WATERS SUBSIDING
i. CONDITIONS IMPROVE IN BRITAIN . \ LONDON, February'll, Flood waters were subsiding last night in most of the flooded areas in Britain, leaving families struggling to cleanse their homes and make them habitable again. Floods in some areas, though they have passed their peak, are still high. Town councillors at Northwich (Cheshire), one of the worst hit towns, at an emergency meeting described the damage as " the greatest disaster the town has ever suffered." Tradesmen's losses are estimated at £IOO,OOO, and many towns will be without gas because the floods immersed the boilers and fires at the gasworks. Mud and debris choke thoroughfares in many centres.
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Evening Star, Issue 25715, 12 February 1946, Page 5
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107WATERS SUBSIDING Evening Star, Issue 25715, 12 February 1946, Page 5
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