RIVER TIBER IN FLOOD.
CITY OF ROME THREATENED. OUTSIDE AREAS INUNDATED, i A. »9dN.Z. . .:•'^'' : ' ; LONDON. Dee. 7. The Home correspondent of the Daft/! Telegraph says ' that old , Father Tiber threatens Rome with another historic inundation. The depth of water is already nearly 40ft., and in many places this river is almost level with the embankment walls. Along the greater part ■of its •;, course j through the city ■ the : Tiber is level with the streets. ;> At Pontemilvio, .whers the bridge ( itself is flooded.. water is ■ pouring over, instead of under, . the arches. r • The floods threaten , the v . greater part of Campagna, where large areas and numerous establishments are • ten to twenty ; 'set under water., New lakes have appeared between the' outskirts of Rome and Ostia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 9
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125RIVER TIBER IN FLOOD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 9
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