLOODS
HUNDREDS MAROONED FURTHER BREAKS IN LEVEES. (A&N.Z.) NEW YORK, May 17. New Orleans reports that another barrier against the floods has collapsed marooning 500 inhabitants at Merville. The victims rushed to the tops of the levees and awaited rescue. A relief train, loaded with food and twenty boats ,is being run through the water towards the town. It will proceed as far as possible on the tracks, after which the boats will bo unloaded to rescue the sufferers. The railroad embankment at Merville is also crowded with automobiles and household goods of refugees. Boats are being sent in many directions across the flooded sugar-bowl lands to rescue the townspeople. President Coolidge announces that he has no intention of calling an extra session of Congress to deal with the flood situation, believing that the work of rescue and reconstruction is proceeding with sufficient impetus to meet all necessities.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19844, 19 May 1927, Page 11
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