FLOODS IN EUROPE

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 88, 8 January 1926, Page 9

FLOODS IN EUROPE

HOLLAND AS SEEN FROM THE AIR RESEMBLES AN ARCHIPELAGO MILLIONS OF ACRES SUBMERGED A correspondent of the London “Daily News” reconnoitred Holland in a monoplane to ascertain the extent of the floods. He declares the country resembles an archipelago, millions of acres being submerged, frequently to a depth of twenty feet. There has been enormous devastation also in the Rhineland, and thousands of families are in dire distress, while sixty thousand workpeople have been rendered idle.

By Telegraph.—Press Association Copyright.

London, January 6. The “Daily News” special correspondent, flying in a monoplane, reconnoitred Holland as the only method of ascertaining the extent ol the floods. Instead of fertile country, Holland resembled an archipelago on the edge of the North Sea. Millions of acres are submerged, frequently to a depth of twenty feet. He watched villagers fleeing, boats aground in gardens, a steamer wedged in a cemetery, windmills looking like lighthouses, and cataracts half a mile in length flowing from broken dykes. The damage at Liege is estimated at a million sterling. President Hindenburg, of Germany, has given £lO,OOO to relieve German flood victims.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. WATERS SUBSIDING OUTBREAK OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE Amsterdam, January G. The floods are subsiding everywhere except in Northern Limburg and Deventer, where another dyke of the River Ysel burst near the village of Brummen, inundating a large area. Foot-and-mouth disease has broken out among the cattle at Balgoy and several other villages.—Reuter. BRITISH WAR CEMETERIES AT MONS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED (Rec. January 7, 5.5 p.m.) Brussels, January 6. It is reported from Mons that the flood waters have completely submerged the British war cemeteries. The damage at present cannot be ascertained.—“ The Times.” ENORMOUS DEVASTATION IN RHINELAND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN DIRE DISTRESS

Berlin, January 6. The subsidence of the floods in the Rhineland is revealing enormous devastation. Twenty thousand houses were damaged at Coblence, and thousands of families are in dire distress.

Sixty thousand workers are idle. The damage is estimated at a million stearling. Neuweid suffered severely. Thousands of inhabitants are homeless, and the factories are closed down. It will take months to recover from the disaster.—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. (Rec. January 7, 7.25 p.m.) Berlin, January 6. The floods in Rhineland have caused a million sterling damage. Sixty thousand persons have been rendered idle. —Sydney “Sun” Cable. STORMS IN WAGGA DISTRICT RAILWAY SERVICES DISLOCATED Sydney, January 7. The railway services are seriously dislocated as the result of the storms in the Wagga district. Three washaways occurred on the Southern line and one on the Western, and considerable damage was done to tha lines in each instance. The serious loss to the farmers is the destruction of the surface over a large area which was lying fallow for next season’s crops. In some instances the face of the paddocks has practically been washed away. The • rush of water burst many paddock tanks, and should a dry spell occur there will be a serious shortage of water.—Press Assn. GREAT DAMAGE AT JUNEE (Rec. Januarv 8, 1.25 a.m.) Svdnev, Januarv 7. When the flood 'in the Wagga district struck Junee, the water swept through the town like breakers at the seaside, carrying everything before it. The damage to the town alone will amount to many thousands sterling. The roads in the district are • littered with drowned cattle and horses.—Press Assn CYCLONE STRIKES MELBOURNE HEAVY DAMAGE DONE BUILDINGS UNROOFED AND WIRES TORN DOWN (Rec. January 8, 1.25 a.m.) Melbourne, January 7. A violent storm deluged the city and suburbs early this morning. Many lowIjing districts are flooded. ' The storm was followed by a cyclone in tlse afternoon. It unroofed buildings, and tore down telephone and telegraph wites. Mativ small vachts in the bay were swept ashore. Heavy damage has been done.—Press Assn. _____