SEVERE STORMS
DAMAGE IN BELGIUM. FRANCE ALSO SUFFERS. EFFECTS FELT IN ENGLAND. 'United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.^ Received 1.4 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Oct. 1. Terrific north-east gates played havoc on the Belgian coast, smashing the sluices at Nieuport. Floods are spreading over the famous' battlefield, the same -country which was inundated by the Belgians in 1914 to save their army. liiiai pier at Zeebrugge va® breached by the storm, thus repeating the British submarine epic in 1918. The floods isolated houses and caused widespread distruction and distress'. Troops of the Osftend 1 garrison were despatched to the rescue and worked throughout the day, building a rampart with sandbags and attempting to repair the dykes which still contain breaches. It is feared that many small craft in the North Sea 1 -were overwhelmed, as wreckage is already coming ashore. The effect of the gales were felt in England. Water was backed up in the Thames estuary. Heavy storms spread over France, followed bv floods from the Alps, which demolished bridges and houses. The damage is enormous.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 2 October 1928, Page 9
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