SWEPT BY HURRICANE
NORTH GERMAN COAST FEVERISH EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN DYKES By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) Received Oct. 20, 9.50 p.m. RERLIN, Oct. 20. A hurricane swept over the north coast of Germany, mountainous seas pounding Heligoland, the lower Elbe and the Schleswig coast. Storm Troopers and men from the labour service are working feverishly to maintain the dykes. A dyke at Stade, on the lower Elbe, collapsed, and a peasant woman and two farmers were drowned. Hamburg harbour and the Bremerhaven roads are crowded with shipping and many collisions have occurred.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 249, 21 October 1936, Page 7
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