Rio Grande’s Mightiest Flood

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2437

Date Released

8 Jul 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1RAF Try Out New Weapons
2. 2Rio Grande’s Mightiest Flood
3. 3German Cars Triumph in Grand Prix
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6News in Flashes
7. 7French Train Disaster
8. 8Italians Deck Street with Flower Carpet
9. 9Siamese Twins Home

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Summary

Rain swollen river Rio Grande brings terrible destruction in wake of mightiest flood ever to strike this region.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Texas; Laredo

Library number

22459

Length of story (in feet)

92

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