THE WELSH FLOOD
A NIGHT OF HORROR
THIRTEEN FATALITIES
MANY SAVED AT GREAT RISK.
(DNITID PRISS ASSOCIATION—COPIRIQBT.)
(M3STRAIUN-NEW ZiALAND OABU ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 3rd November.
Details of the Dolgarrog disaster show that the night was one of unprecedented horror. The whole valley was overwhelmed by the raging torrent. The lake is WOO feet above sea level, and the water swept down the mountain-side in a stream 50 feet deep, with a tremendous noise. In many homes along the path of the flood parents grabbed their children from their U>>ds and fled to safety. When the morning came the valley was strewn with wreckage of houses, furniture, and carcasses of animals, and large quantities of wreckage were swept along the River Conway to the sea six miles away. Regarding a report that a woman and nine children had been drowned, it has been found that five of the children are safe. The body of one child was found floating on a mattress eighj. miles from the scene of the disaster.
The latest estimate is that thirteen perished. Rescuers frequently waded up to their necks to save those struggling in the torrent. Their self-sacrific alone prevented a vastly greater death roll. The valley is a shocking scene of desolation.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 110, 5 November 1925, Page 7
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THE WELSH FLOOD
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 110, 5 November 1925, Page 7
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