BELGIAN CANAL BURSTS ITS BANKS.—The nen> £15,000,000 Albert Canal, which was to have been opened to traffic for the first time on July J, at the end of last month burst its banks at Hasseli, the capital of the province of Limburg, Belgium, flooding the lower part of the lorvn and causing damage estimated at hundreds of millions of francs. The shattered embankment at the breach in the canal.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 165, 15 July 1939, Page 7
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69BELGIAN CANAL BURSTS ITS BANKS.—The nen> £15,000,000 Albert Canal, which was to have been opened to traffic for the first time on July J, at the end of last month burst its banks at Hasseli, the capital of the province of Limburg, Belgium, flooding the lower part of the lorvn and causing damage estimated at hundreds of millions of francs. The shattered embankment at the breach in the canal. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 165, 15 July 1939, Page 7
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