FLOODS IN ALGERIA.
WHOLE VILLAGES SWEPT AWAY (BY CAJU— f»IIS3 A3BOCUTIOX—COSYMMT,) - uustjuwas asd s.z. *ho bus caw*.) ALGIERS, November 29. Flood damage in the Oran Depart* inent alone is estimated at £4,000,000. Many villages were swept away without leaving a trace, and a vast tract of country has been converted into silt-covered plain. The dead are certain to total several hundreds. • . Bain continues to fall an ? ,8 Jwn ' pering relief work. Provision convoys have started for the scene, but meanwhilo aeroplanes are dropping food in the isolated districts.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19172, 1 December 1927, Page 5
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