AVENUES OF ATHENS
CONVERTED INTO CANALS, FLOODS CAUSE MANY DEATHS. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] Aust. and N. Cable Association.l LONDON, November 25. The “Daily Express” correspondent at Athens reports numerous deaths by floods due to sudden torrential rain which transformed the avenues or Athens into canals, with turbulent floods of yellow water rushing down the streets .tress uprooted, bridges swept away, and vehicles swept Into the gutters. A number of houses fell to pieces in the encampment where refugees are sheltering on the outskirts of the city, and the Inmates were carried away by the swift current and drowned. Some girls were drowned in the middle of Athens. Numerous spectators were powerless to aid them. The damage is estimated at C 130.000.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2307, 27 November 1925, Page 7
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