Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-07-23


whore 4 first estimate placed the dead
~ 2.r1 and the PROPERTY loss n Sltb
H1Wn When al thu ii,ureN we're
gathered after the flood. however. II
was learned that tie lis If dead VAS
~. ann IN. property lo>s $50 S13sO
fnr rhr Two states. More than 60VD
building, we're flooded.
mi, Disaster til ohio called forth
great relief effort, ou the part of the
itr,l cru~, anu many other agencies
ana cities Much Of this work of re-
lief was directed from Columbus by
Grvrrnnr James VI. cox
Texas again was visited by a series
0f floods in the BRACES and other val
lry> in 1913 AMI about an lives were
l">'. The loss in this Hood In towns
IN Central and Eastern Texas was e>ii-
mated NJ more than $Jo6OpD. Tile
cailS" WnS tnrrential rains.
In 1915 Galveston was revisited by a
hlrrican" and inundaiing seas from
the Gulf of Mex go and the death list
was placed az 300 The property loss
was put AT $5.OOO.u1. The city this
limo was saved from rrrntrr damage
hy lis huge sea wall which had been
huil, after The 1000 storm 10 protcc,
The ciiy against q similar catastrophe
m. .r,s wrrn 80 hirh ~ times I'm,
They swept over this vail
Problem for Engineers.
III. I,v.r NiSSi.sippi river valley
l..,. b.I many diS,Sirnus floods and
,b. ,rnll..,, az ..hncl;ipr Tho ,lnlna.c
anil las. or Iif. caused l., Them Is
>Hu uu,lrr discussion hv engineers.
n,,, ~ ,,.. ,,,rs, of ,l,e.. ln,J. IN
,...,,,, ,,.,r. ,,,. IN loln when 1OO
lives v,..r. lost ,n,l . praperty loSS If
<i-.nun,nn v,. r4t..d in Enliynr
county. N,..i..i,,t5 The prn,,erfy loss
.,c,, ,,.,r IN tl.. l,Ver Ni>~i>~ipni
r,.,.ior rim. int, millions IL. yn1r
~ ,,..,t.s, r,S. vn. fu03 when
,,iIlj,,. ,f .inIl,rs in rrnnrriy were
dcs,rnv.d e., k,u~,. civ No and
n,bnr river towns
cr.,, ~ L,v. hn.u tha lnss Of
ne. .pJ nrnnnrty IN floods In the
r.ni,.J S,o,.S th.v hnve bern almo>,
intlni,nsi,nnl IA conpari>on ~ lo~sr,
il, M. ana rrn,,.r,y In o,hrr countries.
portjrulnrly in china.
In 1874 nnoupo ncrScnS perished IN
d, ,,d,i ,v,v. IN Hany,l Hundreds ~
thousands were. drowned In the China
rr,viuc.s in IN. sam. y.nr In 1887
two v.nrs h.r,r. IN. John>town flood
IN his roun,rv milIinns were drowned
j., q, n,oI of ,h. uo,ng.ho In uonan
Ch,nn In ISoG o7op, lives were lost
T., Ion,, I, 81 n,nd
In ioi1 1oono lives were los, I'm
nno5 of IN. Yanr.tSe Klang in
china md IN the sam. year 500 lives
w.r. ln>, in uonnr. ho river Hood
IN ,nlo ioo wore Iost In .Iapan and
oso i, g., s.rond flood N rho same wear
RI. Iujiinnina Islands also have had
many similar disasters
ono ~ the large Hoods preceding the
InhnS,o,yn nnod In 1874 Inundated the
Ann river valley IN Massachusetts
when u dam broke Nearly 80 per
>n.,s vcr, drovn.d In The same wear
aud IN rho next y.or disastrous floods
In Western PENNSYLVANIA and in the
ohio river valley caused the loss of
hundreds ~ lives
In the Wr>, river valley Of China
s.rious loods occurred In 1914 and
Iul5 In III. first wear The loss was
32po lives and Slansl0oo in property.
rb, following wear SoOon lives were
lost
Two wears ago floods AMI cloud
hurst. in Gunnaiuato. Mexico. killed
Iu., p.r,nns ANA caused n property
ln>s If Sonuooua Two cities were in
undated and crops DESTROYED over an
,rn, az Iouno >uuar. miles
Pueblo Flooded in 1894.
m. recon, disaster y, Pueblo was
~. .rrond ~ ,hn history ~ th,t CITY.
On Nav n 1894 Pueblo Was sweep,
ia Hood when Fountain creek was
swollen To y torrrn, by downfall Of