STORM IN EUROPE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17425, 25 November 1930, Page 7

STORM IN EUROPE

WIDESPREAD DAMAGE LARGE AREAS FLOODED WAP. DESOLATION RECALLED • (KU-c. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) LONDON, Nov. 23. A very severe storm was experienced throughout Belgium, especially about Terrnon.de, where an 80 yards breach occurred in the Scheldt dykes, which collapsed owing to the high tide. This afternoon the vicinity presented a siene of desolation recalling the wartime sufferings of the refugees. Ihe roads were crowded at dusk with straggling processions of peasants from the. submerged villages, men trudging in bare feet on roads flooded knee-deep, pushing trucks loaded with their belongings, women holding tip skirts and driving livestock. Small children were in a pitiful plight, owing to hunger and the pitiless rain, parents carrying some children and gendarmes others. Many dykes have broken down in Antwerp and elsewhere. The whole country’ near Orliminotit is .submerged. The- authorities are sending troops to assist with relief. Mirny low-lving parts of France are flooded. The Somme overflowed, forming a great lake, Over which boats are carrying provisions to stranded people. Three barges sank in the weir at Ivry, drowning a. 19-year-ohl girl and a man who dived tp her rescue.; A crane . at Rouen crashed down, killing a man. Several others were injured by falling masonry at Rheims. Great damage was done in Paris by falling chimney pots. The fire brigade was called out 150 times to clear up the wreckage. A falling door killed a man and many suffered from minor injuries. Sailors, and soldiers were, ordered to outlying regions of Paris, to assist, fanners, owing to the Seine reaching a dangerous mark. (hie thousand homes are flooded at Lc Mans. A tidal wave at Kt retail swept fishing boats into the streets, crashing them against houses, which were wrecked, the occupants flying in terror. The wreckage of boats and buildings strew the streets. The Cuxhaven steamer Louise Oohoart was driven ashore in the Elbe estuary by the heavy gale. A salvage steamer rushed from Cuxhaven but was unable to find the wreck, which is feared to be lost. The crew number 30. The gale caused a breach in a dvkc near Hamburg, and a. wide stretch of country is flooded, including a village built by war cripples. STEAMER ADRIFT DESTROYER TO ASSIST (Received November 25, 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 24. The Triton, a Greek steamer bound to Cardiff from Rotterdam, is drifting ashore three miles west of Portland. A lifeboat has been launched, and a destroyer has gone to her assistance. High sens are running -and tho visibilitv is ext remclv bad.