Official messages from the flood district around Troy, to-night report that 15 persons were known to 15,000 homeless as result waters which have dev ted the countryside for the pas nur days.
Property damage in the Troy was estimated—uficially at and Browton which appeared eon pletely: wrecked, Ax we soared low over one building we could xee tinctly a considerable party women and children who waved frantically at us, We tried to doup food for them but it fell into the swirling waters. town of Elba said io ty ced by its population. flood waters continued to ale today aod it was hoped rows into the Mooded areas n be opens "On the edie of the town of Elba. we counted about 100 people an a small island formed by a 'They had manage letter "K" which means deaths.' We in to mean a part of the population of the town has already been drowned.
"We saw a number of people clinging to small buildings which were floating about in the lake formed by the bursting of the Tea River dam.
"The property damage in the area undoubtedly must run into the m ions of dollars and) 4 T believe it will be found hundreds of persons already have been! drowned Other aviators who flew over the flooded areas to-day aad they were able to drop food supplies to a num her of marooned groups.
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