VILLAGES IN DANGER
MAY FALL INTO SEA
STORMS CRACK COAST (9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 11. Four Norfolk villages are in “imminent danger of falling into the sea,” says Mr S. W. Mobbs, chief engineer of the East Norfolk River Catchment Board. They are Caislcr, Walcott, Mundesley and' Overstrand. The whole of this stretch of coast crumbled during the gales during the last few days. One Caislcr family is living in a house only 3ft. from the cliff edge and at Walcott const the road has fallen into the sea. A special watch is being kept by local people with knowledge of the winds and tides.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21944, 12 February 1946, Page 3
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