Very considerable sympathy will be felt with the fourteen eastern states of the United States In the jeatastrophic floods which have done such enormous damage to life, and loroperty, and still threaten vast areas with the danger of epidemics, two hundred and nine people have been killed and no fewer than 320,000 have been rendered homeless, while the damage done is variously esti mated as between $20,000,000 ana '$500,000,000. With characteristic energy the authorities have set about bringing relief to the sufferers, who besides being homeless are even without a water supply in many Me Jstanees, though it Is apparent that they are being severely hindered by the wretched weather which still pro-vails, Floods of this magnitude are so comparatively rare that It Is impossible to suggest that preventive Jwork should have been taken In hand Hong ago, but in view of the extent sive damage done ell round, it is to anticipated that steps will be taken in the future if not to eradicate all danger, at least to minimize it as far as possible. The allocation of {$48,000,000 for repairs and eeplacements in the Mooded areas suggests that with the money being immediately available the work of repalrjing the.damage will not only serve to restore things as they were, but to provide employment for the many {thousands who may have been thrown lout of employment, at least for the lime being, by these foods.
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