SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
THE COUNTRY DRENCHED WAIVJS BAY DAM BURSTS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. CAPE TOWN, January 24. (Received January 25, at 11 a.m.) The Walvis Bay dam burst, turning the town into a vast lake. Swakopmund is also isolated. Tugs are bringfoodstuffs from Windhoek. The dam showed big gaps. Labourers worked day and night arid constructed a sandbag wall. Aeroplanes are conveying outlying farmers in the northern territory to safety.
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Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 9
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