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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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