LANDSLIDE IN WALES.
FORTY HOMES DESOLATED, DAMAGE EXCEEDS £IOO,OOO. (Received 8.5 p.m.) • , A. and N.Z.-Sim. LONDON. Nov. 14. Heavy rain caused the side of a mountain at Cwm, near Ebbwvale, , Wales, to slide toward the river. The bed of the stream has now been raised above the street level and water is rushing into the streets and undermining ' the houses. All the inhabitants have left the town. The Hood caused by the landslide necessitated the blowing up of a huge concrete river wall in order to temporarily divert the watet from the main road. The situation is precarious. Forty • homes have been desolated and it is estimated that tho damage exceeds £IOO,OOO. J i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19486, 16 November 1926, Page 13
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114LANDSLIDE IN WALES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19486, 16 November 1926, Page 13
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