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Dates: during 1930-1939
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George Arliss and wife, en route to further cinemacting in Hollywood, were two of 300 tourists marooned in Wellton, Ariz, (no population, mostly Mormon), when bursting dikes let a giant wall of water sweep a 250-yard-wide path through the town. One woman was drowned, 4,000 ft. of Southern Pacific rail torn away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 23, 1931 | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

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