AMERICAN FLOODS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 January 1932, Page 5

AMERICAN FLOODS

IN MISSISSIPPI BASIN THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES. _'ress Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright MOBILE (Alabama), Monday. Reports from many towns in Southern Mississippi, particularly in the Tipton basin territory, indicate that Hoods have cause much suffering among residents, who are left without food, clothing or housing facilities. To-night 2509 refugees crowded three towns outside the Hood area, while hundreds of others camped in the open upon high ground, along the railways or on the few dykes still remaining above water level.

The Red Cross and other relief agencies are attempting to aid the victims, but the situation is growing worse. Officials in several towns asserted that it was useless to ask for any further outside help, for they had already done so many times in vain. Lumber, boats, food, clothing and money are particularly needed. One Red Gross representative asserted: “There is not enough food and people who have not fed for forty-, eight hours are crowding the railways and a dozen towns. We just cannot feed them and they are coming in droves from many points. If something is not done quickly, they will starve.”