FLOODS IN FRANCE
THE SEINE SUBSIDING. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 5, 7.45 p.m. PARIS, Jan. 4. The Seine has now ceased rising in the upper valleys, tout the streets on the outskirts of Paris are still submerged to a depth of two feet, and boats are being used for the relief of the populace. FLOODS ON THE RHINE. AMERONGEN CASTLE THREATENED Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Jan. 6, 10.40 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 5. The rising of the Rhine is threatening Amerongen Castle, and the exKaiser is busily engaged in carrying wood to the menaced parts of the castle walls. The floods are the highest for 40 years. The water has destroyed 1,500,000 bricks in the brickyards of the distract
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14256, 6 January 1920, Page 5
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