STORM AND FLOOD TOLL
EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR MANY PEOPLE DROWNED THOUSANDS INJURED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assu.) LONDON, Dec. 26. , Many deaths and great property damage occurred as a result, of storms and floods in several parts of Europe and Asia Minor. The floods in the Anatolia district, Southern Asia Minor, resulted in many drownings and injury to thousands. The swollen rivers isolated 32 villages in one area and the inhabitants of 12 others are still clinging to the roofs of houses, where they have been marooned for the past two days awaiting rescue. Seven persons were reported drowned after a cloudburst in San Estevan Del Valle, Spain. The damage is estimated at 1,000,000 pesetas. Seven people were drowned when a fishing boat at Avenir du Marin was battered to pieces by high seas, resembling; a tidal wave, which struck the Brittany Coast.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18899, 28 December 1935, Page 5
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