Destruction of Bayou des Glaises Flood Shocks Louisiana Coast
Will Irwin reports from Alexandria on the Bayou des Glaises flood as the last levee sections collapse, coast guard cutters ferry refugees from Mansura to high ground, Acadian families and Black field hands despair beside a vast orange flood lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Irwin
Coast Guard
Louisiana
Big Bend
United Press
Irwin
San Francisco
United States
New Jersey
Mansura
Mississippi
Arate
Red Cross
Levee Break Floods Mississippi Delta Towns
A coast guard boat and levee watchers describe the moment the levee at Bayou des Glaises failed and the Mississippi surged across levees and homes. A Jersey cow and calf struggle as farms and a cotton town flood. refugees move toward safety while coast guard crews rescue passengers and animals. The account likens the scene to Niagara and notes large numbers fleeing toward camps along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas and Pacific Railway
United States
Livin Zorty
Mississippi
Raewitat
Law Board
Coast Guard Service
Arkansas
Coast
Niagara
Coast Guard
Ighlands
Chicks Smothered When Lamp Fails at Bear Lake
Weekend notes report a heating lamp failure caused a fire and the smothering of nearly all chicks owned by Lawrence Risby. neighbors saved the house in Bear Lake. Other items list local visits, moves, illnesses, and social notes from Jamestown to Warren and Findley Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear Lake
Charles Umbright
Erie
Vere Baker
Jamestown
Eugene Cole
Lawrence Risby
Risby
Ernest Hawkins
G. Hawkins
Charles Brown
Charley Hawkins
Ripley
N. Y
Clyde Hawkins
Hamburgh
Brozhinty
Florence Whiteley
Corry
Earl Hawkins
E. D. Tillotson
A. C. Hassam
Panama
E. G. Hawkins
Elmer Church
Hattie Phelps
Florrie Church
Chautauqua
Morley Cottage
Robert Bryerton
Meadville
Walker
C. EB
E. A. Wilson
Warren
Frank Woodin
Hulty
L. W. Whiteley
Annie Chapman
Destruction Threat Looms Across Acadian Country
A damaged excerpt warns that a major loss would topple the Acadian region, risking seven hundred thousand lives and signaling unparalleled destruction in American history bar wars. The text frames potential collapse as catastrophic beyond prior conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Haunted House Tale Cited In Tuberculosis Effort
The article references an ancient Roman ghost story about a haunted mansion plagued by fear and illness. It contrasts superstition with medical science, urging regular health checks for cancer and stressing courage to seek knowledge over ignorance. It notes bones found and buried after a haunting and advocates detection to prevent suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society
Warren County ‘Tuberculosis Committee
Pliny
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Warren Savings Bank & Trust Company
Warren High School
Warren Savings Bank and Trust Co
Pennsylvania
Alexandria
Frisco
New Vaye
Jimmy
Warren Co
B. S. Herben
Kelvinatoru
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