THE NEW ALBERT CANAL, IN BELGIUM, which was to have been opened to traffic for the first time on July 1, hurst its banks at Godscher, a suburb of Hasselt, the capital of the Province of Limburg, flooding the lower part of the town and causing damage estimated at hundreds of millions of francs. The canal cost $15,000,000 to build, is a hundred miles long, and connects Antwerp and Liege. The breaches extend for two miles. (Left.) SIGNOR MUSSOLINI, dressed in a white flying suit, arriving at Monte Celio aerodrome on June 13 for an international aviation congress.
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Northern Advocate, 15 July 1939, Page 10
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98THE NEW ALBERT CANAL, IN BELGIUM, which was to have been opened to traffic for the first time on July 1, hurst its banks at Godscher, a suburb of Hasselt, the capital of the Province of Limburg, flooding the lower part of the town and causing damage estimated at hundreds of millions of francs. The canal cost $l5,- 000,000 to build, is a hundred miles long, and connects Antwerp and Liege. The breaches extend for two miles. (Left.) SIGNOR MUSSOLINI, dressed in a white flying suit, arriving at Monte Celio aerodrome on June 13 for an international aviation congress. Northern Advocate, 15 July 1939, Page 10
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