SUDDEN FLOOD.
DISASTER IN YUGO-SLAVIA,
VILLAGES WIPED OUT,
(Australian Press Association.) VIENNA, Aug. 24. At least fifty were drowned as a result of a sudden flood at Skoplje, in Y'ugo-Slavia. A cyclone whirled through the town at midnight, uprooting trees and throwing them across the roads. Then followed a cloudburst sweeping over the mountains surrounding the town. A deluge poured down every_vulley toward the town. The panic-stricken people assembled in the streets and dashed hither and thither in frantic attempts to escape. The Mahommedan quarter was wiped out in a few moments. Cafes and houses collapsed; the electric power gave out, the darkness adding to the horror. Eight hundred buildings were destroyed, and 700 families are homeless. The torrent remorselessly rushed on and destroyed villages in the same valley.
The total casualties will not be known for some days.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19290826.2.67
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 228, 26 August 1929, Page 7
Word Count
139SUDDEN FLOOD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 228, 26 August 1929, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.