GALES AND FLOODS.
TERRIBLE) DISASTER.
MANY FISHJiRMBN PERISH
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ASttTRJAjKAIN', December 9 .. Terrible details of the gale hare been' received. Many bargw with tugs towing were drimi down Llie Volga towards the sea, and dashed into each other and icefloes. They ■ooii became mere wrecks, to which the fishermen clung until overcome by wld.
■. Tiro icebreakers and three stsswncrs, the crews showing splendid oour age, were -working in the darkness, and rescued* a thousand.' The ate infers- continued! to -battle amidst the masses of ice in the Volga esttiary until access to the imprisoned bargas ira* impossible.. + One-third of the fishermen perifehed The fishing industry is ruinl*!, the depot*, boats, and neta beiag destroy cd. A thousand hora.as and oattJe perished in the floods. ' " Hundreds of dwellings were swept nwny, the occupants being rescued from roofs and tree tops.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 3
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142GALES AND FLOODS. Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 3
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