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denuded river banks

river capacity cut in half

club hired unskilled workers to build dam, no engineering

spillway blocked, overflow pipes removed

club ignored report

club employee warns town, townspeople ignore telegraph

legendary

bombastic style

Victorian melodrama

songs

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