FLOODS IN GERMANY.
SUDDEN MELTING OF SNOW. TOWNS UNDER WATER. PEOPLE FLEE TO HIGH GROUND. By Telegraph.—Preis Association.—Copyright. (Received February 7, 4.25 p.m.) Berlin, February 6. Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and Tyrol, owing to the sudden melting of the snows. Whole to,wns are under water, and railway traffic in many parts of Saxony is interrupted. Many bridge have been wrecked. The Lahn Valley, Prussia, is a vast lake. The Rhine is expected to reach danger point daily. At Nuremberg, the River Regnitz rose 12ft during the night, and ran through the streets like a mill stream. The population of Frankfurt and Bamberg fled to high ground, owing to the Oder and Regnitz overflowing their banks. The old town of Kissingen, the Bavarian watering place, is under water, and the three famous saline springs have been flooded, and the Casino is inundated. The Danube, at the historic town of Regensburg, rose 10ft in the night. The stream is full of household utensils, bathing boxes, and agricultural machinery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13979, 8 February 1909, Page 5
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