BURST DAM FLOODS TOWN
ISOLATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. AEROPLANES RESCUE FARMERS'. By Telegraph-Press Assn.—Copyright. Cape Town, Jah. 24. The Walvis Bay dam has burst, turning the town into a vast lake. Swakoponund is also isolated and tugs are bringing foodstuffs. The Windhoek dam showed big gaps and labourers worked day and night constructing a sandbag wall. Aeroplanes are conveying outlying farmers in the north territory to safety.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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