TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR.
ATHENS RESEMBLES VENICE. FLOODS SWEEP THE STREETS. MANY LIVES LOST. (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Ass*.'> (Australian and .'N.Z Cable Association.) (Received Nov. 26, 10 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 25. The Daily Express’ Athens correspondent reports numerous deaths caused by floods, due to sudden torrential rain, which transformed the avenues of Athens into canals, making the city resemble Venice, with turbulent floods of yellow water rushing down the streets. Trees were uprooted, bridges washed away, and vehicles swept into (he gutters. A number of houses fell to pieces in in encampment where refugees were sheltering on the outskirts of the city, the inmates being swept away by the swift current- and drowned. borne girls were drowned in the middle of Athens. Numbers oi spectators Were powerless to assist them. The damage is estimated at 150 thousand pounds steiling. ANCIENT TOMBS UNEARTHED. (Reuter's Telegram.) ATHENS. Nov. 25.
Heavy loss of life is feared from floods, which unearthed thirty ancient tombs containing gold ornaments, vases and five mummies. Archaeologists attach the utmost importance to the find. 11 is not yet ascertained the- epoch to which the* tombs belong.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 7
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