An area, of 750 acres was Hooded, many houses were inundated, and pigs and poultry were drowned when the Albert Canal, which when completed will link the Meuse to the Scheldt, was breached at Viersel, Belgium, through the displacement of a concrete slab.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 187, 21 May 1938, Page 10
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