FLOODS IN EUROPE.

Wairarapa Age, 6 January 1926, Page 5

FLOODS IN EUROPE.

NINE THOUSAND HOMES SUBMERGED. BELGIANS SUFFER EXTREME PRIVATION. (Press Association —Copyright.) (Received Tuesday, 7.5 p.m.) BRUSSELS, Jan. 4.—Nine thousand houses are submerged at Liege aftid the plight is becoming increasingly pitiably Military rescuers and food distributors are working at full pressure. ■BERLIN, Jan. 4.—The Rhine floods are serious. There have been great losses of live stock.

Conditions in Cologne (are tragic. Families are herded together in the upper rooms of schools and are dependent on food brought by boats to the town. There is complete darkness at night time. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 4.—The water has fallen a yard below yesterday’s high level. Trains to Licgo and northern parts of Holland are running, but not for public traffic. .Many home less people are sheltered in military barracks. In view of the extent of the disaster it is remarkable that there have teem no fatalities. —(Reuter.) OISE BEATS ALL RECORDS. RISES TWENTY FEET. ESTIMATED DAMAGE 20,000,000 FRANCS. (Received Tuesdty, 10.10 p-n.) PARIS, Jan. 4.—Already the Oise has beaten all. records, including the floods in 1910 and 1920, having risen 20 feet. The triangle between Creil, Beauvais and Noyon is a vast sheet of water. ■ Trains on the main line to Belgium are obliged to slow down for many miles, while sometimes the floors of the carriages, are swamped. The flooding of the waterworks at Compiegne has resulteel in a limited supply of drinking water. Some estimates of the damage put it down, at 20. million francs. The rise of the Meuse converted the streets of, Mezieres into rushing torrents. It is feared that 20,000 workers in the Meuse Valley will rendered idle for three weeks in consequence of the flooding of factories. —(Reuter.) THAMES STILL RISING. PLAYING FIELDS WASHED AWAY (Received Tuesday, 8.25 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 4.—After a rise of nine inches during the night the Thames to-day is still rising. Hun« dreds of acres of farm lands are submerged between Cleeve and Shiplake. A number of playing fields disappeared, including parts of Eton. The rivers Kennet and Loddon overran their banks and the outlook is serious, more heavy rain being expected from the Atlantic. —(Reuter.) FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. THREE MEN DROWNED. (Received Tuesday, 8.25 p.m.) BRISBANE, Jan. s.—Heavy, rains caused widespread floods. Three men were drowned in swollen creeks. Extensive damage has been done, but the waters are now subsiding.— (P.A.)