TIGRIS IN FLOOD
BAGDAD THREATEHED ROYAL PALACE EVACUATED. Press .Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BAGDAD, April 11, (Received April 12, at 9.5 a.m.) An unprecedented flood is threatened by the river Tigris. The water has reached the banks near the Royal Palace, a mile from the city, and the palace, which is surrounded by rushing flood waters, lias been evacuated. The Royal ladies were removed with great difficulty, but there was no time to remove any of the contents of the palace. The" palace gardens are devastated. Hundreds of refugees whoso huts wore swept away are encamped near the palace. The police are conscripting labor in thousands and working feverishly strengthening the flood walls encircling the city, ft is reported that thirty-ve persons were drowned.—Reuter.
(Received April 12, at 10.35 a.m.)
Five thousand men are employed day and night, and have so far saved Bagdad from the menace of unprecedented floods, but the prospects to-night are gloomy. The water is rising _ rapidly and threatening the protective embankment. Thousands of tons of water are swooping every second through the Rural Gardens, and Bagdad North railway station, including a bonded warehouse, is under sft of water. The loss to the commercial interests is estimated at £2so,ooo.—Reuter.
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Evening Star, Issue 19221, 12 April 1926, Page 4
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