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Show Deinstafloii. Siinnnv Eronr, la., May S. Pan-dcra Pan-dcra levee, in Rosier I'arisii, broke last night in several pLace, and the water is sweeping down ovir a large area of country. It is a great disaster. disas-ter. Involving heavy losses to hundreds hun-dreds of planter. A dispatch from Greenwood gives a gloomy description descrip-tion of the situation in the Black Bayou country. Tho lied River and coat line steamer, A"fie JIaren, witli a relief committee, reached that section Just in time to save 2&0 lieoplc, and there are hundreds hun-dreds of dead mules, horses aud cattle. cat-tle. Then-1 not a foot of dry land In that whole section, embrieing thousands of tho most productive acres in the world. |
