BURSTING OF A DAM.
CABLE .NEWS.
EIGHT LIVES LOST
United Press Association—Copyright
(Received March 13, 5 p.m.) LONDON, March 12
A dam in the Rhondda Valley burst and caused heavy loss. The water flooded houses at Clydacvale. Several collapsed, killing a mother and infant in hod. Six others, mostly children, were drowned in the roaring t-orrent. There were many narrow escapes. The residents were washed out of their houses. Nine hundred children in the sclioolhouse were saved through the teachers’ promptitude and the playground wall withstanding the flood. The children were passed through the windows to colliers wading in four feet of water. The iiood swept large boulders on to the railway, blocking the traffic.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2759, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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