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GREAT DAM BURSTS.

TOWN TURNED INTO LAKE. DISASTER IN SOUTH AFRICA. (United Press Association —Copyright). (Received This Day, 8.30 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, Jan. 24, The Malvis Bay dam hurst, turning the town into a vast lake. Swakopmund was also isolated. Tugs are bringing supplies of footstuffs. The Windhoek dam showed big gaps. Labourers worked day and night and constructed a sandbag wall. Aeroplanes are conveying outlying farmers in the north territory to safety.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 89, 25 January 1934, Page 5

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GREAT DAM BURSTS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 89, 25 January 1934, Page 5

GREAT DAM BURSTS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 89, 25 January 1934, Page 5

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